Graphic glitch followed by CRASH Help!

[biklops]

Hi everyone! I've ran into a really weird and depressing situation today where shortly after boot, my screen will have a small graphics glitch (a few yellow pixels dance across the screen) after which the screen freezes and then the system crashes. Any ideas?

My component list is below. Interesting note: I have one hard drive with windows 8 and one with OSX and this happens regardless of which OS I boot into.

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Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i74770k) | $399.00 @ PCCaseGear
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-H87N Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard](http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gah87n) |-
**Memory** | [G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory](http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f32133c9d16gtx) | $229.00 @ CPL Online
**Storage** | [Sandisk Extreme 240GB 2.5" Solid State Disk](http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/sandisk-internal-hard-drive-sdssdx240gg25) |-
**Storage** | [Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/seagate-internal-hard-drive-st4000dm000) | $195.00 @ CPL Online
**Video Card** | [Asus Radeon HD 7770 2GB Video Card](http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-video-card-hd77702gd5) |-
**Case** | [BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case](http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/bitfenix-case-bfcpro300kkxskrp) | $99.00 @ PCCaseGear
**Power Supply** | [SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply](http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ssr550rm) | $119.02 @ Mwave Australia
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $1041.02
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-01 13:23 EST+1100 |

 

[denis280]

When you say crashes.do the system shut down.do you get a BSOD with this

 

[Ketchup]

Are these artifacts on when in the OS, or can it occur before boot as well? Is the computer doing anything strenuous when this occurs?

Was this occurring since first build or did it creep up later?

The first thing that comes to my mind is drivers.

One thing you could do to narrow this down would be to take out the video card and use the Intel graphics through your CPU/motherboard. See if the problem presents itself there as well.

 

[Steltek]

Are these artifacts on when in the OS, or can it occur before boot as well? Is the computer doing anything strenuous when this occurs?

Was this occurring since first build or did it creep up later?

The first thing that comes to my mind is drivers.

One thing you could do to narrow this down would be to take out the video card and use the Intel graphics through your CPU/motherboard. See if the problem presents itself there as well.

+1

Keep in mind that, before you remove the video card, you may have to activate the integrated graphics in the BIOS, then boot to Windows to install the drivers.

 

[Matt1970]

One hit wonder.