Windows 10: Computer freezes randomly for ~1 second, sometimes audio cuts out.

[COLOR=rgba26, 26, 27, 1]Processor: Intel Core i7-9700k @ 3.60GHz
Memory: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 3600MHz upgraded from 16GB to 32GB last week
OS: Windows 10 Home - latest update as of 31/03/2021;
GPU: Aorus GeForce RTX2070 Super 8GB
SSD 970 Evo 250gb + 500gb & HDD Seagate Barracuda 2TB[/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgba26, 26, 27, 1]I'm aware this is a VERY HARD THING to fix as there is 1000's of possibilities, but god am I willing to try them all so this can stop. I'll be as descriptive as possible.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgba26, 26, 27, 1]My computer will freeze for ~1-2 seconds, randomly I cannot narrow it down to a single process - may freeze if I click something, may freeze if I'm in a game or watching Netflix. Probably happens once every 2 hours. Normally it cuts out my audio - will make an audio loop noise sometimes if it does freeze, I have to relaunch Spotify as no sound comes through; cutting out audio happens more often. Sometimes if it freezes and I'm in Discord voice chat my microphone cuts out and I have to reconnect to the voice chat and it works.
Now because I can't narrow it down to a process, I reset and cleaned my windows SSD 19/03/2021. It literally froze when it went to download drivers recommended by my motherboard as soon as the PC launched post-wipe.
Sometimes my computer emits an audible noise if you imagine a fan moving and you touch it with something and it makes that grating/stop noise only for like 0.5sec when it freezes but not often. It's like an er--- noise???
Sometimes when my PC boots up, my CPU spikes to 100% usage on and off for like 4 seconds before coming down to ~10%.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgba26, 26, 27, 1]When I first built this PC 2019 Jan it was fine for a year, then this started happening in July 2020 and lasted for a month before it resolved itself. Suddenly December 2020 came and it has been freezing ever since.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgba26, 26, 27, 1]Let me know if you need more info.[/COLOR]

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Windows 10 freezes randomly

I had already tried turning off fast startup, to no avail.
Will look at the list you provided, thanks. Hard to do when computer freezes on the Windows loading screen though. *Biggrin

I had tried that as well... no result.

 

Windows 10 Audio Randomly Cuts Out

Hi,

Thanks for posting your query on Microsoft community.

We understand the inconvenience caused and we will try our best to resolve the issue.

We appreciate you for trying the troubleshooting steps.

To assist you better, please provide few details.

1) Is the issue confined with specific browser, when you say online audio and video is not working?

2) Is the issue is confined with play online audio/video or with system audio as well?

3) Which exact Windows troubleshooter you have run?



I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.



Step 1: If you have not performed audio troubleshooter then, I suggest you to perform audio troubleshooter.

Follow the below steps:

• 
  Type Troubleshooting in the Search area on the taskbar and select
  Troubleshooting.
  
• 
  Select Hardware and Sound.
  
• 
  Select Playing Audio under
  Sound and follow the on screen.
  

Step 2: Set Windows Audio services as manual.

Follow the below steps:

1) Press Windows key + r, type services.msc and hit Enter.

2) Check for the Windows Audio services.

3) Right click on the service and select Manual.



For more information, refer to the below link:

Fix sound problems in Windows 10

Hope it helps, reply to us with the status of your issue. We will be happy to assist you.

 

Windows 10 freezes randomly

Hi,

To better assist you regarding Windows 10 which freezes randomly, please provide the following:

• Which is the last Windows update build you've applied to the computer?
• Are there any third party applications that are currently installed?

Furthermore, we suggest that you do a BIOS update to your computer. Here are the steps:

• Check the motherboard manufacturer's website to find the specific model of your motherboard.
• Go to the computer manufacturer's website.
• Look for the computer model that you're using.
• You should find any available BIOS update.

Let us know how it goes.