Try chkdsk on the drive the recording is going to. Could be an issue there.
Good luck, On Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 1:12 PM Bobby Heid <bh...@sc.rr.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I have had some issues going on with my pc for several months now. > > > > There are two issues. > > 1. Once every several weeks or so, I get a bluescreen - > IPI_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT. I can live with this one. Things that I have tried > to fix this do not seem to have helped. > 2. The big issue is that my PC keeps locking up. This happens from > 0-5 > times per day. I may go 3 days without it happening and then have it > happen > 3 times in one day. Here are some details: > > a. When it locks up, the HD activity light is doing a very fast, > steady > flash. > b. There is no warning when it will happen. > c. It happens whether I am using the PC or not. > d. Seems to happen more often overnight than during the day. But not > always. > e. When it locks up, I can still move the mouse cursor and move > windows. I cannot close a window or start another program. > f. When it locks up when not using PC, sometimes the login screen > image > will show, sometimes not. > g. CTL-Alt-Delete does nothing when locked. > h. PC stays up 24/7. No sleep or hibernation. > i. When it locks up, if the system is recording a show (from a > networked TV Tuner), the recording stops, so I assume that most apps are > not > still running when it locks up. > j. If a recording was scheduled while it is locked up, nothing is > created. > k. To reset, I have to press and hold the power button until the > system > turns off. > l. Through trial and error, it seems that turning off letting the > monitors going to sleep seems to have lessened the frequency of the lock > ups. I am not sure if this was not just a coincidence. > > > > Here are my system specs: > > * Asus X99 Deluxe-II MB > * Intel i7-6850k CPU (not overclocked) > * Asus GeForce GTX 1070 > * Corsair water cooler > * Corsair 32GB RAM > * Samsung 960 Pro SSD (512GB) - OS > * Samsung 860 EVO SSD 1TB > * WD 5TB Black > * Pioneer Blu Ray drive > * Dual monitors > * Corsair HX-850 PSU > * Corsair K70 LUX keyboard > * Logitech MX Master mouse > * Windows 10 Pro - 2004 - 19041.508 > > > > I am not too keen on a nuke and install. It would take me forever to get > everything back the way it was. But I am not ruling that out. > > > > Anyone have any ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > Bobby > > > >
