[SOLVED] Experiencing Freezes Every 5-10 Minutes.

[TanskiTee]

Hey Guys,

I've been facing a problem ever since i built my computer of it always freezing. All my drivers are up to date and I've also switched out my RAM as I thought I may of bought a couple faulty sticks. I have also downloaded an updated version of my BIOS using M-Flash.

The freezing usually occurs when something happens like opening a new tab in chrome or even just switching browser.

My Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5 9600K
MOTHERBOARD: Z370-A Pro
MEMORY: 2 x Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 8GB 3600MHz DDR4
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
COOLING: Antec Mercury RGB 360 Liquid CPU Cooler
STORAGE: Kingston A4000 500GB SSD/Seagate ST2000DM008 2TB Barracuda 3.5" HDD
PSU: Zalman ZM750-HP 750W.

If there's anything else you'd like to know, let us know.

Cheers guys.

Edit:

 

[Mezoxin]

your thermals and ssd/hdd and your PSU make and model ?

 

[TanskiTee]

your thermals and ssd/hdd and your PSU make and model ?

Kingston A4000 500GB SSD/Seagate ST2000DM008 2TB Barracuda 3.5" HDD and the PSU is a Zalman ZM750-HP 750W.

 

[Mezoxin]

Zalman ZM750-HP 750W.

That is a very old 10 year PSU I would change it , run chkdisk on your main drive and look for errors

 

[TanskiTee]

That is a very old 10 year PSU I would change it , run chkdisk on your main drive and look for errors

Alright i'll run chkdsk and let you know how I get on.

Whack, I didn't know it was such an old PSU

Results:

Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
No further action is required.

468220927 KB total disk space.
304394380 KB in 425995 files.
257960 KB in 99849 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
667199 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
162901388 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
117055231 total allocation units on disk.
40725347 allocation units available on disk.

C:\Windows\system32>

 

[Mockss]

Alright i'll run chkdsk and let you know how I get on.

Whack, I didn't know it was such an old PSU

Results:

Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
No further action is required.

468220927 KB total disk space.
304394380 KB in 425995 files.
257960 KB in 99849 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
667199 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
162901388 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
117055231 total allocation units on disk.
40725347 allocation units available on disk.

C:\Windows\system32>

maybe try changing the psu even if no errors are detected it is worth the try.

 

[TanskiTee]

I found that during these freezes my (C) Drive shoots up to 100%. There were 2 freezes in the span of 60 seconds...

 

[Nemesia]

You have 3600Mhz RAM but you're using them at 2133Mhz?

You using XMP profile in your BIOS?

 

[Mezoxin]

I found that during these freezes my (C) Drive shoots up to 100%. There were 2 freezes in the span of 60 seconds...

thats is the cause , try to see which program causes this ,also do a speed test and check your ssd health

also that PSU should be changed ASAP , try to find what suits your budget in that order

Corsair RMx 550 - Seasonic GX 550 - Corsair TXm 550 - Corsair CX550

 

[TanskiTee]

thats is the cause , try to see which program causes this ,also do a speed test and check your ssd health

also that PSU should be changed ASAP , try to find what suits your budget in that order

Corsair RMx 550 - Seasonic GX 550 - Corsair TXm 550 - Corsair CX550

It's pretty much every program that causes this issue. You think it is windows maybe causing the issue considering it's downloaded onto the SSD?

Alright, I'll look at getting one next pay. Cheers mate.

And to answer the XMP question, I think I am. I'm not too sure, should it be on or off?

 

[Mezoxin]

check your processes in task manager when this issue occurs and see which process causes that high % in disk usage

 

[TanskiTee]

check your processes in task manager when this issue occurs and see which process causes that high % in disk usage

Right, just done a test and it says the health is unknown, I've tried closing the program a couple times but that hasn't displayed it either

It's coming up that svchost.exe Is using the most when it freezes. Whats this?

 

[Mezoxin]

use ssd manager app by kingston to check for health

https://www.kingston.com/en/support/technical/ssdmanager

 

[TanskiTee]

use ssd manager app by kingston to check for health

https://www.kingston.com/en/support/technical/ssdmanager

Yeah, it says no failures or anything.

Does svchost have anything to do with it?

 

[Mezoxin]

it could be a plethora of things , check out this guide

https://webcache.googleusercontent....exe-in-windows-10/+&cd=20&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=eg

 

[TanskiTee]

it could be a plethora of things , check out this guide

https://webcache.googleusercontent....exe-in-windows-10/+&cd=20&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=eg

Thought we had solved the problem by following that list but after 3 hours of gametime it froze again and fell back into its old habits. Don't know what to do next tbh

 

[Mezoxin]

change the PSU first then see where we can go from there , a bad psu can manifest in so many ways

also that PSU should be changed ASAP , try to find what suits your budget in that order

Corsair RMx 550 - Seasonic GX 550 - Corsair TXm 550 - Corsair CX550