freezes

Forum discussion tagged with freezes.
  1. A

    Question Windows 11 freezes even after clean reinstall, and sometimes get "DPC Watchdog Violation" BSOD ?

    Hey, my 3 years old computer suddenly started randomly freezing, sometimes ending up in a DPC Watchdog Violation BSOD, mostly not reacting at all anymore. No Hardware was changed, no additional software installed, no windows update installed recently when the error started to occur. Happens...
  2. lukcash7

    Question Random PC reboots/freezes ?

    Hello, Approximately 2 months ago I have built myself a new gaming PC. Since day one I've had problems with this system that are still ongoing, hence why I'm creating this thread to seek help from someone more experienced. Progressively it got worse, the freezes came first then the reboots...
  3. D

    Question My PC's File Explorer and Chrome freezes very often for seconds Every (3-10minutes) and cannot do anything. Please help!

    I made a screen video if I can upload here because just happened again... neither right-click nor left, nothing works for seconds... and chrome is the newest,. it was all the time but this. is going on for months now... so previous versions did the same... the pc file explorer doing similar...
  4. S

    Question PC freezes, I'm at wits' end

    Hello everyone, This might become a long opening post but I think details are important here. I will divide into sections to keep it from becoming one lengthy unreadable mess. Current Hardware / Windows CPU - Intel 13600K DDR - Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX 2x16GB 3600 MOBO - Asus ROG STRIX...
  5. Mr Stavro

    Question RAM Unstable but clean MemTest86 pass.

    Well, a couple of months ago I started having a problem that was: Random BSODs and Freezes. This only happened when the computer was being used very lightly, for example: Using folders, deleting or moving them, using Google Chrome, using Discord (Usually the latter happened when I left the PC...
  6. coolhandluke_tv

    Question Computer freezes then beeps once ?

    For whatever reason, whenever I am playing a game like League of Legends or open a different game, my computer will randomly freeze. It's not often, nor does it happen every time, but for some reason, it'll just freeze. If it freezes and I mash keys or click the mouse rapidly, it'll give out a...
  7. S

    Question freezes and crashes

    Hello, I have some wierd issues with my pc that i've had ever since upgrading my mobo and CPU. Whenever i start my pc for the first time of the day it freezes every 2-3 minutes for like 1 second, the usb disconnect sound plays and sometimes the RGB on my microphone turns on and off, same with...
  8. W

    Question PC freezes constantly and can't shut down

    PC Specs: i5 12400f Gigabyte B660 DS3H AX DDR4 WIFI Corsair Ballistic DDR4 2x8GB RAM MSi GTX 1060 3GB Crucial P2 m.2 1TB EVGA supernova G650 This is a somewhat new build with some parts (PSU and GPU) reused from my old PC and was built around April this year. I've pretty much had some kind of...
  9. Mr Stavro

    [SOLVED] BIOS Update causing freezes and BSODs ?

    Hi, I have updated my bios and since then I have been getting Freezes and BSODs. I published a thread a week ago about a temperature problem, in my attempt to fix it, I updated and reinstalled many things, for example the BIOS. The temperature is already fixed, but since I updated it, I haven't...
  10. PawnoG

    Question PC Freezes / Restarts on some games (sometimes)

    Really weird thing that started happening is my PC would restart itself or freeze when playing certain games, but only sometimes (like 80% freeze 20% working split) while other games are fine all the time, thought it might be GPU but even some GPU intensive games don't cause this Games that...
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    Question My Windows 10 Freezes Within 5 Minutes Of Start (no BSOD)

    My hardware is i5 4440, 16 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD )OS installed here). 4TB HDD I use windows 10 64 bit. After restarting my computer, the windows Froze within minutes, I thought maybe a small issue, So I booted from USB and went into windows repair, The only option working for go to command prompt...
  12. B

    Question What's causing random freezing ?

    I’m experiencing random freezes while playing games which last around 1-2 seconds, it doesn’t matter what video settings I’ve selected I’ll still experience them at least once a game for example in valorant. My specs are: rtx 3060 ryzen 5 3600 2133mhz ram 230w cooler master I have a feeling...
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    Question Windows 11 freezing while installing AMD graphics driver ?

