Why is my computer freezing up?
Why is my computer freezing up?
I have a high-end gaming PC with an ASUS ROG Strix RTX 2080 graphics card, a Seasonic Prime Ultra 750W Titanium power supply, an Intel i7-9700K processor, 16GB of Corsair Vengeance RAM, a Corsair H100i Elite v2 liquid cooler, a ROG Strix Z390-E motherboard, a 34” Alienware AW3418DW monitor, a Logitech G403 mouse, an Astro A40 headset, a Corsair K70 RGB Cherry Red keyboard, and storage consisting of a Seagate Barracuda 500GB SSD, a Samsung EVO 500GB SSD, and a Crucial MX500 2TB HDD. I'm seeking assistance because my computer freezes approximately every hour, resulting in loss of control over my keyboard, mouse, and monitor freezing for around five seconds before returning to normal. The motherboard and graphics card LEDs synchronize, but the color displayed often lags behind the intended color after the system restarts. When I open Task Manager beforehand, it doesn’t provide much insight – I do observe fluctuating spikes across the SSD, HDD, GPU, and CPU. A technician diagnosed the problem as software-related, stating that they couldn't identify any hardware faults during stress testing. The issue occurs consistently every hour and at unpredictable times, regardless of whether a demanding game is running. I’ve considered potential conflicts with my RGB software—ASUS Aura Sync and Logitech ICUE—and I’m concerned about the possibility of this problem damaging my components since everything else functions perfectly. Do you have any suggestions?
Genuine randomness would be incredibly difficult to identify.
Are you tracking processor temperatures?
Eliminate any overclocking and uninstall unnecessary programs (like RGB features) for testing – observe whether the problem continues.
If this doesn't resolve it, the cause is likely a problematic application, the operating system, or a hardware fault.
A fresh installation of the OS would be my next step; assess if the issue remains after a completely clean setup.
No drivers were found to be corrupted. However, when I do get my PC back, how would I check for that? I have to plug in my keyboard, monitor and mouse and headset so I'll look for that. Also, would you suggest me going to the control panel and un installing Icue? or any other method? My last resort would have to be re installing Windows but if they found nothing, then perhaps it's something with one of the parts I just mentioned. It's also not temperatures either.
There is one test you can perform to get an indication wheter it is a driver problem or hardware problem - you can do this as long as it is not the gaming software itself that cause the issues.
Go and get a Linux Live-CD, boot and run it. Do internet activity for some hours, and if it works without any noticeable problems (exept for lag causing by dvd-rom read performance) you can assume there is a software issue.
Could this issue damage any piece of hardware though? If I truly can't find the issue to this, will I be okay? I'm just not that tech savvy when it comes to troubleshooting something as complex as a PC. There can be so many different possibilities that I don't think I can even find a way to find what is causing all this
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Software use will not harm your equipment.
There’s a small possibility of damaging data – though this is unlikely.
Make sure to create backups of important files to protect against loss; however, if these documents are truly vital, you would likely already have a backup system in place, wouldn't you?
I lack specific documentation, but I would investigate if available. The technicians reported no hardware issues after thorough testing. As previously mentioned, the problem likely originates with my mouse, monitor (which required a replacement due to a faulty bulb – though I suspect this wasn’t the cause), keyboard, or headset. My keyboard is most probably responsible. I need to examine this further. At one point, my keyboard completely ceased functioning; however, after re-connecting via USB 2.0 ports, it worked again. If the issue were related to a port, they would have identified it. Therefore, either my keyboard or the conflict between my Corsair and Asus RGB software could be the source of the problem.