Hey everyone! I'm having some major issues with my PC, and I'm hoping you can help me figure this out. I'm not super tech-savvy, but here's what's going on: I was using Streamlabs and tried to test my alert box while running a game. Suddenly, everything froze up, and it happened a couple of times, so I thought it was a Streamlabs issue. However, later when I tried playing a game without any other applications open, my PC froze again and then restarted on its own.
I cleaned my computer recently, and all my drivers are up to date. My CPU and GPU temperatures are around 50°C (122°F), which seems normal. I have an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X processor, 16GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti graphics card. My power supply is a 650W model that I bought about two years ago. From what I've read online, it seems like it could be a RAM issue, but I'm really confused. Thanks a lot in advance for any insights!
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It sounds like you might be dealing with a tricky problem here. Have you checked for any mini dump files in C:WindowsMinidump? Freezing could be from various issues, but from my experience, bad RAM or a PSU generally causes distinct symptoms. Bad RAM tends to lead to crashes or blue screen errors, while a failing PSU usually just shuts everything off unexpectedly.
When your system freezes, if you can still move the mouse cursor but nothing else responds, that could point to a storage device issue. If everything freezes, including the cursor, it could indicate a problem with your graphics card or some other complex issue in the system.
Yeah, I found a couple of mini dumps—one from June and another from today when it froze and rebooted. I also noticed that my PC makes a weird noise for about five seconds when it freezes, then goes back to normal. And now I've experienced a BSOD for the first time. It's really frustrating!