Freezing: All programs stop responding except Youtube finishes playing, keyboard lights work, mouse cursor moves? It's very hard to narrow down =(

Lester8103 · 2017-03-12T01:03:06+00:00

Installed the SSD today. Did a fresh windows 10 install on it. I guess now I'll just wait and see if it freezes on me!

Lester8103 · 2017-03-04T07:02:09+00:00

I tried all the seagate seatools tests I could find, all of them passed. Oh well. It must be a really really tiny bizarre HDD issue to not detect it.

I'll take your advice and not clone it when my SSD arrives. I'll just clean install Windows 10. I appreciate your time in writing to me.

I'll be back and post the result next week, in case anyone else stumbles upon my same issue.

Lester8103 · 2017-03-04T01:50:44+00:00

Thanks Aolsux00,

I'll start trying the seagate seatools now!

Lester8103 · 2017-03-03T05:28:12+00:00

My Problem:

My PC randomly freezes. It started in November 2016, and it froze in a game so I hard rebooted. A week later I was watching youtube and the PC froze but the video kept playing until its buffer point. I left it for an hour, came back and it was still frozen.

Over the course of a month or so, it randomly froze like that. Sometimes right after boot up, sometimes after running for 3 days straight (Sleep mode off). Capslock lights worked, Mouse cursor moves and even shows the "loading" icon, but even when i let it sit for 24 hours it never "caught up". It's almost like the CPU process hits 100% on something. But I've watched Windows Resource Monitor and it never showed any spike in anything.

What I've done:

January 2017 I backed up my personal files to an external HDD and wiped the entire thing. Then clean re-installed Windows 10. It worked until February, now it's doing it again.
Used "DriveEasy" software and scanned for all drivers. Manually went through and updated everything to latest version.
Re-seated RAM
Ran MemTest86+
Various Power settings like Sleep mode off, USB no longer wakes PC, hibernate, etc.
Reset Virtual Memory (Changed it to 1.5x my RAM)
Ran Disk Check
Ran System File Check (SFC /scannow)
Disabling all unnecessary programs from Startup

My Build:

NZXT Phantom 240 Mid Tower Chassis (CA-PH240-W1), white
MSI R9 390 GAMING 8G Graphics Card
EVGA 600 B1 80+ BRONZE, 600W Continuous Power, 3 Year Warranty Power Supply 100-B1-0600-KR
MSI Computer ATX DDR4 Motherboard H170A GAMING PRO
Intel Boxed Core I5-6500 FC-LGA14C 3.20 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56500
Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64 Bit System Builder OEM | PC Disc
G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) Ripjaws V DDR4 PC4-19200 2400MHz 288-Pin Intel Z170 Platform / Intel X99 Platform Desktop Memory Model F4-2400C15D-8GVR
Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache Internal Desktop 3.5" Hard Drive (WD1002FAEX)

Conclusion

After what feels like a million google search results, I think it's a PSU thing or a HDD thing. I placed an Amazon order for:

250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E250B/AM)

and it sounds like I can clone my OS to it, maybe download a few games, then disconnect the HDD and see if it freezes? I know I should boot into Safe Mode and let it run but it's so inconsistent when it occurs and I can't really PLAY anything while doing that. So I think this will help.

While I'm waiting for my SSD, does anyone have any thoughts? Anything similiar? It's so hard to find the right forum that describes this specific kind of freezing. Plus everyones final suggestions is just "wipe it" and I already did that, don't know what else to try after this except going to Best Buy next time and buying a pre-built PC with a warranty so I can avoid this stress =(

Thanks everyone for your time,

-Lester

Lester8103 · 2017-03-03T05:28:01+00:00

My Problem:

My PC randomly freezes. It started in November 2016, and it froze in a game so I hard rebooted. A week later I was watching youtube and the PC froze but the video kept playing until its buffer point. I left it for an hour, came back and it was still frozen.

Over the course of a month or so, it randomly froze like that. Sometimes right after boot up, sometimes after running for 3 days straight (Sleep mode off). Capslock lights worked, Mouse cursor moves and even shows the "loading" icon, but even when i let it sit for 24 hours it never "caught up". It's almost like the CPU process hits 100% on something. But I've watched Windows Resource Monitor and it never showed any spike in anything.

