- Nov 3, 2014
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Heya forums,
usually I've got little to no problems identifying issues with PCs since I usually just read out dmp files and check the event viewer...and then run test programs to verify/or switch hardware if applicable.
But today I had a freeze on one of my ITX PCs that left me with nothing but questions.
I was just minding my business, playing ESO...and suddenly the sound and picture just freeze.
Screen turns into an absolute stillframe and sound just stopped. Task manager etc did not work so I decided to force a shut down.
When booting up first it seemed fine...but got me stuck in a windows update installation for about 5-10 minutes (I hadn't rebooted in about 7 days).
After that was done I checked the event viewer..and...to my surprise...absolutely nothing.
Neither was a dmp file created...nor did the system even register a freeze. It did however register that I forced a shut down.
I am totally baffled as to what that could even be. This also never happened before...should I rate this as a random windows hiccup?
Specs of the ITX box:
PSU: Be Quiet 430W Pure Power Semi Modular
OS: Win 8.1
OS HDD : Sandisk 60GB SSD
Board: Asrock fm2a88x-itx+
GPU: 750 Ti
CPU: AMD 860K
Ram: 8 GB Hyper X Savage 2.400
Game HDD : Crucial M550 mSata
EDIT: There would be ONE thing that would be suspicious if this happens again, the PSU is only about 2 weeks old...that would probably be the most reasonable thing to assume. Before that I had some 350Watt Be Quiet non modular PSU...but switched recently for better cable management.
usually I've got little to no problems identifying issues with PCs since I usually just read out dmp files and check the event viewer...and then run test programs to verify/or switch hardware if applicable.
But today I had a freeze on one of my ITX PCs that left me with nothing but questions.
I was just minding my business, playing ESO...and suddenly the sound and picture just freeze.
Screen turns into an absolute stillframe and sound just stopped. Task manager etc did not work so I decided to force a shut down.
When booting up first it seemed fine...but got me stuck in a windows update installation for about 5-10 minutes (I hadn't rebooted in about 7 days).
After that was done I checked the event viewer..and...to my surprise...absolutely nothing.
Neither was a dmp file created...nor did the system even register a freeze. It did however register that I forced a shut down.
I am totally baffled as to what that could even be. This also never happened before...should I rate this as a random windows hiccup?
Specs of the ITX box:
PSU: Be Quiet 430W Pure Power Semi Modular
OS: Win 8.1
OS HDD : Sandisk 60GB SSD
Board: Asrock fm2a88x-itx+
GPU: 750 Ti
CPU: AMD 860K
Ram: 8 GB Hyper X Savage 2.400
Game HDD : Crucial M550 mSata
EDIT: There would be ONE thing that would be suspicious if this happens again, the PSU is only about 2 weeks old...that would probably be the most reasonable thing to assume. Before that I had some 350Watt Be Quiet non modular PSU...but switched recently for better cable management.
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