Mysterious "partly" freezing computer.

Janizki · January 16, 2023

Hello,

So the issue at hand is that if do not have a game running or something intense running, my computer will partly "freeze".
Sometimes it takes 3-5 hours at idle, sometimes 20min, sometimes under 2hours. It is very random and i cannot replicate it happening by doing the same things.
I have tried running with minimal apps on and in safe mode. Minimal apps ( i closed everything running that i could think of and dared to shut off) has the same random times to freeze, safe mode i have yet to have it happen but i cannot pinpoint how to use that to help or if it would just take a longer time to happen.

The partial freeze in question is that if i have a youtube video running for instance (no matter what browser used), it will keep running that video normally, but i can no longer do actions on the page. If i close apss etc, i can still see them at the bottom bar. I can no longer shut down my computer, it will just get stuck after clicking restart or shut down. Pressing the button on the case for 6sec+ does nothing. Reset button on the case is the only thing that works.

Task manager also freezes showing exact time it took for it to freeze. i can change "pages" on it but everything is frozen. If i force close a program the right click menu stays on top of the programs.

I tried running with single ram stick aswell as i suspected one of my Mobos Ram slots was broken but same happened.

GPU drivers are the latest. win updated to the latest updates.

I have no idea what to do further for trouble shooting or to fix it.

Specs:
Asus B450-F Strix Gaming 4901 bios, latest from asus for this mobo using the 5xxx

5600x ryzen No OC
RTX 3060 Ti Asus TUF no OC

32G Corsair 3200mhz RAM

Thremaltake 850W PSU

Win 10 home 64

aager · January 16, 2023

4 minutes ago, Janizki said:

Hello,

So the issue at hand is that if do not have a game running or something intense running, my computer will partly "freeze".
Sometimes it takes 3-5 hours at idle, sometimes 20min, sometimes under 2hours. It is very random and i cannot replicate it happening by doing the same things.
I have tried running with minimal apps on and in safe mode. Minimal apps ( i closed everything running that i could think of and dared to shut off) has the same random times to freeze, safe mode i have yet to have it happen but i cannot pinpoint how to use that to help or if it would just take a longer time to happen.

The partial freeze in question is that if i have a youtube video running for instance (no matter what browser used), it will keep running that video normally, but i can no longer do actions on the page. If i close apss etc, i can still see them at the bottom bar. I can no longer shut down my computer, it will just get stuck after clicking restart or shut down. Pressing the button on the case for 6sec+ does nothing. Reset button on the case is the only thing that works.

Task manager also freezes showing exact time it took for it to freeze. i can change "pages" on it but everything is frozen. If i force close a program the right click menu stays on top of the programs.

I tried running with single ram stick aswell as i suspected one of my Mobos Ram slots was broken but same happened.

GPU drivers are the latest. win updated to the latest updates.

I have no idea what to do further for trouble shooting or to fix it.

Specs:
Asus B450-F Strix Gaming 4901 bios, latest from asus for this mobo using the 5xxx

5600x ryzen No OC
RTX 3060 Ti Asus TUF no OC

32G Corsair 3200mhz RAM

Thremaltake 850W PSU

Win 10 home 64

sounds like a driver issue or hard drive issue or windows issue itself

try and use hdtune to check the health of the drive

look up your mb manufactorer and download chipset drivers and try and update your bios

try running this cmd under cmdprompt admin

sfc /scannow

if windows has anyproblems that should in threory fix it but if its deeper then try reinstalling windows or resetting windows via safe boot menu or an iso

Janizki · January 16, 2023

Thanks for that one aager!

Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files and successfully repaired them.
For online repairs, details are included in the CBS log file located at
windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For offline
repairs, details are included in the log file provided by the /OFFLOGFILE flag.

This is what the scannow resulted in.
I have the latest bios possible and chipset versions.
HDtune if i used it right read all my HDDs and SSDs are healthy.

I guess now i can only see if the scannow auto fix did it for me.
I included the log file it created but i have no idea how to read it or what to look for.

I will update when...something happens or not in a few days. xD

CBS.log