Latest update. I replaced the M.2 SSD on 11/20 and it appears to have solved the issue with my PC locking up. I have not had it lock up since I replaced the drive. I know, it could still not be resolved.
But, I want to thank each and everyone of you that tried to help me with my issue. I really appreciate you taking the time to assist me! And, I ended up with an extra HDD. Who can't use the extra space. 😊 Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: Hardware <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> On Behalf Of lopaka polena Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 7:25 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue It could be the M.2 SSD. I've only had 1 of those fail before but I'm sure it can happen just as easily as failure in SATA SSD (1 have 5 dead ones) lopaka On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 3:27 PM Bobby Heid <bh...@sc.rr.com> wrote: > And now, I have been using VideoRedo for about 30 minutes now and the > common dialog window opens very fast. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hardware <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> On Behalf Of > Bobby Heid > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 5:37 PM > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue > > Thanks Lubomir. Were you able to fix the issue? > > So, I replaced my non-boot SSD with a HDD. At first, all went well. > From within VideoRedo, the common dialog windows opened very fast. > And, it did not lock up for over 12 hours. But when I got up this > morning, it was locked up. > > The only drive I have not disabled/replaced is the M2 boot SSD. Do > you think this may be causing the issue? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hardware <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> On Behalf Of > LubomÃr Cabla > Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 3:31 PM > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue > > I have the same issue with VLC player. > > First time the delay is about 15 seconds, next run is without delay. > > After checking in the task manager (Details) I found out the cause: > > MsMpEngCP.exe and MsMpEng.exe > > They perform full control of the running program but only the first time. > > Maybe it will help you. > > Lubomir Cabla > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 3:22 PM Bobby Heid <bh...@sc.rr.com> wrote: > > > Yes, it was good info. > > > > Latest update. I swapped the 5TB HDD out for a new 6TB HDD. No changes. > > I guess now I have lots more storage. 😊 > > > > Could this issue be with one of the SSDs? The Samsung Magician > > software says those are ok. > > > > Here is an odd thing that I noticed. Sometimes, when using my video > > editing software (VideoReDo TVSuite V6), I noticed when I do > > something that causes the app to open up the standard open file > > dialog, there can be a delay of between 5 and 20 seconds before the > > dialog window opens. Other times, it opens almost instantly. This > > kind of led me to believe that it may have been the HDD causing my > > issues. I would open a file from the HDD and set its output to the > > non-NVME SSD. > > > > Any other suggestions? > > > > Thanks, > > Bobby > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hardware <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> On Behalf > > Of lopaka polena > > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 5:05 PM > > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue > > > > Those were good recommendations from Joshua, never seen that info before. > > The drive I pulled passed every test, but had long pauses during > > some of them. I basically swapped everything that could be swapped > > during testing except my m2 SSD's, and when I swapped the 4TB > > seagate drive all the problems went away. Hopefully you luck out and > > find the culprit > too. > > > > lopaka > > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 1:39 PM Bobby Heid <bh...@sc.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > Thanks Joshua. > > > > > > I ran all of those except for the performance monitoring one and > > > all said OK. An interesting note - some of those tests do not > > > show the NVME SSD (Samsung 960 Pro SSD). > > > > > > I did buy a new 6TB HD to swap out for the 5TB one to see if that > > > may > > help. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Hardware <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> On > > > Behalf Of Joshua MacCraw > > > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2020 12:27 PM > > > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > > > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue > > > > > > SMART testing comes to mind as well as checking the log for disk > > > related events. Found this tip, didn't know win10 did this > > > directly > > > - > > > > > > https://www.windowscentral.com/how-check-if-hard-drive-failing-sma > > > rt > > > -w > > > indows-10 > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 2:24 PM Bobby Heid <bh...@sc.rr.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks. Could be on to something there. I will pursue looking > > > > at testing the drive. > > > > > > > > The locking up can happen whether it is recording or not. I was > > > > trying to demonstrate that I did not think processes were > > > > executing while it appeared locked up. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Bobby > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Hardware <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> On > > > > Behalf Of lopaka polena > > > > Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 4:53 PM > > > > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > > > > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue > > > > > > > > Strangely enough my bad drive passed chkdsk multiple times > > > > without one fail, so pulling it was a last ditch effect since > > > > I'd already swapped video card, RAM and power supply. > > > > > > > > lopaka > > > > > > > > < > > > > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link > > > > &u tm _c ampaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon > > > > > > > > > Virus-free. > > > > www.avast.com > > > > < > > > > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link > > > > &u tm _c ampaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link > > > > > > > > > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 1:45 PM Beave <619be...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
