Is my SSD on the way out?

mattyfez · 16 Mar 2017 at 21:36

It is confusing, I built the pc in my signature in January, also a gigabyte board, you'd think they'd wrap up all the drivers into a neat package according to what board you have but it's not always the case annoyingly.

I think I installed 3 'drivers' for my board in the end, a main chipset driver, one for the killer lan and something else. Probably a sound driver.

mattyfez · 16 Mar 2017 at 21:39

It won't hurt to do some kind of diagnostic on your SSD drive then, as we are running out of options.

mattyfez · 16 Mar 2017 at 21:41

Have you updated the LAN/ethernet driver? From gigabyte? Longshot but worth a try.

Zefan · 16 Mar 2017 at 21:47

Open task manager, go to the performance tab, and then open Resource Monitor at the bottom.

This should give you a much better view of what's eating your resources. From your symptom description, and from previous experience with very similar issues, I would be looking at Disk activity and response times around the time the freeze is happening. Check this out and post back here, I wouldn't bother wasting any time sniffing around anything else until you've done that.

Zeebedy · 16 Mar 2017 at 22:12

Well, I think it's officially corrupt. I updated the chipset driver, and then my msg afterburner MHz section for my gpu dropped right down from 4000mhz to like 400mhz?

And when I open the start menu all the tiles started flickering and had to shut down. To ****** off atm to try anything more tonight..

I think a fresh install might be needed now..

Zeebedy · 16 Mar 2017 at 22:34

Sorry for the strop guys, I'm not having a go at anyone, just, I hate the fact things don't always run smoothly :mad:

mattyfez · 16 Mar 2017 at 22:39

No worries, we've all had similar frustrations at some point.

It'll probably turn out to be something really stupid, lol

Lordgrayone · 17 Mar 2017 at 15:58

mattyfez said:
No worries, we've all had similar frustrations at some point.

It'll probably turn out to be something really stupid, lol

Indeed and it usually does turn out to be something silly.

darael · 18 Mar 2017 at 00:11

Have you tried a complete reinstall? It'd be interesting to see if the problem was still there with a clean installation of Windows - if not, gradually introduce drivers and software so you hopefully find out which one was the culprit.

Roughneck · 18 Mar 2017 at 19:40

are you running windows 10? I have had similar issues with freezing and reading around the web its a common issue, hopefully the creators update will sort it out. oh and the cpu speed drop thats not speedstep kicking in is it?

Zeebedy · 18 Mar 2017 at 20:52

Omg guys! I don't ******* believe it.

I reinstalled this morning, a new ssd to get a fresh start on the windows install..I couldn't get to the internet as it needed a driver. So I shut down and heard a click once it shut down..thought nothing of it..

Went to my grandads to download the LAN driver to USB stick, came home about 20 mins ago, and booted up the machine...and..

NO SIGNAL!!!

Re applied power, connector in different rots on gpu and screen just goes black then after around 5-6 seconds I get no signal no matter what I try.

Could that click have been the death of my gpu? My new gpu? My new gpu that cost me an arm and a leg!!!

Any input in this would be greater appreciated guys :mad:

darael · 19 Mar 2017 at 01:55

Do onboard graphics work? Remove the graphic card and try connecting the monitor to your motherboard.

If that works, then I'd sniff around the graphic card for burning.

Zeebedy · 20 Mar 2017 at 16:57

Hey guys,

Recieved new card today, same problem, tried on board graphics..still no signal..

Trailed tv from living room to office, hooked up pc to the tv and windows desktop was there

So I'm assuming it's the monitor gone?

mattyfez · 20 Mar 2017 at 17:19

It's possible, can you hook something else up to the monitor, a laptop, console or something?
Might just be the socket on the monitor, can you try a different socket on the monitor, hdmi, vga, dvi etc?

darael · 20 Mar 2017 at 20:34

This might seem a silly suggestion, but is the power cable fully plugged into the back of your monitor? Very rarely my plug works it way out just enough so that the monitor doesn't get any power. Also check the fuse for the monitor or try another power or signal cable.

Zeebedy · 21 Mar 2017 at 12:35

Hey guys,

Thanks for all the help, I have tried some things suggested but to no cigar.

I managed to get hold of a crappy 17 dell monitor and checked via dvi and it works great, boots right into windows..

So the monitor is going back..

As I have formatted from a old w10 USB os, it cannot find my Ethernet port and I have tried downloading drivers for the mobo at a relatives house, still no luck..

So I'm going to pop into a well known pc store (crazy expensive for the most part though) and get a Ethernet card to get things up and running for updates and what not...

darael · 21 Mar 2017 at 16:46

If you have a spare USB stick, download Snappy Driver Installer (SDI) - the full driver set takes about 12GB on a stick, but the network drivers shouldn't need much space at all.

SDI will identify the network card, which individual archive in the driver set you need to download and install it automatically.

I'd be surprised if it took longer than 20 minutes from start to finish and at little to zero cost to you.

Lordgrayone · 21 Mar 2017 at 18:08

Could be the network driver is separate from the chipset drivers, why not just check and download that instead.

Zeebedy · 25 Mar 2017 at 15:44

hey guys,

just a quick update, all up and running now, so far no issues with micro freezing and running smoothly.

Shawn Ivan · 10 Apr 2017 at 11:51

Have you analysed whether its some software or process hogging the CPU during these spikes?

I doubt it's a cpu or thermal issue as it would be hot all the time.