System is hardlocking

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My computer (sig) has been randomly hardlocking (maybe 1-2 times a week) in windows and in games. Which components generally cause hard locks? Changing video card drivers did not fix it. Pretty sure it's not the mobo/cpu/ram/hard drive as they are brand new. Video card was bought used but seems fine besides this.

Could a power supply be causing hard locks? I have a 2+ year old Thermaltake, never given me problems before though.
 
Refer to this thread, which essentially poses the same question. Are you seeing artifacts when your machine locks up? If you have the means try another PSU and see if that's causing the issue. Although you say you're seeing issues when you're just using Windows, which could point to a RAM problem as well. Have you run any RAM checks to ensure your sticks are working as intended? Overclocking any? PSU and RAM are where I normally start when things like this pop up. They're usually the cuplrits.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1351569
 
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