On a computer I built, I was getting freezes and the ocassioanl blue screen that gave various memory issues. My first course of troubleshooting was running memtest86:
After that came up clean, I tried this overclocking testing tool:
That test told me my processor was running so hot that I couldn't complete the test. After that, I downloaded and ran CoreTemp to continuously check my processor temperature:
In the end, I added an aftermarket heatsink - but I thought it would be worth documenting what I used to troubleshoot what seemed like nonsensical problems.
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