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    Question Brand new Seagate Barracuda 4TB is freezing my computer

    I tried a new SATA cable, it didn't fix it. I downloaded the latest AMD chipset drivers, it didn't fix it. I swapped the ports around with a working hard drive and the seagate drive seems to be working. BINGO... So if I was to guess its probably a motherboard issue with SATA port 3 or 4 (or PSU...
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    Question Brand new Seagate Barracuda 4TB is freezing my computer

    Thanks rocktalktock, that sounds like a great suggestion. Perhaps I'm better off converting all sata drives to the motherboard one. I really appreciate your help so far. Out of curiosity, how could you tell they were on different controllers? I see it on their website: I'll try it after work...
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    Question Brand new Seagate Barracuda 4TB is freezing my computer

    I was using OBS to record and it shut down at that point. But during the copying the system is essentially unusable.
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    Question Brand new Seagate Barracuda 4TB is freezing my computer

    Yes, its set to AMD Ryzen Balanced I don't really mind slow speeds, but slowing down the whole PC really irritates me. The riechelt site states: SMR hard disks are a good choice if they are primarily used as pure data storage or if a large hard disk is to be used for a PC on which data is...
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    Question Brand new Seagate Barracuda 4TB is freezing my computer

    I downloaded crystalDiskInfo it looks fine Device manager looks good also It says good in crystal disk, but I'm not sure what these "Graphs" mean: and
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    Question Brand new Seagate Barracuda 4TB is freezing my computer

    I've just installed a new 4TB internal HDD which runs at 5400rpm (ST4000DMZ04). Its a storage hard drive for me. I've tried to transfer large files from my M2 hard drive. Some work but eventually the whole operating system freezes. I've recorded a video of the freezing. View...