Desktop stalls, then freezes

GunJack

I suggest you open task manager as soon as you boot up the machine and leave it open, that way you can get it on top and see if it's a process using 100% processor. After that, I'd be thinking SSD not operating correctly..

m5rcc

GunJack wrote: »

I suggest you open task manager as soon as you boot up the machine and leave it open, that way you can get it on top and see if it's a process using 100% processor. After that, I'd be thinking SSD not operating correctly..

OK - I shall try that too, thanks

forgotmyname

Hard drive with bad sectors maybe.. Had similar issue over the past week.

These larger drives seem to be lacking in reliability. 1TB drive decided to require scans at startup. After scanning it appeared in windows fine. But then stopped appearing. I had already ripped all the data off onto another drive.

But backing up 1TB is a PITA.

Made worse because the bootmanager was on that drive... oops.

m5rcc

forgotmyname wrote: »

Hard drive with bad sectors maybe.. Had similar issue over the past week.

These larger drives seem to be lacking in reliability. 1TB drive decided to require scans at startup. After scanning it appeared in windows fine. But then stopped appearing. I had already ripped all the data off onto another drive.

But backing up 1TB is a PITA.

Made worse because the bootmanager was on that drive... oops.

It's hardly a large drive: 167GB

poppellerant

m5rcc wrote: »

Haven't used that but will try it.

I have updated my mobo BIOS to ver. F8, which is the latest, but that was giving me problems too, so it went back to the backup ver. F5.

What sort of problems did you have and did you work your way back down to F5 gradually, or in one jump?

My suggestion is to go into your BIOS, load default settings. Restart computer back into BIOS, then power down and turn off at the wall. Follow your motherboard manual to reset the BIOS - usually along the lines of move the pins on JP1 (Jumper 1) of your motherboard from 1-2 to 2-3 for about 30 seconds, then putting it back to 1-2. Having done this, turn the computer back on at the wall and reset to defaults AGAIN then restart back into the BIOS.

Having done the above, flash your BIOS to F8 then clear the BIOS again using the above instructions. Basically, all you're doing is making sure no old settings conflict with the new BIOS. It has been know to happen, hence the reason for ensuring a completely clean BIOS setup.

Obviously having flashed your BIOS to F8, carefully go through it and set it up how you need it.

Do you have a spare harddrive to install Windows onto? I am also wondering if you have a bad installation of Windows - as you are finding out, sometimes it is just quicker to reinstall it.

poppellerant

forgotmyname wrote: »

Hard drive with bad sectors maybe.. Had similar issue over the past week.

These larger drives seem to be lacking in reliability. 1TB drive decided to require scans at startup. After scanning it appeared in windows fine. But then stopped appearing. I had already ripped all the data off onto another drive.

But backing up 1TB is a PITA.

Made worse because the bootmanager was on that drive... oops.

The OP did already mention that they have an SSD drive. In fact, they have listed their complete specifications in an earlier post.

WTFH

How much free disk space do you have?

GunJack

WTFH wrote: »

How much free disk space do you have?

possibly too full for the pagefile? That's happened to me too recently

m5rcc

poppellerant wrote: »

Have you used Intel SSD Toolbox to check that your SSD has the latest firmware installed? I've heard of SSD drives causing lock ups sometimes.

All above board - no issues, 100% health, 100% life remaining

m5rcc

poppellerant wrote: »

What sort of problems did you have and did you work your way back down to F5 gradually, or in one jump?

My suggestion is to go into your BIOS, load default settings. Restart computer back into BIOS, then power down and turn off at the wall. Follow your motherboard manual to reset the BIOS - usually along the lines of move the pins on JP1 (Jumper 1) of your motherboard from 1-2 to 2-3 for about 30 seconds, then putting it back to 1-2. Having done this, turn the computer back on at the wall and reset to defaults AGAIN then restart back into the BIOS.

Having done the above, flash your BIOS to F8 then clear the BIOS again using the above instructions. Basically, all you're doing is making sure no old settings conflict with the new BIOS. It has been know to happen, hence the reason for ensuring a completely clean BIOS setup.

Obviously having flashed your BIOS to F8, carefully go through it and set it up how you need it.

Do you have a spare harddrive to install Windows onto? I am also wondering if you have a bad installation of Windows - as you are finding out, sometimes it is just quicker to reinstall it.

I have been that meticulous with the BIOS. It was originally ver. F5 and I just upgraded in one jump to F8, and recall a few months back giving me problems where the BIOS failed to load up and it reverted back to F5 automatically.

Windows install is or was fine. I can indeed format and re-install fresh as the last option.

So far I've got rid of programs I no longer use and taken advice on here, and so far, have not had any issues.