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Question

Computer freezing for unknown reason

Aug 30, 2016 4:44PM PDT

So I've had my computer for a couple years now and all of a sudden it has just started freezing up on me. Could take 20 minutes, could take 8 hours. There seems to be no pattern to it. I feel like I've tried everything. Used memtest for 8+ hours (luckily) while sleeping with no errors, took RAM out one by one to check, tried a new video card, tried my HDD and SSD by themselves, checked for overheating, did a complete reinstall of Windows, checked my BIOS for any wrong settings, checked all my cable connections but nothing seems to be working and it is getting very frustrating at this point. Everything has worked flawlessly up until recently.

Anyone have any idea of what might be the issue? I'm at a complete loss at this point and any help would be much appreciated.

Some specs:
Windows 10 64-bit
AMD FX-9590 mobo
XFX RX 490 Video card
Rosewill lightning 1000w PSU
16gb RAM

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I'm sure you googled this.
Aug 30, 2016 4:52PM PDT

Those AMDs continue to be elusive when you get them in the shop for this. That's why we often just call it the motherboard unless a fresh OS install (our way!) clears it up.

We don't "try" BIOS settings except stock and latest BIOS. Same for drivers, latest.

A lot of these just do that in a year or 2 so it's not a mystery anymore. We swap boards after the usual work.

Notice what you didn't change? (motherboard, CPU, etc.)

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Windows 10 all good here.
Sep 1, 2016 7:43AM PDT

What's been really nice is that if a machine has run 10, and if it's Home or Pro, I can use the Microsoft Media Creation Kit to make a new install stick and don't have to hunt for the key.

I see some other ideas to try so try those as well.

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fx 9590
Aug 30, 2016 8:38PM PDT

That's a 220w cpu.
Redo the cpu thermal paste.
Redo the thermal paste on all other mobo heat sinks.

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Sep 1, 2016 7:08AM PDT

Okay, I'll try redoing some of the thermal paste and see if that helps my issue. Thanks!

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solution of Computer freezing
Sep 1, 2016 4:07AM PDT

Step 1 . you do defragment your hard disk .go to Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Disk Defragmenter.

Step 2. now you format your hard disk and reinstall operating system .

Step 3 . finally Downgrade to a lower operating system.

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Sep 1, 2016 7:10AM PDT

As much as I'd hate to have to reinstall my OS over again, I might have to try this if nothing else works. Does Windows 10 have this issue a lot?