a few months ago (around november) i built my own custom pc; something that i have wanted to do for a long time. for about a month or two after that the system worked perfecrly fine and was performing very impressively. however, out of nowhere i started experiencing random freezing issues that would create loud sounds comparable to a swarm of angry wasps inside a large metal truck.
this has continued to be a problem ever since. at what appears to be complete random my computer will crash and burn for no real reason. i've had this issue for months now, and i haven't been able to identify any kind of behaviour or patterns that would clue me in as to what causes the issue. i've examined every program i use on a regular basis but none seem to be the culprit. my pc is running at a perfectly cool temperature in a well-ventilated position. i try not to have too many things running at once and i keep my pc turned off (or at least in sleep mode) whenever i'm not using it. the only way for me to recover is to perform a hard reset, which takes me to the windows safe mode boot screen, after which i return to regular usage. it's even possible for my computer to freeze right after i reboot, so i have no idea if it's a program causing my issue at all.
frustrated, i examined my event viewer to see if i could identify anything. while there is no explanation for the freezing itself, i did find a critical-level error named "Kernel Power" with event id 41 in category 63. i searched up this term a few times and while there were a number of solutions (such as checking audio drivers of all things), none have been able to solve my issue. i don't know if this is connected to my freezing issue or is just a generic message given to computers that freeze.
here are my system specs, if it helps:
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OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name USER-PC
System Manufacturer System manufacturer
System Model System Product Name
System Type x64-based PC
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) X4 880K Quad Core Processor, 4000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 2801, 14/12/2015
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name User-PC\User
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 15.9 GB
Available Physical Memory 12.9 GB
Total Virtual Memory 31.9 GB
Available Virtual Memory 28.5 GB
Page File Space 15.9 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name USER-PC
System Manufacturer System manufacturer
System Model System Product Name
System Type x64-based PC
Processor AMD Athlon(tm) X4 880K Quad Core Processor, 4000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 2801, 14/12/2015
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name User-PC\User
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 15.9 GB
Available Physical Memory 12.9 GB
Total Virtual Memory 31.9 GB
Available Virtual Memory 28.5 GB
Page File Space 15.9 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys