I recently installed an ASUS NIVDIA GeForce 1060 6GOC card in my Dell XPS 8500 i7-3770 w/8GB Ram in order to try to extend the life of the system. I had previously done a clean install of Windows 10 on a new c drive and the system seem to be running well before I installed the new card. I installed the recommended video drivers from the ASUS site after installing the new card.
The first problem I noticed after installing the new video card is that the system started to go to sleep after 10 minutes, even though I have the power settings set to never turn off the HD. I then have to login again. Each time I login again, the system pegs the c drive at 100% usage, making it almost impossible to get any thing done until the disk activity subsides which may take up to 5 minutes or more. If I can get into the task manager, I find that system, svchost. exe (netsvcs-p), TIworker and other applications are doing tons of read/write actions.
I wonder if the NIVDIA drivers and the addition of the new video are are over-riding the Windows 10 settings for sleep modes. Could someone point out a way to ensure that the system doesn't go to sleep?
And can someone explain to me what is going on when the system wakes up and pegs the c drive usage at 100%
Thanks in advance,
Jim Driskell
The first problem I noticed after installing the new video card is that the system started to go to sleep after 10 minutes, even though I have the power settings set to never turn off the HD. I then have to login again. Each time I login again, the system pegs the c drive at 100% usage, making it almost impossible to get any thing done until the disk activity subsides which may take up to 5 minutes or more. If I can get into the task manager, I find that system, svchost. exe (netsvcs-p), TIworker and other applications are doing tons of read/write actions.
I wonder if the NIVDIA drivers and the addition of the new video are are over-riding the Windows 10 settings for sleep modes. Could someone point out a way to ensure that the system doesn't go to sleep?
And can someone explain to me what is going on when the system wakes up and pegs the c drive usage at 100%
Thanks in advance,
Jim Driskell