Annoying ongoing issues

[Gerard]

Ths has been an ongoing issue for some time and im pretty sure video drivers are to blame. Every few hours my pc goes non responsive for a couple of minutes at a time, just seems to occur at random but the whole system seems to be affected. Usually if im watching youtube at the time the video will start to freeze up, any webpages that may be open go unresponsive, then it generally continues like this with small periods of "hitching activity" untill it then finally comes around and acts normal again.

Its really starting to get on my nerves as ive tried numerous drivers with no real change, i'll be working in premier or something then suddenly the sytem goes into herp derp mode for a few minutes, its almost like its grinding to a halt for some reason like some massive activity is occuring that overrides anything else. I can't 100% be sure its video drivers but im leaning in that direction as the latest drivers seem to make it pass slightly quicker.


Theres no fragmentation on the drives, plenty of space available, just don't understand whats causing this to occur numerous times a day.

 

[Shady89]

download coretemp and msi after burner , check your ram - if its high load it may cause stuttering and freezing.

just check make sure everything is running coal and hows its suppose to.

what specs is in the tower

 

[Gerard]

download coretemp and msi after burner , check your ram - if its high load it may cause stuttering and freezing.

just check make sure everything is running coal and hows its suppose to.

what specs is in the tower

In my sig. I doubt its anything to do with heat or ram load, generally runs pretty cool under 70c load, plus this can happen even with just a web browser open.

 

[Jakus]

I'll start you off here, but you will have to use a little more thought and effort then blaming GFX drivers

Look for some dumb app or setting that dragging the system down, ctrl+alt+delete and check tast manager should show you if it's a CPU/Memory drain, if it's not it will be hard drive related.

If that's too much trouble, Image (ghost ) the os and try a temporary clean install to narrow down the problem.

 

[arc@css]

Motherboard bios update?

 

[titaniumx3]

Had a similair problem to this recently after changing my SSD and resintalling windows. Everything would suddenly grind to a halt. The system wasn't exactly frozen, more like something was using up all the resources and preventing anything from loading. Updating to the latest BIOS for my motherboard seems to have solved the issue.

 

[Jakus]

The fix may well very simple, but the root cause should be found first

 

[Gerard]

I'll start you off here, but you will have to use a little more thought and effort then blaming GFX drivers

Well its certainly no coincidence that the problem seems to lessen with certain drivers and get worse with others. I'll probably have a look at updating the bios later, last done it 6 months or so ago so im not too sure if thers any new ones out.

 

[arc@css]

Are you still running tri-fire (I thought you sold part of your graphics set-up), and if so, is the problem eased by having just one gpu in operation?

 

[Gerard]

Still running trifire but the issue exists with even 1 card in the system. Funny thing is I'm sure this issue existed when I had a 775 setup with an ati card, I dont recall the issue occurring when I had a gtx295 on the 775 setup.

 

[Jakus]

Well its certainly no coincidence that the problem seems to lessen with certain drivers and get worse with others. I'll probably have a look at updating the bios later, last done it 6 months or so ago so im not too sure if thers any new ones out.

You said "ive tried numerous drivers with no real change"

Just start fault finding without preconceived theory's, it's a consistent and regular fault so it should not be hard to track down, just be ready for it when it happens.

 

[Gerard]

You said "ive tried numerous drivers with no real change"

Just start fault finding without preconceived theory's, it's a consistent and regular fault so it should not be hard to track down, just be ready for it when it happens.

If you look at the first post you will see i said the following:

I can't 100% be sure its video drivers but im leaning in that direction as the latest drivers seem to make it pass slightly quicker.

Still have to get the latest bios for this board and give it a try, its been upgraded in the past with no change so i doubt it'll make much difference.