No idea why. I think it's hardware based. I replaced the GPU and PSU and the problem still happens. How can I see what the cause is? I want to know because I'm parting my PC and don't want to sell anyone anything faulty.
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Sorry, I've just been busy and my mind keeps running in all sorts of directions about different things. I will give more details and try to be as thorough as possible.
Everything was working fine. I had a 1050 Ti GPU in and a Ryzen 3 1200 CPU. I had a 1 TB HDD and a 128 GB SSD which had Windows 10 installed on it. My PSU was a Corsair 550M. My RAM, 2 sticks of 8GB 2666 RAM.
I downgraded my GPU to make some money. Then it started freezing. Not slowing down, not temporarily freezing and then coming back. Just, out of nowhere the entire screen would freeze. Happens once, okay. A second time, fine. Well, I was getting upset and mad about what Windows 11 would bring plus I thought the problem might be software. So, I installed Linux Mint. Nice times, everything was good. Then I was doing some of my writing in libreoffice and it froze. I got mad that I had to press the power button to get the computer to work again and my stuff didn't save. I figured, eventually, it was a hardware issue. Don't know why it took so long to figure out, but it did. Well, the logical conclusion was it was the GPU. Bought a new one. A 1060. Replaced the other gpu. Same problem. Then I replaced the aforementioned PSU with an EVGA 650 W modular PSU. Same problem. And here I am.
Update with more details:
Sorry, I've just been busy and my mind keeps running in all sorts of directions about different things. I will give more details and try to be as thorough as possible.
Everything was working fine. I had a 1050 Ti GPU in and a Ryzen 3 1200 CPU. I had a 1 TB HDD and a 128 GB SSD which had Windows 10 installed on it. My PSU was a Corsair 550M. My RAM, 2 sticks of 8GB 2666 RAM.
I downgraded my GPU to make some money. Then it started freezing. Not slowing down, not temporarily freezing and then coming back. Just, out of nowhere the entire screen would freeze. Happens once, okay. A second time, fine. Well, I was getting upset and mad about what Windows 11 would bring plus I thought the problem might be software. So, I installed Linux Mint. Nice times, everything was good. Then I was doing some of my writing in libreoffice and it froze. I got mad that I had to press the power button to get the computer to work again and my stuff didn't save. I figured, eventually, it was a hardware issue. Don't know why it took so long to figure out, but it did. Well, the logical conclusion was it was the GPU. Bought a new one. A 1060. Replaced the other gpu. Same problem. Then I replaced the aforementioned PSU with an EVGA 650 W modular PSU. Same problem. And here I am.
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