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Old January 5, 2012, 03:50 PM
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Occasionally, my computer will completely freeze, with audio also freezing with loud repetitive clicks. Can't do anything except turn it off. It happens frequently during counter strike:cz but rarely happens any other time.

also, a couple times on cold boot, the screen was blank... a reboot was okay though.

system's fairly new, I built it a month or so ago, and the only old components are the dvd drive and the non-os secondary hdd.

any have any insights?
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Old January 5, 2012, 03:52 PM
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Probably CPU/GPU over heating, check the temps while you're gaming. Although i doubt it with CS:CZ
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Old January 6, 2012, 12:27 AM
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Sounds like a bad hard drive to me.
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Old January 6, 2012, 05:13 PM
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i was gonna say hard drive too
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Old January 6, 2012, 08:09 PM
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what would be the best way to check my hard drives?
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Old January 6, 2012, 08:23 PM
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run hard disk performance test

check HDD/SSD manufactor for firmware to your model
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Old January 8, 2012, 12:20 AM
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Unplug all the drives except the boot drive to rule out the extra drives. All it takes is one bad drive to cause problems
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