Windows 10: Windows 10 Hard Freezing often. I can't isolate the cause.

For a couple months now I've been experiencing hard crashes 3 or 4 times a day. I'm unable to find the root cause. It doesn't seem to be a specific program I'm using and sometimes the system will stay stable for days without a problem.

I've tried to make sure all drivers are updated and I did a clean install of Windows 10 but the problem persists. I've replaced all ram and my SSD. I've stress tested my CPU and the problem still occurs.

I've tried to use bluescreen viewer but it is hard freezing, so that is useless. I have to perform a manual reset each and every time.

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.19042 Build 19042
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DESKTOP-G0F2O5L
System Manufacturer To Be Filled By O.E.M.
System Model To Be Filled By O.E.M.
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Processor AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-Core Processor, 3500 Mhz, 16 Cores, 32 Logical Processors
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. P1.30, 8/27/2019
SMBIOS Version 3.1
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer ASRock
BaseBoard Product X399 Phantom Gaming 6
BaseBoard Version
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.19041.488"
User Name DESKTOP-G0F2O5L\guyon
Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory RAM 64.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 63.9 GB
Available Physical Memory 59.7 GB
Total Virtual Memory 73.4 GB
Available Virtual Memory 67.2 GB
Page File Space 9.50 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection Off
Virtualization-based security Not enabled
Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: TPM is not usable, PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not Modern Standby, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/devices detected, TPM is not usable
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

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Windows 10 freezing at log in

Hello Frank,

A failed update or one-time startup process can sometimes cause stopping, freezing, or reboot-loop issues during the login process. To isolate the issue, we suggest that you answer the following questions:

• Do you have a USB device attached? If yes, can you remove the device and log in again.
  
• Have you tried turning off the WiFi feature in your laptop before logging in?
  
• How about running a Startup Repair in your Windows 10 laptop? (Boot to Advanced Startup Options>Click on Troubleshoot> Click on Advanced options> Click on Startup Repair)
• Aside from the above steps, what other troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
  

Looking forward to your response.

 

Windows 10 1909 Causes Secondary Hard Drive to not be Recognized

Installing the Windows 10 1909 Update causes my secondary hard drive to not be recognized.

Steps to confirm issue:

• Secondary drive not visible in Windows Explorer
• Secondary drive not visible in device manager
• Secondary drive not visible in disk manager

Steps to replicate issue:

• Installing 1909 update

Steps to resolve issue:

• Uninstall 1909 update

Since updates can only be delayed for so long, an actual fix would be appreciated.

 

GPU-Z (driver?) causes Windows 10 PC to hard lock (freeze)

Nope. This is a software issue, namely WIndows 10 issue. It could be drivers issue, but is not any hardware issue in any way.
Windows 10 is work in progress, so despite it working fine on my 2 other PCs, on my main & most powerful one it often does this should I try to reset or need to do a hard reset.
It could be an Avira Free conflict, but I am not wanting to remove Avira at this point.
WHEN this happens, the Windows 10 spinning circle of death keeps circling/animating, so the system is not frozen, just won't continue to boot and show the desktop/startup programs.
I think it is loading some driver and can't, or maybe loading some system process/etc.

Anyway, this is beside the point here, I just want GPU-Z driver fixed so it does not cause hard freezes like this.