Help with computer locking up plaese?

[Slider]

so I just got a new video card, a Geforce GTX 650ti to replace my old one, and I am having a strange problem. About every 3-5 minutes my computer makes a clicking noise and locks up completely. Won't do a thing. Can't do anything until it goes click again, and unfreezes. If I am playing a game, it freezes, if I am web-browsing, it freezes, if I am doing anything at all, I get this dreaded "click" and my computer turns into a paperweight.


By any chance does anyone have any idea of what could be causing this?


I have an ASUSTeK Computer INC. CROSSHAIR 1.XX motherboard with a 2.60 gigahertz AMD Phenom 9950 Quad-Core processor.



This problem was not happening before I installed the new video card, and I have the latest drivers installed for the card. But I have no idea what is going on, or what could be causing this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[wizgem3]

make sure the video card is seated all the way in. Does your power supply have enough juice for the new video card?

[AnticorRifling]

What wizgem said I'd check both of those first, then next step is internal temp of the box (does it need holes drilled in it?).

[Androidpk]

If you drill holes in the box you won't be able to fill it up with liquids.

[Slider]

I have a 700W power supply in it, that is only about a month old. And it is firmly seated into the PCI slot (I checked). But the voltage is fluctuating between 1.09V and .88v, so I am guessing that this might be the cause of it. But I should have plenty of power.

[Wheelerm]

700W sounds like enough power. The clicking sound right before the shutdown is telling...sounds like a temp relay tripping.

[Slider]

My CPU is running at between 49 & 57 C, my motherboard is running at a consistent 32 C, and the video card is between 45 & 46 C. Running CPUID Hardware monitor so it's keeps track of all this stuff.

[Androidpk]

Open up your case and determine where exactly the clicking noise is coming from. Your hard drive could be getting ready to bite the dust.

[Wheelerm]

Does the click sound sort of like a mouse-click? Just curious about what this "clicking" sound sounds like.

[Slider]

Well bugger, turns out this was a PEBKAC error. I forgot to uninstall the old drivers for the replaced card. Normally Nvidea installers have an option to do a clean install which removes old drivers before installing new ones. Could have sworn I did that but.... Nope. So, anyway, thanks for the help guys, appreciate it

[Slider]

Well, as it turns out, it was neither my fault for not uninstalling/installing the right drivers, nor was the problem my video card at all. Turns out my SATA driver is telling my hard drive to shut off. Every 5 minutes or so, it sends a signal to my HD to turn itself off and boom, down it goes. Then it turns itself back on after another 5 minutes or so, and the whole cycle starts again. Took it down to a shop to have it looked at, and it turns out this is a problem with Nvidea sata drives that is known, but Nvidea won't release a patch for it, or fix it. The last update they did on the drivers was in 2011. So, I am looking at either replacing an otherwise perfectly good motherboard, or buying a new computer. :wtf2:

[Sjoldamn]

Or you could just buy, and hook the drives up to, a non nVidia SATA controller.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132008

[antonygr]

Maybe it would be much better to just reinstall an OS.