Since a few days ago my computer has been freezing and I have to turn it off and back on to make it work again, half of the time it freezes at the windows start up screen. I have seen the Blue Screen a few times to. I really need to clean the dust out, I am hoping this is just a case of Over heating and self preservation ,where I can just blow out the dust and it will run fine. While it is on it works exactly as normal I can even play SWTOR with no problems. Then it will randomly freeze and crash throughout the day.
There are a lot of things that could cause this. Viruses/malware/trojans -- download Malwarebytes' free software and run it. Your HDD could be packing up -- are there any strange whirs/clicks/sounds coming from your PC case? How old is your CPU/motherboard? Did you install any drivers or upgrade any software just before this started happening?
There are a lot of things that could cause this. Viruses/malware/trojans -- download Malwarebytes' free software and run it. Your HDD could be packing up -- are there any strange whirs/clicks/sounds coming from your PC case? How old is your CPU/motherboard? Did you install any drivers or upgrade any software just before this started happening?
I haven't heard any strange noises coming from it, I bought and assembled my computer last feb. Everything is a year old.
Do what Oof suggested but I would suggest posting here for better advice, if any: http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1328500-the-community-tech-thread-no-111/