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BSOD's, Hangs, Freezes. Happens while gaming, skyping, or idling.
Hi there.
I've been having a lot of trouble lately with freezes and hangs, which either lead to me force-resetting my computer, or to BSOD's.
As of several months ago, I was getting hangs and slowdowns to my computer, applications including windows explorer would cease to respond, task manager couldn't be opened, and ctrl+alt+delete wouldn't have any effect. I can system file checker, check disk, and a number of scans to no avail. The issue was that for up to ten minutes after logging onto my account, my computer would become extremely lazy, hanging when opening a single window, with the HD either making noises as though it were about to start, or being entirely silent. It was as though the computer wasn't even attempting to complete the task.
On the occasions I brought up task manager or resource manager, they didn't indicate any CPU hogging processes; there just wasn't any activity for 2-10 minutes until SOMETHING happened.
That was the first part of the issue.
One week ago, my computer would only boot into startup repair. The same array of checks returned nothing, so I copied data to an external drive, and formatted. I noticed at this time the C: drive had been replaced by a smaller system-restricted partition, with all my files having been moved over to D: drive. I'm not sure what caused this, or if it were even related.
After formatting, I did a clean windows 7 x64 install, and copied over my necessary files. The hangs that were commonplace but only inconvenient began again with a vengeance. The hangs didn't only last for the initial 5ish minutes of startup, they could strike at any time. These hangs occurred in a number of applications, not limited to Steam starting up and loading, Skype calls, Chrome opening new web pages, Torchlight 2 in a boss fight, Dota2 while spectating, and even while right clicking my C: drive to open the properties window.
(I apologise if this is a bit long winded, I'm not sure which parts will provide clues as to what the issue is)
So I'm at the end of my rope. The hangs now aren't only limited to the initial few minutes of launch, and I'm still not sure what is causing them. Worst case scenario, I reinstall again with a new HD/SSD and memory, and hope those were the causes.
Attached is the SF_Diagnostic dump. My system specs have been filled out. Hopefully the problem is apparent and I'll be able to submit my assignments and graduate.
TL;DR. I'm running a year-old copy of W7x64. For a reason I can't pinpoint, I get hangs where each process in turn will become unresponsive with no discernible trigger. The hangs are characterized by the usual busy-sounds of my HD stopping or stuttering. Sometimes if I leave the computer for long enough while hanging, it will crash to BSOD. Sometimes I have to manually restart it.
I'll check back tomorrow to see if there's anything I've forgotten to do in regards to this thread. Meanwhile I'll run more checks. Thanks in advance.
EDIT #1, within 5 minutes:
I forgot to mention, checking event logs I came across this error. The only error that appeared at around the time of the hangs.
Event filter with query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99" could not be reactivated in namespace "//./root/CIMV2" because of error 0x80041003. Events cannot be delivered through this filter until the problem is corrected.
I can't make head nor tails of this.
Last edited by Hydrargent; 03 Nov 2012 at 08:48. Reason: Found an error, posting it.