    Laptop Specs: OS: Windows 11 CPU: Intel i5-8250U RAM: 8GB GPU: AMD Radeon 530 Storage - 2TB HDD Yesterday my laptop's screen went black and it went on recovery mode after restarting. Then i installed new Windows and while installing GPU drivers (from official website) Windows 11 freezes and I...
  14. shiftyisplayingcs

    [SOLVED] pc lags after cpu uprade

    Hello, so I just upgraded my CPU and mobo from an i5 3470 to a r3 3100. It is very weird, often my taskbar lags, when I check task manager my CPU and ram is normal. Does anyone know the problem? I've tried to restart the Windows explorer, but 2-3 seconds later is still the same. Please someone...
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    [SOLVED] Can a GPU cause crashes even when using integrated graphics?

    edit: specs are i5 4460, gtx 960, 8GB ram, asrock H97 anniversary, evga supernova 650 G+, pny cs1311 240GB, win10 Hi all, I've been having a number of stability issues for a while now - random crashes/freezes/restarts, no signal on monitor at times, etc. I was just thinking - I've had these...
  16. S

    [SOLVED] Games Lagging on very good PC

    So pretty much every single game that I play lags or has lag spikes from time to time. But fps doesn't reach 0, if fps is at 144 it will go down to 120-140 something like that. Far Cry 5: whenever I pick up items the game lags from 90 fps to 80-90. I noticed that the game autosaves when I pick...
  17. R

    Question Strange problem, when using full internet speed it's freezes windows.

    I'm having some throuble trying to figure out what is going on... Maybe someone here have some answer or can help me with some troubleshooting... I've upgraded my local networking of 50mbps to 300mbps and the chaos begins! When I do any internet speed test, my computer starts to do some random...
  18. J

    [SOLVED] Instant replay recordings have freezes in it.

    Hello everyone! Since a couple months I have experienced freezes in my instant replay recording. It happens about 2/3 out of the 10 times I save my instant replay clips. This suddenly started. It only happens in the recording. When I play, I don't experience anything like a freeze. Here is a...
  19. Z

    [SOLVED] Will powerline adapters fix packet burst in warzone?

    I've been having severe packet burst in warzone and It's probably because I play on wifi. I've had it for several months and I'm sick and tired of bad bullet reg. I wanna use ethernet but my parents won't let me run a long as cable from the other side of the house to my pc. I live in a 25ish...
  20. Criiza22

    [SOLVED] Windows 10 freezes when I use a graphics tablet ?

    Well, this my problem is quite strange and annoying, mainly because I am a quadrinist that I have to deliver the pages of my comics as soon as possible, and when windows 10 freezes my files get corrupted making me have to do all the lost things again. I already tried all the possible solutions...
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    [SOLVED] 8-cores FX-8350 stock + Prime95 = freeze, but okay if cores 5 & 6 are disabled ?

    Current system: Cpu AMD FX8350 on 6 cores (5&6 core disabled in BIOS) @4.3GHz Ram Gskill Ripjaws 1600xmp 24GB (2+1 modules) MB Sabertooth fx990 r2 asus Psu CorsairRM750x GPU ASUS R290 STRIX Ssd Samsung evo 250 + 4 HDDs...
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    Question Random restarts after I tried connecting my external amplifier and sound system (win 10)

    Back after many years of flawless operations. Once again with random restarts. I was trying to reconnect my old high quality Kenwood amplifier back up to my PC for some quality music listening. I can tell you right now this is a user error since my PC immediately froze, then the music played...
  23. mwasil

    [SOLVED] Installing Win Xp x86 on a modern (2015) laptop - keyboard stops working during "Press ENTER [...] ..."

    Hi everyone! So, I wanted to try to install Win XP 32bit SP3 on a fairly new Asus GL552VW laptop (i7 6300HQ, 16GB ram, GTX960m, UEFI) (just for fun :D) Since XP cannot boot the installer in EFI mode, I used easy2boot to create a bootable flash drive, and put the XP .iso in the appropriate...
  24. L

    Question FPS DROPS/LAGS/ RUNNING OUT OF VIRTUAL MEMORY CRASHES

    Hello, I have a lot of problems in games like COD CW, EFT, SQUAD and Hell Let Loose with huge fps drops and freezes. GPU temps around 80 degrees CPU around 50. This all is starting from little freezes and leading to the crashes, doesn't matter if I shoot or do nothing games are randomly...
  25. System32_76

    Question My Desktop Keeps Freezing Up - Xubuntu

    Hello everyone! Recently, I've been having a recurring issue on Xubuntu 20.04 LTS where my desktop freezes up but I can move my mouse cursor around and access TTYs. Somebody told me that this issue has been happening with other Linux distros as well. I also found out that a bunch of people who...
  26. DomskiPlays

    Question Freezes in all games even on an empty, fresh Windows installation with no other programmes installed.

    Hi all, I've been having this issue forever and even posted about it here a couple of months ago. In short: I just have micro freezes every couple of seconds in every game, I feel it worst in CS:GO though. Sometimes you can see the fps drop to 40 from 500 but there are freezes even if you...
  27. V

    Question Unstable System: mini -Freezes, Crashes, can't find the Problem

    Hello guys, i really need help from some people who know more about computers than i do. First of all, sorry if my english isn't the best, i'm not a native speaker, but i really need help with this. It drives me crazy. The Problem: I have random mini freezes and stutters in my system. They...
  28. W

    [SOLVED] !! Freezing Computer!! Help wanted!

