Windows 10 upgrade - random freezes and PC becomes unresponsive

SirDigbyChicken said:

I swapped an Nvidia (Gainward) 750 Ti Boost (2GB) out, and put an AMD (Sapphire) 270X (2GB) in. Yes, the PSU is powerful enough (a modular Corsair HX 620W). And the memory came direct from Crucial, and is an exact match for the motherboard. (Though I never got around to stress-testing the old card, I did continue to play games with it in place, and it seemed no more or less likely to 'freeze' than at any other point. In fact, I think it only froze once in-game - I'd have to check my notes.)


Anyway, as I say, not a single 'freeze' since replacing the Nvidia card.



Thank you.

Your welcome ! Your specs here shows the GTX 650 Ti Boost, not one mentioned now as the 750 Ti. O.k. just trying to again go back and review this post and let you know what i thought. Basically can say we most likely eliminated 2 possible causes, RAM and Video Card for hardware issues by you doing this now. Can try playing a PC game that you feel will stress the system a bit, see how is goes a bit longer. Do regular maintenance on system monthly dusting the insdie of the case, update system and hardware drivers, weekly or so cleaning of history, temps, browser cache, eliminate non-useful startup items, run trim once a week or os on SSD and make sure to install windows updates.

jds63 said:

Your welcome ! Your specs here shows the GTX 650 Ti Boost, not one mentioned now as the 750 Ti.

Oops, my bad. I meant 650 Ti Boost. (There is no such thing as a 750 Ti Boost. ;-) )

O.k. just trying to again go back and review this post and let you know what i thought. Basically can say we most likely eliminated 2 possible causes, RAM and Video Card for hardware issues by you doing this now. Can try playing a PC game that you feel will stress the system a bit, see how is goes a bit longer. Do regular maintenance on system monthly dusting the insdie of the case, update system and hardware drivers, weekly or so cleaning of history, temps, browser cache, eliminate non-useful startup items, run trim once a week or os on SSD and make sure to install windows updates.

All sensible and good advice. Have been playing games and generally using the PC as normal - with no issues. It was definitely something to do with the graphics card (or drivers - or dust!) as I only changed the memory a few days ago.

Anyway, phew. I think we got there in the end. Thanks again.

SirDigbyChicken said:

Oops, my bad. I meant 650 Ti Boost. (There is no such thing as a 750 Ti Boost. ;-) )



All sensible and good advice. Have been playing games and generally using the PC as normal - with no issues. It was definitely something to do with the graphics card (or drivers - or dust!) as I only changed the memory a few days ago.

Anyway, phew. I think we got there in the end. Thanks again.

Most welcome ! As i did say similar as you, video card, RAM. Let's hope that was it, glad it was resolved, good luck and make use of the many tutorials here too.

SirDigbyChicken said:

My issue seems to have been linked to the graphics card (or its drivers, etc.) - slight difference with my freeze was that the mouse cursor would disappear also. Glad you got your problem sorted as well!

Not quite, it happened again yesterday when I was using Internet explorer. It always happens when I use Internet explorer the whole system freezes up even though the mouse is working.

I don't know what the blazes is causing it. I switch back to Windows 7 for a couple of weeks but then my Windows 7 hard drive crashed. Which was I thought was the cause but it wasn't there is some other issue.

XweAponX said:

Not quite, it happened again yesterday when I was using Internet explorer. It always happens when I use Internet explorer the whole system freezes up even though the mouse is working.

I don't know what the blazes is causing it. I switch back to Windows 7 for a couple of weeks but then my Windows 7 hard drive crashed. Which was I thought was the cause but it wasn't there is some other issue.

Best if you start another thread on this, see how we here can help to resolve your issues as this one is pretty much resolved to add to it, if you want to.

SirDigbyChicken said:

My issue seems to have been linked to the graphics card (or its drivers, etc.) - slight difference with my freeze was that the mouse cursor would disappear also. Glad you got your problem sorted as well!

Yeah the thing that was baffling me was that the mouse still worked but the entire system was frozen solid.

SirDigbyChicken said:

Oops, my bad. I meant 650 Ti Boost. (There is no such thing as a 750 Ti Boost. ;-) )

I have a similar problem: random total freezes, hard reboot the only escape. The most interesting that I also have 650 Ti Boost. Will also try replacing it.

Physman said:

I have a similar problem: random total freezes, hard reboot the only escape. The most interesting that I also have 650 Ti Boost. Will also try replacing it.

Let me know how you get on! That's quite a coincidence if you have an identical problem with your 650 Ti Boost...

Interestingly, I sold mine on eBay - to part-fund the new card - as "not working", and the buyer said he'd not had a single problem with it. (Not sure what OS he was using, but he may have got himself a bargain!)

Try exiting DROPBOX, I think it worked for me (also upgraded Windows 8->8.1->10).

I know this is an old thread but just to clarify, I have a similiar rig to Digby and was experiencing identical Freezes and Power Downs. Usually when watching HQ Video or Browsing.
I too changed my GPU recently to the 1070 and not one issue.
My older GPU a GTX 8800 had been in from build in 2007 so that was probably misfiring or overheating in Win 10.
Happy Days.. I just need to upgrade now to really test the awesome new GPU!