do u think my cpu is defective ?
it has started hanging and i cant even run photoshop on it
if i run it pc hangs and it takes 20 min to shut down
but if i restart it works fine normal
it only happens some time its a new cpu
a couple of months old its an fx 8350
with 8 gb ram
Did you overclock it? Maybe you just don't have a stable overclock.
nope its running on stock clocks
Has the thermal paste been applied properly?
yes i think so it was preapplied i had the same problem then i removed it and re applied still haveing the same problem so i do not know what it is
Do you have a HDD or an SSD? Could be a HDD issue.
Hmmm, load up a Linux distro on a thumb drive and see if the hang issues continue. Could be the OS has picked up some buggy code and is starting to play up.
sounds like a bad HD