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I'm at my wits end here, guys

 

I've been dealing with this problem for what feels like over a year now.  Whenever my computer is running continuously for a few hours or more, it'll start freezing on the regular for a few seconds.  Audio will continue as normal, videos continue as normal, but I can't use the mouse or keyboard for anywhere from 2 to 10 seconds, depending on how long the computer's been on.  Live streams, however, do freeze to buffer while the computer is frozen.

It usually seems random, but sometimes correlates with incoming Discord messages or opening interfaces such as volume control or the start menu.

As implied, restarting the computer makes the problem go away temporarily, but sure enough, it gradually comes back.  I'm used to always having my computer on, I shouldn't have to restart it this often.

I have tried everything.  I tried tinkering with software up to not only installing a fresh instance of Windows, but doing it on a brand new SSD.  Problem persisted.  I tried doing a deep clean of dust and grime on the computer, issue persists.  What else can I try??  I'm in despair.

 

Specs:

MSI GAMING-PRO B350

Ryzen 7 2700X

EVGA GTX 1050Ti

32GB TridentZ RAM

1 480GB Kingston SSD

1 4TB Seagate Barracuda HDD

 

Plaese halp

 

EDIT: I actually just realized that I posted about this in August of last year, so that is how long it's been going on and I didn't explain it very well there.

 

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Yes try less ram, at *default* speeds.

 

Update BIOS too.

 

And chipset drivers also.

 

3 hours ago, NexusHUB said:

1 480GB Kingston SSD

1 4TB Seagate Barracuda HDD

If none of that helps these are the next on the list, especially some kingston drives are god awful, so remove both, install windows on a small'ish samsung evo 850/860 and see if the issues persist.

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47 minutes ago, Mark Kaine said:

 

If none of that helps these are the next on the list, especially some kingston drives are god awful, so remove both, install windows on a small'ish samsung evo 850/860 and see if the issues persist.

I'll definitely try flashing the BIOS and fiddling with the RAM.  As I said, this is a new SSD with a fresh install of Windows on it, before I was using a smaller Crucial SSD when the issues started.

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