Question 100% disk usage ?

[cs3k3]

Hey!

It will be a lengthy story, and I'm kinda out of options now.

Around April I tried to uninstall overwatch 2, a file got corrupted; that's when it all started. I had some preinstalled noname m.2 ssd, I reinstalled Windows a couple of times on it, one time it just died.

No problem, I thought, I'll just use my secondary SSD, a Samsung 870 EVO.

Seems like my problems are gone, but no. Every few days/weeks the problems come back like cockroaches. Basically:
System runs fine for days/weeks > System starts doing the 100% disk usage (thus creating huge lag and freeze spikes) > I reseat any component (it could be the ram, the SSD, GPU, anything) > problems are gone for a time > repeat.

I tried everything. SysMain disabled. Bios update, driver update, heck I reinstalled Windows 7-8 times, different iso every time, used 3 different pendrives too. I got a new bios battery, I reapplied thermal paste (which solved my problem for the longest time?), I tried and tried and failed.

Now 1 bad SSD is ok, but 2? At the same time? The corrupt file wasn't even on that SSD + crystal disk says health is at 99% (link below). I'll try to order a new SSD next week, and hope for the best, in the mean time help a brother out.

https://imgur.com/a/LkRvcaS

View: https://imgur.com/gallery/LkRvcaS


Specs:
Ryzen 5 3500X
2x8gb ram, I believe 3000mHz
RTX 2060
SSD 870 EVO 1TB
MSI A520M-A pro mobo
Be quiet 500W psu

 

[stonecarver]

When this happens bring up Task Manager. Go through this list and you should hopefully see what is pegging your hard drive

 

[Misgar]

Don't discount two SSDs going bad at (nearly) the same time. Stranger things have happened.

Have you checked the Event Viewer 'System' logs? Any red errors should be investigated.

If your DDR4 RAM is overclocked up to 3,000MT/s, try disabling XMP in the BIOS and revert to 2,133 or 2,400MT/s. It might improve system stability.

To make sure you don't have a bad DIMM, run MemTest86+ from a USB memory stick.

I'd also be inclined to run a full surface scan on the remaining SSD with a hard disk test program.

 

[SkyNetRising]

System runs fine for days/weeks > System starts doing the 100% disk usage (thus creating huge lag and freeze spikes) > I reseat any component (it could be the ram, the SSD, GPU, anything) > problems are gone for a time > repeat.

How much free space is on SSD?
SSD will slow down considerably, when full.

Check running processes, when 100% disk usage happens. Could be some windows service - search indexing, defragment/drive optimization, windows updates, windows defender.

I tried everything. SysMain disabled. Bios update, driver update, heck I reinstalled Windows 7-8 times, different iso every time, used 3 different pendrives too.

Leave Sysmain alone. Return it to previous settings.
What windows are you using? Windows 7 ?

 

[cs3k3]

How much free space is on SSD?
SSD will slow down considerably, when full.

Check running processes, when 100% disk usage happens. Could be some windows service - search indexing, defragment/drive optimization, windows updates, windows defender.

Leave Sysmain alone. Return it to previous settings.
What windows are you using? Windows 7 ?

SSD is 1tb, there is 620gb free space. And I have windows 11.

 

[cs3k3]

Don't discount two SSDs going bad at (nearly) the same time. Stranger things have happened.

Have you checked the Event Viewer 'System' logs? Any red errors should be investigated.

If your DDR4 RAM is overclocked up to 3,000MT/s, try disabling XMP in the BIOS and revert to 2,133 or 2,400MT/s. It might improve system stability.

To make sure you don't have a bad DIMM, run MemTest86+ from a USB memory stick.

I'd also be inclined to run a full surface scan on the remaining SSD with a hard disk test program.

So I looked at Event Viewer, and a few errors and their timing line up perfectly every time. It's 2:56 PM here, I was trying and failing until like 3:30 in the morning, time checks out.

https://imgur.com/a/acC0W0C

View: https://imgur.com/a/acC0W0C


Also, that's just the actual errors. The warnings are way crazier, the past 24 hours is nuts.

https://imgur.com/a/k7mdrUI

View: https://imgur.com/a/k7mdrUI


The RAM isn't overclocked, I'll run MemTest86 as soon as I have some free time (I'm going to work in an hour), and I'll do tge surface scan too.

 

[whiteknights]

install hard disk sentinel and look for health.. see how many weak sectors do you have then tell me

 

[cs3k3]

install hard disk sentinel and look for health.. see how many weak sectors do you have then tell me

Just did that, exactly 0. Same with samsung magician (since I have a samsung SSD I tried that program too).

 

[whiteknights]

Just did that, exactly 0. Same with samsung magician (since I have a samsung SSD I tried that program too).

0 weak and bad sectors?.. i still recommend that you install "hdd regenerator" and watch the steps online to check and remove bad sectors from a flash drive

 

[whiteknights]

if not, then perform a clean format for hdd

 

[cs3k3]

if not, then perform a clean format for hdd

I had 4 clean formats on this SSD since April, don't think it will solve the problem.

 

[cs3k3]

0 weak and bad sectors?.. i still recommend that you install "hdd regenerator" and watch the steps online to check and remove bad sectors from a flash drive

Will try when I get home, thanks for the tip!

 

[whiteknights]

Just did that, exactly 0. Same with samsung magician (since I have a samsung SSD I tried that program too).

if 100 percent disk usage happens every now and then and doesn't last couple minutes then maybe you're a little paranoid and its completely normal, apart from that you could check windows update, disable that.. kill all unknown process

 

[cs3k3]

if 100 percent disk usage happens every now and then and doesn't last couple minutes then maybe you're a little paranoid and its completely normal, apart from that you could check windows update, disable that.. kill all unknown process

It's not every now and then. It's every 5-10 minutes, sometimes it lasts 10 sometimes it lasts 40 seconds. It's been like that since April. Sometimes the problem goes away for a week, one time it went away for a month, but from one boot up to another it comes back, I can't even use the browser sometimes because it freezes everything. Just in the past 24 hours I had 2500+ disk related warning, as shown in a picture above (and I'll link it here too).

https://imgur.com/a/k7mdrUI

View: https://imgur.com/a/k7mdrUI