After 6 hours, the PC just hangs and I have to hard reset

[thready]

This happened EVERY DAY. I have my PC set to turn off automatically at 1 AM. If I leave it on all day then the next morning I'll come to it and it'll just have the desktop there and none of the icons or ctrl alt del or even pressing the power button will work. I have to hard reset. It's screwing up my drives!

Now, I have a lot of money riding on the stuff on my storage drives and this is really messing me up. I am thinking I need to build a whole new system because the stuff on my drives is not anything to mess around with. I have them all backed up on several clouds and NASes just in case. I don't have a crash report or BSOD to report.

I did have problems with blue screening a few months ago but that since stopped. Should I just build a new system?

 

[Golden]

Additional information is required.

1. Download the DM Log Collector application to your desktop by clicking the link below

DM Log Collector.exe

2. Run it by double-clicking the icon on your desktop, and follow the prompts.
3. Locate the .ZIP file that is created on your desktop, and upload it here in your next reply.

 

[thready]

I've done this stuff before and nobody seems to know what's happening to my PC. I think I just have a bad machine...

 

[thready]

So what do you think? You think my PC's done for?

 

[Golden]

ZIP file is incomplete - run it again, following the prompts properly.

 

[thready]

Ok just did. Here it is

 

[Golden]

These are the contents of the ZIP file - still not enough information

View attachment 352624

Run it as administrator, be patient whilst it finished and check the contents of the ZIP files on your desktop.

 

[thready]

I just ran it as admin, and I waited for the little message to pop up saying it's ready to upload to the forum. And this is what I have. I'm really sorry for bothering you with all this. I hope I'm not frustrating anyone. But this is doubly frustrating for me because I have a sneaking suspicion that my primary SSD is dying which is not good.

 

[thready]

I'll try running it again as admin.

 

[thready]

Ok I just saw this error message on the screen. Sorry for all the messages on here.

 

[Golden]

OK. Are there any other ZIP files being created on your desktop?

 

[thready]

nope

 

[Golden]

Follow these steps:

1. Configure Windows to create minidumps:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/174459-dump-files-configure-windows-create-bsod.html

2. Set the paging file on C: to be the same size as the physically installed RAM:
Virtual Memory Paging File - Change

3. Set the Windows Error Reporting service to MANUAL:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2495-services-start-disable.html

4. Test to see that dump files are created:
- Open Windows Task Manager
- Navigate to the Processes tab
- Right-click on explorer.exe, and click Create Dump File

- Note the location of the saved file

- Check that location and confirm that explorer.dmp exists

Now follow this:

Run Driver Verifier for 24 hours or the occurrence of the next crash, whichever is earlier.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/101379-driver-verifier-enable-disable.html

Driver Verifier will cause your computer to run very sluggishly - this is normal. What it is trying to do is force your system to BSOD and isolate the offending driver/s. When it does, reboot, disable driver verifier, reboot as normal and upload the new dmp file/s here.

I recommend creating a system restore point before turning on driver verifier:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/697-system-restore-point-create.html

If your system fails to boot to desktop once driver verifier is enabled, turn it off by booting into Safe Mode:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/69585-safe-mode.html