Question Varies computer freezes

[DavidBarishev]

Hi everyone,
A very annoying issue started occurring to me in the latest week, computer was working fine before that.
My PC freezes completely for a couple of seconds(5-10) every couple of hours (2-8 times a day). Doesn't seem to occur when I'm doing a specific activity - happened to me while browsing the web, gaming and more.

I have inspected the event viewer and found a reoccurring event which is printed every time my computer freezes - consistently.

The network interface "Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.30)" has begun resetting. There will be a momentary disruption in network connectivity while the hardware resets. Reason: The network driver detected that its hardware has stopped responding to commands. This network interface has reset 1 time(s) since it was last initialized.

Troubleshooting steps I have already tried:

• I have tried reinstalling the device driver through device manager.
• Verified all windows updates are installed
• Verified latest bios is installed

Bellow are my system specs:

• OS: Windows 10 x64 bit, version 21H1 (OS Build 19043.985) - was working fine before hand.
• Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-H77M-D3H (rev. 1.0) BIOS version F14
• CPU: Intel i5-3450 @ 3.10GH (stock)
• GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (stock)
• RAM: 12GB DDR3
  • CORSAIR 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (CMV4GX3M1A1333C9)
  • Kingston 8GB DDR3 1333MHz (99U5471-040.A00LF)
• DISKS:
  • Samsung SSD 850 evo 250GB (boot drive): Rapid mode enabled through Samsung magician
  • WD Caviar blue 500GB 7200 RPM storage drive (WD5000AAKX-001CA0)
• PSU: Seasonic ssp-550rt (550w 80+ Gold)

Thanks for any help and looking forward for your replies

 

[punkncat]

The network adapter thing could be related to the freeze so might be a symptom rather than a cause.

No event 41?

Are you monitoring temps?

 

[Zerk2012]

Pull out the 4GB stick of memory and try it again make sure the 8GB stick is in the correct slot as per the motherboard manual.

 

[DavidBarishev]

The network adapter thing could be related to the freeze so might be a symptom rather than a cause.

No event 41?

Are you monitoring temps?

Temps are fine: while gaming GPU max 70c CPU max 75c.
I don't get event 41 since the freeze is just for couple of seconds and then the computer is fine.

Although I did get two BSOD with "dpc watchdog violation" error today and yesterday. This might be related?

 

[DavidBarishev]

Pull out the 4GB stick of memory and try it again make sure the 8GB stick is in the correct slot as per the motherboard manual.

I have reseated the RAM according the manual and the issue persists

 

[Zerk2012]

I have reseated the RAM according the manual and the issue persists

did you completely remove the 4GB stick and leave it out?

 

[DavidBarishev]

did you completely remove the 4GB stick and leave it out?

Yes, the issue occurs even if I am using only the 8gb stick.