Hey all,
I've been having freezing issues with a PC I bought this summer, basically since day one. It will freeze, usually when gaming (especially if it is a more demanding game) or rarely when doing something regular like browsing the web. I've tried plenty of stress test tools and none have managed to cause a crash. I'm a bit hesitant to send it to the repair shop as it basically seems to be fine, most of the time.
There is one particular game that will freeze the PC in less than 30 minutes quite consistently though. When the PC freezes, the keyboard is unresponsive, the image locks up and won't do anything until I manually reset it. The PC acts like usual when reset and when frozen it isn't making any extra sound or anything from fans.
Sometimes I can go days without a freeze and then it'll randomly happen. The only consistent thing I can see is that more demanding titles seem to cause it more often. Temperatures are not unusually high when it freezes though.
The Reliability Monitor only shows that Windows was unexpectedly shut down. No crash or bluescreen or log.
Here's what I've tried so far with no luck:
Thank you kindly.
Specs (no overclocking done):
i9-10900k @ 3.7ghz
GTX 3070ti
32GB DDR4 RAM (2 sticks)
Corsair TX750M, 750W PSU
Windows 11 Home 64-bit
I've been having freezing issues with a PC I bought this summer, basically since day one. It will freeze, usually when gaming (especially if it is a more demanding game) or rarely when doing something regular like browsing the web. I've tried plenty of stress test tools and none have managed to cause a crash. I'm a bit hesitant to send it to the repair shop as it basically seems to be fine, most of the time.
There is one particular game that will freeze the PC in less than 30 minutes quite consistently though. When the PC freezes, the keyboard is unresponsive, the image locks up and won't do anything until I manually reset it. The PC acts like usual when reset and when frozen it isn't making any extra sound or anything from fans.
Sometimes I can go days without a freeze and then it'll randomly happen. The only consistent thing I can see is that more demanding titles seem to cause it more often. Temperatures are not unusually high when it freezes though.
The Reliability Monitor only shows that Windows was unexpectedly shut down. No crash or bluescreen or log.
Here's what I've tried so far with no luck:
- Reformatted Windows twice (running 11 now)
- Uninstalled and tried several different GPU driver versions (5+ versions)
- Moved the RAM sticks around different slots, removed one, then the other.
- Moved the GPU to the second PCI-E slot
- Flashed BIOS
- Reset CMOS by removing the Motherboard battery for 5 minutes
- System file check, several times
- A number of different stress test and error check tools: None find anything or seem to cause any crash
- Updated all drivers, reinstalled and installed them too
- Underclocked the GPU as far as possible
- Tried a number of BIOS settings like XMP, PCI to Gen 1/2/3. No dice.
- Windows update
Thank you kindly.
Specs (no overclocking done):
i9-10900k @ 3.7ghz
GTX 3070ti
32GB DDR4 RAM (2 sticks)
Corsair TX750M, 750W PSU
Windows 11 Home 64-bit
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