Hardware issue?

Naivtal · 31 Aug 2021 at 12:33

Hi guys,
Basically, all of a sudden this and last week I'm experiencing random pc freezes - pc just completely locks up and the only way of dealing with it is to hold the power button for couple of seconds as the reset button is not responding.
This happens randomly, sometimes 10 minutes from turning the pc on, other times it can be 2 hours of being up. Furthermore, it happens while gaming and even while just browsing the internet.

The specs:
i9-9900k
2080ti gaming z trio
sabrent 2tb ssd
gigabyte z390 gaming x mobo
aorus 750w gold plus
corsair ddr4 32gb 3600mhz

What I've done on my end:
Run cinebench for 30minutes without issues
Heaven benchmark running repeatedly

Temps are fine - both cpu and gpu didn't exceed 70C during stress tests.

Also a while ago I noticed that if the wireless headphones are plugged in via usb, then the pc won't start.

Could these symptoms be motherboard related?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

mickyflinn · 31 Aug 2021 at 12:40

Is the cpu overclocked ? Would also check memory with memtest. Disconnect any usb hubs or devices not needed.

Naivtal · 31 Aug 2021 at 13:08

mickyflinn said:
Is the cpu overclocked ? Would also check memory with memtest. Disconnect any usb hubs or devices not needed.

I did, when i disconnected the ps5 controller i had the longest period of not freezing, however it froze again today so the issue remains.
Cpu was overclocked, I removed all overclocks but it keeps freezing.

Haven't done the memtest yet, will do it asap and see what's what. Thanks

Nathlm · 31 Aug 2021 at 16:33

I agree that a memtest and checking the event log in windows might not be a bad idea.

Also, has anything changed, such as new drivers, not just for the main stuff but four sound, printers etc.?

Check windows update to see if anything has been installed before it started getting these freezes and also check to see if any of the latest updates might have caused it from the known issues.

Naivtal · 31 Aug 2021 at 20:06

Right, done the memtest and had no errors or problems. Summary showed a total of 0 errors.

There’s no new hardware and the latest and only update to drivers was done about a week ago and it was the Nvidia driver. should I revert that to the previous version?