Windows 10: Need help nailing down a freezing issue

So I made the mistake of upgrading to Windows 10 December of last year and it's been causing some... problems. The biggest one of note that I haven't been able to nail down for months is a freezing issue that's both inconsistent and infuriating. Basically, at some point while my PC's been powered on, some process will freeze. Event viewer doesn't give any information as to what, but it basically just cascades into an entire OS freeze. No error screen, no event report other than "Hey you hit the reset button, that turned off the power you know!", nothing. Only consistency seems to be it happens most frequently during downloads. Windows updates, game installs, etc. Never had this issue with Windows 7 and I haven't had ANY luck in narrowing down what the hell is happening. I've done multiple clean installs, updated and reinstalled drivers, nothing.

What I'm running:

- Windows 10 Pro 64-bit- Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.30GHz, Sandy Bridge 32nm (Yeah it's old)- 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 824MHz- ASUSTeK Computer INC. P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 (LGA1155)- 4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (EVGA)- 894GB ADATA SU650 (SATA (SSD))- ASUS PCE-AC56 802.11ac Network Adapter

If anyone has literally any ideas as to what this could be, or even just how the hell I could figure it out, I'd appreciate it. I really don't want to have to format my drive and go back to Win 7, especially since, you know, it's no longer being supported with security updates. That strikes me as a bad idea.

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AMD FX OC'ers Club

That's what the auto setting will do since you're over the 1333 mark it jumps to the next step which isn't listed or officially supported I assume by that ram.

At this point though I would suggest dropping the multi one step or .5 so that we can get something stable and possibly take the heat issue out of the picture for now.

 

Windows 10 Computer Randomly Freezes

Hi,

Listed below are some possibilities why the computer keeps on freezing:

• Outdated drivers.
• Virus and malware.
• Corrupted system files.

We suggest performing the steps on this article that can help resolve the issue.

Get back to us if you have other concerns.

 

Edge Search Does Not Permit Change of Region


I got these suggestions from the Microsoft Community forum.No. 1 worked for me:

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.
We have reproduce the issue here and we are able to access non-regional search for google using Microsoft Edge.
I would suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.
Step 1:
Clear browsing data option of Microsoft Edge and check if you face the issue. To do so perform the steps below.

1. Click on the More actions icon next to the feedback icon present on top right corner of the Project Spartan homepage.
2. Select Settings and click on Choose what to clear.
3. Check the boxes Browsing history, Cookies and saved website data and Cached data and files and click on Clear.

Step 2:
I suggest you to create a new user account and check if the issue occurs.

1. Go to Settings.
2. Choose Accounts and then select Family and other users.
3. Select add someone else on this PC.
4. Enter a user name and hit next.
5. Click on Finish.
6. Sign out from the current Account and Log into the new account.

Step 3:
It could also happen because of network issue. I suggest you to try with different network connection and check if it helps.