Heeeey guys,
I posted before that I had a ton of computer freezing issues. I found out I had a ton of outdated drivers and updated them. Freezing stopped for a day but not it's back with a vengeance and BSODs are happening now too. This is strange considering for a whole day I was able to max out the RAM and CPU from time to time watching videos, converting multiple videos at a time, opening tons of photos etc. Then at night when I was just converting one video and surfing the web a freeze happened. And now it's constantly freezing and BSOD, worse than before. Someone might say updating drivers can effect the PC. But it was fine for the ENTIRE day.
My PC can run fine for the most part until I start converting video files or simply transfer videos into a video file converter.
I have discovered something. My MOBO is indeed bad. The number 1 RAM slot does not work. I actually got the 1 and the 5 slots confused before and never did try 1 stick of ram in 1 , 3 , and 5. I had only been testing it in 5 just to see if my RAM was bad. So I tried 1 stick of RAM in each slot and SLot 1 is bad thus meaning the Mobo is bad.
I moved to the Philippines so to RMA the board isn't going to happen until I go back to the US next year because shipping this thing will be quite expensive.
But I have a question. Can/Does an unused bad RAM slot cause freezes and BSODs?
If it doesn't then this freezing/BSOD issue is something else. If it can then I shouldn't waste my time doing anything else until I get a board to replace it with.
I suppose I'll try running linux on another drive just to see if my PC will crash.