Freezing occurs at random times, no BSOD, Dell XPS 435T

[kitjosh1050]

Hello Everyone,

I have used the resources on these forums many times and have come to appreciate the benefit it provides to me as a user. This is my first post as I'm at a loss as to what to do next.

Windows is freezing randomly with no BSOD. Often at the log-in screen, but other times as well. The fan is still running so I assume it isn't a power issue. One other thing to note that if I do have audio playing, I will have a persistent ugly sound until I force shutdown.

This is what I have done so far:

• Replaced the motherboard battery
• Run Memtest86
• Updated video card driver
• Ran Driver Verifier Enable process as described here

I'm still at a loss.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[Ganesh Ujwal]

freezing means bad sectors. replace hard disk is only solution. or change partition while installing OS
do you install antivirus with daily updates?

if motherboard battery is problem, you computer wont get display? you wasted your money on buying battery....

 

[kitjosh1050]

Sounds like I did

I use ESET NOD32 anti-virus and get updates every day. If it is hard drive what should I do? I purchased and installed an SSD about 6 months ago. I cloned from my HHD (properly, based on instructions I've read here) instead of doing a complete new Win7 install.

I've experienced this issue for years but it comes and goes so I've never done anything serious about it. Replacing the battery once seemed to have helped so that's why I tried that again.

 

[kitjosh1050]

Interestingly, I am also now getting BSOD. Twice it has occurs in the last two days, but at 15% saving dump file it freezes and my dump file (kernel) is corrupt so I cannot analyze it. Is this a hint towards what might be wrong?