xXMagicPandaXx
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For the last couple of weeks my entire system has frozen up half way through movies and series on Amazon Video at completely random times. I'll be 40 minutes into a movie and then suddenly the sound will start getting distorted and robotic followed shortly after by a black or dark brown screen and a complete system freeze up, with the fans starting to speed up a little bit, and the only thing I can do is hold the power button and restart it to be able to use my PC again.
I've tried keeping Task Manager's resource manager and MSI Afterburner monitor on either side of the screen to look for anything abnormal, but everything stays perfectly normal, temps stay in the low end, very litte RAM, Drive and CPU usage, graphics cards and CPU temps and usage are both low.
A similar thing happened when I used to use my Playstation 4 to watch movies with Netflix and Amazon video, screen will suddenly freeze up, and the only thing I can do to be able to use my system again is to cut the power to it and turn it back on, however in the case of my PS4 it completely killed it and it won't turn back on any more, and that's when I started using my PC to watch movies.
For a while I used my PC monitor, as the resolution was very low when I connected my HDMI cable from my PC to the TV, and never experienced a single issue, when I managed to increase the resolution and properly adjust the screen borders for my TV I started using that instead of my monitor, it worked fine for the first 2 weeks but then the black screens and freeze up started just like with my PS4, and it's been doing it ever since.
I've tried:
I can play the latest games absolutely maxed out graphics for hours and never experience and performance drops or freeze ups or any propblems whatsoever, but as soon as I watch any series or movies online using my TV I'll get full system freezeup 9/10 times.
Specs:
I've tried keeping Task Manager's resource manager and MSI Afterburner monitor on either side of the screen to look for anything abnormal, but everything stays perfectly normal, temps stay in the low end, very litte RAM, Drive and CPU usage, graphics cards and CPU temps and usage are both low.
A similar thing happened when I used to use my Playstation 4 to watch movies with Netflix and Amazon video, screen will suddenly freeze up, and the only thing I can do to be able to use my system again is to cut the power to it and turn it back on, however in the case of my PS4 it completely killed it and it won't turn back on any more, and that's when I started using my PC to watch movies.
For a while I used my PC monitor, as the resolution was very low when I connected my HDMI cable from my PC to the TV, and never experienced a single issue, when I managed to increase the resolution and properly adjust the screen borders for my TV I started using that instead of my monitor, it worked fine for the first 2 weeks but then the black screens and freeze up started just like with my PS4, and it's been doing it ever since.
I've tried:
- Changing the HDMI cable.
- Updating graphics driver.
- Changing the keyboard and mouse USB ports in case either is shorting my system.
- Monitoring usage and temperatures as mentioned above.
- Defragging hard drive.
I can play the latest games absolutely maxed out graphics for hours and never experience and performance drops or freeze ups or any propblems whatsoever, but as soon as I watch any series or movies online using my TV I'll get full system freezeup 9/10 times.
Specs:
- CPU: Intel i7-4790K @ 4.00 GHz (No overclock)
- CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 Hydro
- GPU: Nvidia GTX980 4 GB w/ Stock Case (No overclock)
- MOBO: Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming
- RAM: Corsair 8 GB Vengeance 2400mhz
- PSU: Corsair RM850