Windows 10: I'm having a hardware failure preceded by freezing PC, buzz from speakers, then black...

Hi,


I'm having a repeating event where my computer shuts down briefly ever 2-3 hours.

This is happening 6 months after I bought this machine new.

I have debugged to the extent that I can manage and understand but I can't figure it out.

I have a Reliability Monitor report but I have NO IDEA what this means.

According to a temperature reader, I'm operating well within my CPU/chipset temperature limits.


I am running a Dell XPS 8930 with an i7 3.2 GHz chipset, 16GB RAM, Windows 10 64-bit Home Edition



Here's my Reliability Report:


Problem: Date Status

Hardware Error 2/26/2019 11:28AM Report Sent



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


Problem signature
Problem Event Name: LiveKernelEvent
Code: 117
Parameter 1: ffffe407266da010
Parameter 2: fffff8023806dd60
Parameter 3: 0
Parameter 4: 52c
OS version: 10_0_17763
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 768_1
OS Version: 10.0.17763.2.0.0.768.101
Locale ID: 1033



Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: rejected_by_rule
Server information: be6c0af4-7555-49a2-8150-21ef416a39ed



As I described in the subject line, I'm having a PC freeze about every 2-3 hours when I'm on constantly.

The freeze is followed by buzz from my speakers, a brief black screen, and then the computer comes back on as if nothing happened.

A repeating event is that if I DON'T turn off my external speakers right away, my front left and front right speakers get knocked out and the only way I can restore them is if I uninstall them or roll back their drivers. The speakers get restored in that situation.


Again, I've done all I can according to web advice but the machine is STILL freezing. It DIDN'T behave this way for the first 6 months I've had this PC!

:)

 

dead GPU and speaker buzz

It is not likely the speaker damaged other hardware but the buzz does suggest a grounding problem somewhere. If you unplug the 3.5mm plug from the computer's sound output jack, does the buzz go away? If so, then I suspect the speaker's electronics and the computer are not at the same common ground potential. This could be due to a damaged audio cable or damaged power cable for the speaker, or something internal to the speaker's electronics.

If the sound remains when you unplug the speakers from the computer, then clearly there's an issue in the speakers.

If you plug in a set of headphones to the computer, do you hear the buzz? If so, then you have a problem with the computer's audio.

 

dead GPU and speaker buzz

The buzz never goes away *Smile It's surely related to the speaker's components as its way old and its present even if the speaker is turned off (inner psu or power-transformer or whatever the hell I call it produces this sound). I'm sure because it's the same with every socket, every circumstances. Also other speakers or earphones dont do any buzz under the same circumstances with the PC.
If I connect the speaker to any socket it instantly has this "discrete buzz".

I dont care about the speakers I'm just worried if this old piece of crap and its constant tumblerswitching (on-off) did some power unstability which was hamrful maybe.
Thanks for the reply!

 

PC freezes and gives out loud buzzing sound in earphones

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