Recent content by Kidneybot

Aw, you're welcome! It was a tough issue to figure out and that's why I try to make it a point to circle back to my tech support threads like this, because I know the pain of googling over and over again and struggling to find anything. This freezing issue gave me hell for more than half a year...

Circling back to say my freezing is gone. I followed the advice in this LinusTechTips thread and set "Global C-State" in my BIOS to OFF. Since doing this, my PC has not frozen in over a month. The culprit seems to be NZXT CAM. A lot of users in that thread got rid of their freezing by removing...

Bumping this thread to say that I just swapped out graphics cards to see if it would solve my problem, but it didn't. Kind of bummed because I was about ready to try and RMA my 2060 Super. Honestly, I have no idea what could be causing this. This problem has persisted between Windows installs...

It's been on my mind for sure, but I don't think so? I've run MalwareBytes several times and it never picks up any viruses, same for Windows Defender. Are there any other ways to figure out if you have a coin miner virus? It should be noted that this problem persisted between several fresh...

Sorry to hear you're having the same problem, but I'm glad to know I'm not alone. Unfortunately though I haven't found a solution and I'm still dealing with it. The problem has become less frequent though, now I only experience the freezing once every 3 or 4 days instead of constantly. I've been...

Thanks for the response! I actually hadn't thought about power draw -- that's a great point. Can't say for sure, but I did put in a new PSU recently and I think this freezing may have started after I did the switch. The exact make and model of my PSU is Seasonic FOCUS GX-650, 650W 80+ Gold...

Coming back to this thread a while later to say I solved my issue and here's how, in case anyone is lurking and has the same problem: I replaced my CPU via RMA and the BSOD's stopped happening.

Hi all, I'm dealing with an issue that is minor, but persistent and annoying. When I leave my PC alone for a few minutes, the whole computer locks up and becomes unusable. When this happens, I can however pull up Task Manager quickly and see GPU usage is at 100%. But I can't do anything and the...

Hi, hope someone can help me out here because I’m a bit worn out playing PC detective on this one. PC specs are at the bottom of this post. Yesterday, I suddenly started getting very frequent blue screen crashes, always with the stop code “RESOURCE_NOT_OWNED.” When it happened, my PC would go...

I recently switched my motherboard to a new one of the same socket-type (didn't swap CPU or anything else) and my PC has been acting a little strange. For one, it doesn't shut down all the way. When I click "Shut Down," Windows closes and my monitor turns off, but my PC remains running with the...

Chiming in to say that I ended up just replacing my motherboard with a fresh one and that fixed my issue. It was a bit of a drastic move but I was tired of playing detective with this issue for so many months, and I'm glad that it worked out. Thanks for the responses, everyone.

Hey everyone, thanks for the responses, I really appreciate it. As an update, it looks like things have now gotten worse? When I turn on my PC, now I have trouble even getting to the BIOS; after pressing the power button I see a blank black screen and the PC just shuts off, but sometimes the...

Hi all, I'm dealing with a frustrating issue and I could use some help because I'm stuck. The short of it is this: My PC was working totally normal, issue free, for a very long time. The other day I put it in my car and drove it for two hours to my college town. Once I set it up again and turned...