Windows 10: Computer freezing/hanging at random times

Hey all Recently my computer custom built has been freezing which usually starts with audio cutting out then the screen Freezing along with all the mouse and keyboard inputs. The only way I can solve it is by holding the power button and then Turing the computer back on which causes all my apps to not shut down properly, it also never in freezes even after hours of being left alone, all fans and rgb continues to work once it freezes, at one point I though maybe it was the ssd so I tried a few different ones laying around but that didnt help. I also noticed one of my USB 3 ports on the rear i

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Windows 10 random freeze

Hi,

Did you make any changes recently to the computer which may have led to random freeze?

Random hangs are often due to damage to the Windows configuration, faulty hardware, or malware. However, because this behavior is random, it can be especially difficult to identify the proper cause.

Random hangs can also be caused by other faulty hardware. Consult with your PC manufacturer to run available hardware diagnostics. This could include:

• PC diagnostics that test the integrity of the core PC devices, such as the processor fans and cooling system
• Video and display diagnostics
• Additional hard drive diagnostics

I would request you to perform SFC scan(if you have not tried it) and then check if it helps.

System File Checker is a utility in Windows that allows users to
scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

To know about SFC and to perform a SFC Scan, please refer to the below link:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929833

Note: Steps mentioned for Windows 8/8.1, will work fine with Windows 10.

Please revert if you still face the random hang.

Thank you.

 

Random hang/lock/freezing (sort of)


I have read a thread or five via a Google search about random freezing with Windows 10, but none of their symptoms match mine, so I thought I'd post a new thread.

I'm getting random system freezes or hangs which prevent me from opening apps or programs and clicking on the task bar (or even getting it to come out of auto-hide). When it's happened before, I've left the system alone for a while but it never recovers.
If it is of any consequence, things go a bit quieter when this happens and the normal noise that I assume is from the hard drive stops. There's no clicking or anything alarming either before or after the freeze.

When it hangs, what I can still do is:

• Move the mouse
• Move already open windows around, snap to full screen or to the side
• Get the right click menu on the desktop, although it appears verrrrry slowly and nothing can be clicked on it when it appears
• Ctrl-alt-delete and the regular screen pops up
• Open the task manager and the subsequent performance tab which shows no movement across all the graphs

The only thing left to do is a hard restart as, even though the ctrl-alt-del screen still comes up, when I restart via this, it just loops forever with 'Restarting' on the screen.

What I did to get to where I am:

• Installed the Windows 10 upgrade from 8.1 via the Microsoft Win10 media creation tool
• Used the media creation tool to burn a USB stick .iso
• Downloaded and ran a program (Lollipop key finder or something) to find my new Win10 key
• Clean install from my .iso and my new Win 10 key
• Experienced the problem very often (every 15 minutes or so) with a completely fresh install
• Thought it might be hard drive related, so I re-seated my hard drive connectors on my motherboard
• Did a RAM diagnostic, no problems
• Defragmented HDD
• Problem is still present but only every couple of hours now. Nothing specific appears to trigger it, but at least I've been able to install the programs that I regularly use.

I've also done the recommended steps in this thread, to no avail. Disk health is good, no store corruption detected/obvious errors/noises. I even gave things a monthly blast with compressed air whilst re-seating the hard drives but now I'm at a loss.

Any ideas would be appreciated. *Huh

 

Hardware Error - Code 144+ Random Hangs/Freezes

Hello,

A couple of issues are recurring with my PC including:

1. Random hangs/freezes - Screen will freeze and computer will stop receiving input + any audio playing will also freeze and buzz continuously until the computer is forcibly shutdown by holding the power button for 5 seconds.
2. The displays will stutter - program' window's topbars will flash as well as other graphics on the screen
3. Lag which disables input while it is lagging

What I have tried:

1. New installation of windows
2. New SSD for OS
3. New PSU
4. CPU Cooling fan
5. Updating graphics drives
6. Updating windows

Here is the latest report:

Source

Windows

Summary

Hardware error

Date

‎02/‎04/‎2020 13:07

Status

Not reported

Description

A problem with your hardware caused Windows to stop working correctly.

Problem signature

Problem Event Name: LiveKernelEvent

Code: 144

Parameter 1: 3003

Parameter 2: ffffea0224fe16b0

Parameter 3: 40010000

Parameter 4: 0

OS version: 10_0_18362

Service Pack: 0_0

Product: 256_1

OS Version: 10.0.18362.2.0.0.256.48

Locale ID: 2057