Windows 10 Full Freeze

[Rick From The Real Estate]

PC Specs: CPU: Intel i7 6700k @4.7Ghz, Mobo: MSi Gaming M5 Z170A, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 2400 (2 x 8gb), CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 AIO, GPU: Asus Strix GTX 1070 oc, PSU: EVGA Supernova G2 750W, SSD: Crucial MX300 525GB M.2-2280, HDD: Western Digital Cavier Blue 1TB, Keyboard: Razer Ornata Chroma, Mouse: Razer Mamba Elite, Headset: Steelseries Arctis 7, OS: Windows 10 Home. I have Linux installed on another drive for software development as well.

 

I have been experiencing full CPU lock level freezing for the last 2 days. I have essentially tried everything except refreshing my windows. When it freezes, nothing responds and I am forced to hard reset. Even my rgb animation pauses. Mobo temp screen thing (the two little led things that show temps/error codes) stop too. 

 

Really don't know what to do at this point. Fairly sure it isn't hardware related as Linux has no issues, or at least I haven't discovered any. 

 

Some help would be greatly appreciated, thank you in advance. 

[NelizMastr]

Have you removed the overclock yet? That should be the place to start, regardless of whether Linux works.

[Rick From The Real Estate]

4 hours ago, NelizMastr said:

Have you removed the overclock yet? That should be the place to start, regardless of whether Linux works.

I haven't done that yet, I'll try that tonight when I have time. Thank you! 

[Rick From The Real Estate]

Thank you @NelizMastr! It was my overclock. It's all good now with no freezes.

[NelizMastr]

On 3/16/2019 at 4:56 AM, Rick From The Real Estate said:

Thank you @NelizMastr! It was my overclock. It's all good now with no freezes.

No problem overclocking stability is a tough nut to crack sometimes. Takes a lot of tweaking to get it right.