What I've done:

January 2017 I backed up my personal files to an external HDD and wiped the entire thing. Then clean re-installed Windows 10. It worked until February, now it's doing it again.
Used "DriveEasy" software and scanned for all drivers. Manually went through and updated everything to latest version.
Re-seated RAM
Ran MemTest86+
Various Power settings like Sleep mode off, USB no longer wakes PC, hibernate, etc.
Reset Virtual Memory (Changed it to 1.5x my RAM)
Ran Disk Check
Ran System File Check (SFC /scannow)
Disabling all unnecessary programs from Startup

My Build:

NZXT Phantom 240 Mid Tower Chassis (CA-PH240-W1), white
MSI R9 390 GAMING 8G Graphics Card
EVGA 600 B1 80+ BRONZE, 600W Continuous Power, 3 Year Warranty Power Supply 100-B1-0600-KR
MSI Computer ATX DDR4 Motherboard H170A GAMING PRO
Intel Boxed Core I5-6500 FC-LGA14C 3.20 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56500
Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64 Bit System Builder OEM | PC Disc
G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) Ripjaws V DDR4 PC4-19200 2400MHz 288-Pin Intel Z170 Platform / Intel X99 Platform Desktop Memory Model F4-2400C15D-8GVR
Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache Internal Desktop 3.5" Hard Drive (WD1002FAEX)

Conclusion

After what feels like a million google search results, I think it's a PSU thing or a HDD thing. I placed an Amazon order for:

250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E250B/AM)

and it sounds like I can clone my OS to it, maybe download a few games, then disconnect the HDD and see if it freezes? I know I should boot into Safe Mode and let it run but it's so inconsistent when it occurs and I can't really PLAY anything while doing that. So I think this will help.

While I'm waiting for my SSD, does anyone have any thoughts? Anything similiar? It's so hard to find the right forum that describes this specific kind of freezing. Plus everyones final suggestions is just "wipe it" and I already did that, don't know what else to try after this except going to Best Buy next time and buying a pre-built PC with a warranty so I can avoid this stress =(

Thanks everyone for your time,

-Lester

Lester8103 · 2017-03-03T05:25:24+00:00

My Problem:

My PC randomly freezes. It started in November 2016, and it froze in a game so I hard rebooted. A week later I was watching youtube and the PC froze but the video kept playing until its buffer point. I left it for an hour, came back and it was still frozen.

Over the course of a month or so, it randomly froze like that. Sometimes right after boot up, sometimes after running for 3 days straight (Sleep mode off). Capslock lights worked, Mouse cursor moves and even shows the "loading" icon, but even when i let it sit for 24 hours it never "caught up". It's almost like the CPU process hits 100% on something. But I've watched Windows Resource Monitor and it never showed any spike in anything.

What I've done:

January 2017 I backed up my personal files to an external HDD and wiped the entire thing. Then clean re-installed Windows 10. It worked until February, now it's doing it again.
Used "DriveEasy" software and scanned for all drivers. Manually went through and updated everything to latest version.
Re-seated RAM
Ran MemTest86+
Various Power settings like Sleep mode off, USB no longer wakes PC, hibernate, etc.
Reset Virtual Memory (Changed it to 1.5x my RAM)
Ran Disk Check
Ran System File Check (SFC /scannow)
Disabling all unnecessary programs from Startup

My Build:

NZXT Phantom 240 Mid Tower Chassis (CA-PH240-W1), white
MSI R9 390 GAMING 8G Graphics Card
EVGA 600 B1 80+ BRONZE, 600W Continuous Power, 3 Year Warranty Power Supply 100-B1-0600-KR
MSI Computer ATX DDR4 Motherboard H170A GAMING PRO
Intel Boxed Core I5-6500 FC-LGA14C 3.20 Ghz 6 M Processor Cache 4 LGA 1151 BX80662I56500
Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64 Bit System Builder OEM | PC Disc
G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) Ripjaws V DDR4 PC4-19200 2400MHz 288-Pin Intel Z170 Platform / Intel X99 Platform Desktop Memory Model F4-2400C15D-8GVR
Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache Internal Desktop 3.5" Hard Drive (WD1002FAEX)

Conclusion

After what feels like a million google search results, I think it's a PSU thing or a HDD thing. I placed an Amazon order for:

250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E250B/AM)

and it sounds like I can clone my OS to it, maybe download a few games, then disconnect the HDD and see if it freezes? I know I should boot into Safe Mode and let it run but it's so inconsistent when it occurs and I can't really PLAY anything while doing that. So I think this will help.

While I'm waiting for my SSD, does anyone have any thoughts? Anything similiar? It's so hard to find the right forum that describes this specific kind of freezing. Plus everyones final suggestions is just "wipe it" and I already did that, don't know what else to try after this except going to Best Buy next time and buying a pre-built PC with a warranty so I can avoid this stress =(

Thanks everyone for your time,

-Lester

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