Windows 10: Windows 10 PC freezes/locking up. Have to pull out the plug to restart it

Ever since I first built my PC in early 2016, I have been having a problem where my PC would completely lock up/freeze on its current screen and the only way to switch it off/restart is by physically pulling the plug out the wall.


This error only happens when I am gaming, some games more frequent than others and some games it never happens. Once before I left my PC for a couple minutes and I got the DPC_WATCHDOG VIOLATION blue screen. That blue screen eventually froze and I again had to pull out the plug. Recently I left it to try get the blue screen again to create a dump file but after about 10 minutes no blue screen appeared.


This error has occurred before and after I have upgraded my graphics card, hard drive and installed an SSD drive.


I have been through all of my installed drivers and trying updating them all and I have tried the SATA AHCI Controller fix to no effect.


I am unable to create a dump file to see what the error is as obviously Windows cannot if it doesn't go to a blue screen and restarts on its own. I really have no idea what to do now.


System Specs

OS: Windows 10 Home 64-bit version 22.11.2.7

CPU: Intel i5 6400

RAM: 8GB

Graphics: GTX 1070



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Windows 10 PC freezes/locking up. Have to pull out the plug to restart it

Ever since I first built my PC in early 2016, I have been having a problem where my PC would completely lock up/freeze on its current screen and the only way to switch it off/restart is by physically pulling the plug out the wall.

This error only happens when I am gaming, some games more frequent than others and some games it never happens. Once before I left my PC for a couple minutes and I got the DPC_WATCHDOG VIOLATION blue screen. That blue screen eventually froze and I again
had to pull out the plug. Recently I left it to try get the blue screen again to create a dump file but after about 10 minutes no blue screen appeared.

This error has occurred before and after I have upgraded my graphics card, hard drive and installed an SSD drive.

I have been through all of my installed drivers and trying updating them all and I have tried the SATA AHCI Controller fix to no effect.

I am unable to create a dump file to see what the error is as obviously Windows cannot if it doesn't go to a blue screen and restarts on its own. I really have no idea what to do now.

System Specs

OS: Windows 10 Home 64-bit version 22.11.2.7

CPU: Intel i5 6400

RAM: 8GB

Graphics: GTX 1070

Below I have attached a screenshot of the error page in event viewer. This is the message I get every time it freezes.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Hard drive/ OS issue

a guy suggested :

• shutdown
• unhooked HDD
• restarted
• yay !!
• reconnected HDD
• restarted
• yay !!

also , try method 3
http://windowsreport.com/drive-windows-installed-locked/