Computer Hard locking

[ShaunDeG]

Not sure what to do. Recently my computer has started to hard lock anytime I am playing a game for longer than 10 mins. I have done everything I could possibly think to find the problem and am at my wit's end. I have tested for virus, run memory checks, kept a careful eye on temperature of both the CPU and GPU, updated all my drivers (or in the case of my video card used the newest available from ASUS), have run OCCT for 5 mins or so with no issues, run PassMark Performance with no issues. Anything else I should try? I cannot think of anything besides maybe looking at every component on the board and looking for a burn out or some sort.

System Specs:

Intel 3930K - no overclock atm
16 Gigs DDR2133 RAM G.Skill also not overclocked atm
128 Gig Crucial SSD
Asus 660TI Video Card
H100 CPU cooling

Thanks for any assitance you can provide. One of the times it crashed I had a sound loop but that is not always present.

Shaun

[RVxSpeed]

ShaunDeG wrote:
Not sure what to do. Recently my computer has started to hard lock anytime I am playing a game for longer than 10 mins. I have done everything I could possibly think to find the problem and am at my wit's end. I have tested for virus, run memory checks, kept a careful eye on temperature of both the CPU and GPU, updated all my drivers (or in the case of my video card used the newest available from ASUS), have run OCCT for 5 mins or so with no issues, run PassMark Performance with no issues. Anything else I should try? I cannot think of anything besides maybe looking at every component on the board and looking for a burn out or some sort.

System Specs:

Intel 3930K - no overclock atm
16 Gigs DDR2133 RAM G.Skill also not overclocked atm
128 Gig Crucial SSD
Asus 660TI Video Card
H100 CPU cooling

Thanks for any assitance you can provide. One of the times it crashed I had a sound loop but that is not always present.

Shaun

u didn't mentioned your board & bios version.

[abvolt]

Have you tried a reinstall of windows I know that's not much fun but we all know windows likes to be reinstalled far so often..

[ShaunDeG]

Yeah board might be a good idea to mention. I have the Rampage IV Extreme with the most current BIOS, when the problem started I was running on BIOS 3404 I think which had been stable for a long time.

[ShaunDeG]

Update: Yesterday I spent a few hours on the computer doing work for an upcoming project presentation and it consistently would completely freeze every 30-45 mins it seemed.