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Damian_22

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Help my pc is starting to act up. games that never lagged before get lag spikes and cpu is running 99% on a normal basis. Pc then freezes and can't listen even to music it says that device is connected and disconnected. I do not know if this has anything to do with the problem but my youtube videos also freeze even when the video is already buffed and the video stands still but the audio play. The only temporary fix is to reload page.

Specs:

RAM - 2×8GB Corsair LPX Vengeance 2400MHz DDR4

Motherboard - Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3

CPU - Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz

GPU - gigabyte gtx 1050ti

PSU - Corsair VS550
 
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Oh. Ok try first going into your settings, windows update, and install all updates that are there to install. Do not stop until it says your device is up to date. Make sure that in update history there are no failed updates that keep not getting installed.

Then if it is up to date, go into windows defender, make sure there are green checks next to all sections, go to virus and threat protection (make sure on bottom it says your protections and definitions are up to date) and run a quick scan. Any issues? Do you have any other AV or malware protection program installed?
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Sounds like an issue with your audio drivers. Get the latest installed from your mobo support site: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-Z170-Gaming-K3-rev-11#support-dl
and make sure in audio settings it lists realtek drivers after, and the right version, instead of microsoft ones.

Have you installed any new hardware recently? Headset? Speakers?

Also is this happening when you're not on youtube? Games? Running anything else demanding? Playing video you already have on your hard drive?
 
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Ok so then realtek drivers will need updating, and as I said, you'd get those off your mobo support page, and make sure in audio settings that they're selected after.
Also, might not hurt to update your nvidia drivers as well.
When you open your event viewer and select Critical, do you see any critical errors listed around the time of the crash?
 
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They will be updated when you go to nvidia and update your video drivers. But those shouldn't be selected for under your audio settings (though they might be listed). You should have realtek as your audio drivers currently selected.
 
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If you are not using them for audio, they shouldn't technically hurt. But it's good to keep them updated, via updating your video drivers. Just make sure they're not accidentally selected as your main device though I don't see how you'd hear anything in that case.
 
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During idle if it happens too often can be concerning, meaning it might not be the regular windows update, caching and such. When it's on idle, open task manager, go to details, sort by cpu usage, and see what's at the top when this happens. If it doesn't seem to be listing whatever's eating up most of cycles, go to performance tab instead and on the bottom click to open resource monitor. Then go to cpu tab and see what's at the top for cpu usage.
 
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Oh. Ok try first going into your settings, windows update, and install all updates that are there to install. Do not stop until it says your device is up to date. Make sure that in update history there are no failed updates that keep not getting installed.

Then if it is up to date, go into windows defender, make sure there are green checks next to all sections, go to virus and threat protection (make sure on bottom it says your protections and definitions are up to date) and run a quick scan. Any issues? Do you have any other AV or malware protection program installed?
 
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