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Question My pc keeps freezing

Feb 2, 2024
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Hey!
So ill try to explain the problem as good as i can. Yesterday i noticed my pc froze when watching a stream on Discord so I thought my pc just bugged out or smth and force restarted it. After the restart and entering back to Discord my pc froze again and i got a black screen for around a minute or so. This freezing kept happening and I thought to myself "oh well ill just reinstall windows because the problem is probably there" and so I did. But to my surprise it didnt help. Now to explain the "freeze" itself. I can switch between the tabs I have open and do stuff inside them, for example I was watching a movie on VLC mediaplayer and i could countinue even when my pc was lagging. If i try to open start menu or any new program while my pc is bugged out it freezes and usually comes back after 2-3 minutes but sometimes I have to force reboot. Another interesting thing is that nothing in my web browser loads when I have this "freeze" but I obviously have internet because I was in a discord call and people could hear me. I have updated all the drivers and troubleshooted the basic things (anti-virus, drivers, windows reinstall etc). What am i supposed to do?
 
Do you think this freeze is because of Discord? (does it happen when not in the discord call as well?)
If so, does using the web version of Discord also give the same issues? (if you're already using the web version, use the Discord app)
 
Thish
Do you think this freeze is because of Discord? (does it happen when not in the discord call as well?)
If so, does using the web version of Discord also give the same issues? (if you're already using the web version, use the Discord app)
This happens when im not on discord aswell sadly🙁