    Hello everyone, First of all thank you for reading my topic, I'm fairly new to this site but I have already checked multiple topics where people had (more of the same) problem as I did but I haven't found a solution yet. I'm having a freezing/Deadlocking/lock-up computer issue for quite a...
  29. D

    Question GTX980Ti crashing with DirectX 9 PassMark test

    UserBenchmarks: Game 67%, Desk 67%, Work 49% CPU: AMD FX-8350 - 70.9% GPU: Nvidia GTX 980-Ti - 73.4% SSD: SanDisk Ultra II 240GB - 81.5% HDD: WD Green 1TB (2009) - 56.2% USB: Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB - 6.8% RAM: HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB - 45.1% MBD: MSI 990FXA GAMING (MS-7893) I...
  30. DannyAbility

    [SOLVED] Why I have low fps?

    My pc specs: i5-9600K, RTX 2070 SUPER, 16 GB(8x2GB) RAM 3200Mhz, 2 TB HDD, 256GB SSD. In all games that I play, I have low fps. Example: In The witcher 3: Wild hunt i have 75 fps and rare fps drops to 50 fps, on ultra settings, but on YouTube, all have 100-120 fps on ultra setting(I mean with my...
  31. C

    Question Heavy,frequent lag that gets worse the longer the PC is on

    Hello! This has been going on for quite a while now. The computer has slight freezes (1-5sec) once in a while. Therefore, it lags when I'm typing, when I'm working the program has freezes,lags. When I start the PC it's not that bad. It gets worse and worse the longer it's on..or so it seems...
  32. TeeRoy

    [SOLVED] Msi z390 gaming plus HELP

    Specs: MSI Z390 Gaming Plus Intel i7 8700k 2x 8gb corsair vengeance ddr4 Nvidia 1060 Evo m2 NVME Corsair Modular 650w PSU Purchased this board saturday and put a build together. All day Sunday and Monday I was getting constant freezes and could not find the culprit. Tested Ram, , GPU, CPU HD's...
  33. B

    [SOLVED] My computer freezes after 5-10 min when i install new RAM

    Hi, so i recently wanted to upgrade my stationary computer from 8 gb DDR4-2400 mhz corsair Vengeance LPX with an identical copy to a total of 16 gb of RAM. However whenever i install the new RAM my computer will recognize the two sticks and boot correctly, however after 5-10 minutes of running...
  34. A

    Question Brand new high-end PC freezes for a few seconds every few hours

    Hello, I recently bought a new high-end PC: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 3.9 GHz 8-Core Processor Asus GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB STRIX GAMING Advanced Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid...
  35. K

    Question Problem with my new AMD build.

    specs: Corsair RM750x, 750W PSU Gigabyte X570 AORUS Pro, Socket-AM4 AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Prosessor Geforce RTX 2070 SUPER Windforce OC 8GB HyperX Fury DDR4 3200MHz 32GB Old sata SSD 500 gb + samsung 970 evo plus m2 drive I have an issue with my new build. The issue is that the pc freezes or runs...
  36. Jurgen Volkov

    [SOLVED] Regular freeze&reboot with no errors after I close any game.

    Hi, everyone! I've got this problem for a month or so: sometimes, after I quit a game, my PC freezes for 2 seconds and reboots with no error message and without BSOD (once it happend instantly after closing a game, but mostly it does so after a couple of minutes). It doesn't happen every time...
  37. N

    [SOLVED] Help! CPU cache issue (probably)

    Specs Ryzen 7 1700 Gigabyte Windforce RX 480 8gb Corsair Vengeance 8gb 2400mHZ DDR4 Samsung 860 EVO 500gb SSD ... Hi, I've got an issue with my PC and I think I've narrowed it down to my CPU cache. The last few months I've been experiencing some instability with my PC while running more...
  38. MachoFantastico

    Question Freezes and stutters in games - Advice/help appreciated.

    Hello folks, So I need some help, since upgrading my system a good few months back I've been having a constant issue with freezes and stutters in games. Before jumping into the details I will detail my system below: Windows 10 1909. MSI MPG X570 Gaming Edge Wifi motherboard (Version 7C37v16...
  39. B

    Question graphics suddenly goes blurry and fps from 60 to 9

    hey guys i really need help , when i play apex legends suddenly the graphics look extremely bad , and fps drop from 70 to 9 , and pc freeze !!! what can cause the issue? i tried to remove gpu and put it again , it works for a few moments and than it freezes and very bad fps and bad graphics...
  40. metalhusky

    Question Short freeze with buzzing sound out of the speaker, probably a driver issue, help identifying.

    Hi, so around half a year i started getting those random short freezes, with buzzing sound, that last a second or so, coming from the speakers, not PSU or GPU as some people suggested. I don't know what changed. Except that i overclocked my CPU and GPU, but i already did those overclock 1...