Kinna figured I'd end up replacing the PCUSo, I checked in with somebody who knows a LOT more about power supplies than I do, and I'm no slouch when it comes to finding what I don't already know, but there is little information out there on your PSU other than the fact that it is build for Xion by Super Flower. Super Flower makes some very good PSU platforms like the Leadex and Leadex II, Golden green, etc., and builds most of the better EVGA units for them, but they also make some tremendously crappy platforms as well and outsource the actual building of them to some fairly shady third party manufacturers as well so I wanted to be sure.
The platform used in yours however, while decent when it was new according to my source (Thanks to Jon Gerow for that, aka JonnyGuru), it is a VERY old platform and it is highly likely this unit is along the lines of 10 years old, which makes it VERY MUCH the suspect in your problems since a failing or weak power supply can pretty easily mimic any kind of or level of hardware problem, and does.
Even if that unit was only five years old, and it is probably older than that, I would still advise you to replace it because while it was somewhat decent when new, it was never intended to be run beyond five years especially if it was used in a gaming rig all that time, but even if it wasn't. The components used in these units back then simply were not intended to last as long as those used in many of the platforms being sold today.
I would definitely start by replacing that unit and while it might not be the problem, it is both a very good idea to do so because you DO NOT want to continue using a power supply that old with your brand new hardware anyhow AND it is highly possible that it was the problem for both these builds. I would recommend that you look at 650-750w models from among those I've recommended here:
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Thanks - I'm going to save a couple of bucks and go with the EVGA.Either of those is a good choice. The RMx is probably the better of the two but both are very decent.
I installed the new EVGA GQ 750 Power Unit - it works great! BUT - it had no effect on my issue with my rig, freezing and then unfreezing (every time). The freezing is funny, sometimes everything freezes, sometimes only the keyboard, sometimes only the mouse, sometimes it's the audio playback. The freezing is definitely more frequent when I first boot up the system or when I fist get into playing a game. It seems that the more I play (or use the computer) the less it freezes. It might freeze randomly 5 times in the first hour of using the computer and then not again for several hours of use. I was listening to a wave file - one of several - and it just stopped playing and then started again after a minute or so. When I was signing onto Yahoo e-mail just a few minutes ago (one of the first things I did when I booted up) - the keyboard stopped working - then just started working again. The mouse was operating properly the whole time the keyboard freezing was occurring. In between freezes - everything seems to be working fine. See above to review what I've done in search of a solution.
Copy that! OK done - it was easier than I thought. Unfortunately, as I was writing this reply after completing the Bios Hard Reset procedure - the keyboard stopped responding for about 15 seconds - then magically what I typed appeared and everything seemed to go back to normal. The plan is to record live music on this machine - I haven't installed my DAW because pauses during recording or mastering would be a disaster. I'm going to use the machine tonight for a few hours to see if I can detect any improvement. Thanks again for your input!Yes, I really think it's something you need to do or I wouldn't have suggested it. This fixes more problems than you would even believe. Not ever problem to be sure, but more than it has any right to.
Sometimes it's the keyboard, sometimes it's a mouse click, sometimes Audio playback pauses. In games, the screen and mouse freeze but the sound still plays. I think it is much better after the Bios Hard Reset. I'll see what happens after using the machine in the next few days. I'll need to watch a video and see what happens.Is this only the keyboard this happens with? Are there problems with the mouse or other things, or is it ONLY keyboard input lag?
Do you have the latest drivers installed from the manufacturer's website for both your keyboard and mouse, and did you install the latest drivers from the motherboard product page for ALL of the components onboard, LAN/Ethernet, audio, chipset, etc.? Didn't skip any of them?
Do you have any external drives attached?
If the problem comes back, try disconnecting the external drive. I have two 8TB versions of that WD easy store and when they are connected I sometimes have some lag issues or weird random problems as well as loooong boot times.
Also, if you can, try a different motherboard and mouse, if the problem returns. Sometimes these lag issues are a direct result of poor quality peripheral hardware, especially if it's not well supported.
You too.
You too.
Unfortunately, things have gotten worse. Lately, watching YouTube videos randomly, the screen goes black for for a few seconds and then returns (when it comes back it looks like - sometimes- video quality deteriorates). It still randomly doesn't respond to mouse clicks or keyboard input (I am now using a generic USB mouse and keyboard - not gaming equipment). My USB backup drive is disconnected. I made sure all the drivers are up to date - downloaded from the manufacturers websites. I did not use the MSI live update - in fact, I reinstalled anything live update installed. The machine is just unstable. I am using an older BIOS 1.B0, I had the newer BIOS 1.C0 installed previously but the issues were evident. There is a newer BETA BIOS available on the MSI website 1.D0(beta) - I am wondering if I should try installing it. The only new thing is- I purchased Norton 360 Delux for $20/year - 5 devices- mostly because it included a VPN. It is interesting that the youtube video playback interruptions seemed to have started after installing the Norton. However, when I was using Win Defender all the rest of the issues (missing key strokes, freezing, missing mouse clicks, games freezing) were still taking place. I am going to turn Norton off and see if the video you tube video issues continue. Thanks as always for your time and input!You too.
most of the times, freezing while gaming or word processing has been the ram to be suspicious... use 1 stick and then test all the ram modules and motherboard ram ports and see which is faulty, also it can happen if u have unknowinly bent any cpu pins...My upgraded rig is freezing -randomly - then always unfreezing- - without any apparent harm to what I am doing. Happens more frequently and for a longer time (always less than 1 min) when playing games but can happen using word processing or on the web.
This is a fresh Win 10 home install
Ran RAM testing in windows - all good
Ran testing on storage drives - no failures on simple testing (Seagate utilities)
Tried disconnecting the older hard drives - still happens - the Firecuda is brand new
All drivers are the latest I can find
Bios installed in the latest
Running out of ideas - what else might I try to stop the freezing??
Here's my upgraded rig:
CPU - AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (new)
MOBO - MSI Tomahawk B450 - latest BIOS 1.C0 (new)
GPU RX 5700 8 GIG (new)
RAM - 2X8 Ballistix 3200 DDR4 (new)
PS - Xion XON 1000P 14HE
Storage:
SSD PNY CS1111 240 GIG (Win 10 home)
HDD Seagate Firecuda 2TB (new)
HDD Seagate Barracuda 1 TB
HDD Easystore 1TB (USB backup)
Monitor - ACER KG240 freesync
Sound - Realtek onboard
Speakers - Creative Inspire T3-100 2.1
Optical drives - 2
Mouse and Keyboard - Redragon Model S101-3 gaming