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Solve : Random Screen Freezing - Please Help, been troubleshooting for a month...?

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Hello,

After many, many weeks of running various tests and doing a multitude of Google Searches and potential fixes, my issue has remained unchanged. Overall, the issue is simply freezing of the computer. The symptoms include but are not limited to:

  • Random SCREEN freezes where no peripherals will respond and nothing on the screen moves. (This can occur for 3 seconds all the way to indefinitely)
  • The screen will stop for a few seconds and my mouse icon will change to whatever it was previously (word line edit icon, etc) and stay there until reboot.
  • Sometimes my mouse icon will disappear altogether until a reboot.

Now here is where the really ANNOYING part begins. I can run all high end games on Ultra High with my specs (listed below) for hours on end, even overnight and not have a single issue. And randomly I’ll have mini freezes in game rarely. I can even browse Reddit and the internet for hours, but if I leave for an hour with my machine on and come back, it’ll freeze indefinitely when I click on anything.

As for which things I have tested/troubleshoot:

  • I have run multiple Hard Drive tests, all come back completely fine.
  • I have run 3 passes of a Video Memory check and 0 errors were produced.
  • I ran MemTest 86 for my RAM and got 0 errors.
  • I have re-seated each Memory stick as well as re-seated the Video Card in multiple slots.
  • I have updated fully with all software as well as uninstalled and re-installed multiple things.
  • I cleaned out every inch of the computer including PSU/Video Card/CPU Fan, etc.

So now my biggest dilemma comes into play. I have no funds to buy or afford new/old Computer Parts to troubleshoot the hardware. I have enough funds to buy 1 thing MAYBE and test it. So I need help determining what the issue would be BEFORE I buy any hardware and test it.

Computer Specs:
4+ year old Gaming computer.
Windows 7 Pro 64-Bit SP1
AMD FX-8120 Zambezi (8-core processor) – 19 Degrees Celsius Average
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 668Mhz
AsusTek Computer Sabertooth 990FX Motherboard – 38 Degrees Celsius Average
Asus VS247 Monitor (Primary)
Asus VE228 Monitor (Secondary)
1024MB Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti (MSI) – 39 Degrees Celsius Average
1TB Samsung HD103SJ Hard Drive

Other noted information I have discovered is that I can hear clicking sounds coming from my video card, but that might be from me cleaning it fairly soon, although this issue has been happening for a month now.

[recovering disk space, attachment deleted by admin]What are your Temps ? ?I have seen MANY different event viewer errors from Hard Disk to Video Drivers to MSE Software, etc. It usually is 1 minute after the freezes though, so they are not the core issues as I have troubleshooted each of them. As for re-installing, I've done that 3 times. Heating and Fan has been mounted correctly since the machine was built, the low temp is normal as I have a heavy duty cpu fan. I might have someone available to lend me an older machine with some hardware.

If I can troubleshoot hardware, how should I go about it? Should I REMOVE one RAM stick at a time and see if it improves my issue before trying new pieces of hardware? Also, if the RAM doesn't change a thing, should I first TRY and put in new/other RAM before I try to test my graphics card, or does it not matter which route I take?

Also, below I linked my CoreTemp and Video Test

Those are with no load...you need to check them under load.But this occurs even when it's just sitting there... I don't understand how it being under a load would affect it as well when this HAPPENS whether it's under a heavy load or just sitting idle.Because under load temps will increase...Go to Power Options and make certain "Hibernate" is disabled. This can be very problematic in Windows OSes in general. Quote from: SuperTweaker on July 19, 2013, 07:11:30 AM
Go to Power Options and make certain "Hibernate" is disabled. This can be very problematic in Windows OSes in general.

It seems highly unlikely that hibernation is causing the problem when the PC isn't hibernating...


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