Those were good recommendations from Joshua, never seen that info before. The drive I pulled passed every test, but had long pauses during some of them. I basically swapped everything that could be swapped during testing except my m2 SSD's, and when I swapped the 4TB seagate drive all the problems went away. Hopefully you luck out and find the culprit too.
lopaka On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 1:39 PM Bobby Heid <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Joshua. > > I ran all of those except for the performance monitoring one and all said > OK. An interesting note - some of those tests do not show the NVME SSD > (Samsung 960 Pro SSD). > > I did buy a new 6TB HD to swap out for the 5TB one to see if that may help. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hardware <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > Joshua MacCraw > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2020 12:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue > > SMART testing comes to mind as well as checking the log for disk related > events. Found this tip, didn't know win10 did this directly - > > https://www.windowscentral.com/how-check-if-hard-drive-failing-smart-windows-10 > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 2:24 PM Bobby Heid <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks. Could be on to something there. I will pursue looking at > > testing the drive. > > > > The locking up can happen whether it is recording or not. I was > > trying to demonstrate that I did not think processes were executing > > while it appeared locked up. > > > > Thanks, > > Bobby > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hardware <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > > lopaka polena > > Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 4:53 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue > > > > Strangely enough my bad drive passed chkdsk multiple times without one > > fail, so pulling it was a last ditch effect since I'd already swapped > > video card, RAM and power supply. > > > > lopaka > > > > < > > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_c > > ampaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon > > > > > Virus-free. > > www.avast.com > > < > > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_c > > ampaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link > > > > > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 1:45 PM Beave <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Try chkdsk on the drive the recording is going to. Could be an issue > > there. > > > > > > Good luck, > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 1:12 PM Bobby Heid <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have had some issues going on with my pc for several months now. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There are two issues. > > > > > > > > 1. Once every several weeks or so, I get a bluescreen - > > > > IPI_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT. I can live with this one. Things that I > > > > have > > > tried > > > > to fix this do not seem to have helped. > > > > 2. The big issue is that my PC keeps locking up. This happens > > from > > > > 0-5 > > > > times per day. I may go 3 days without it happening and then have > > > > it happen > > > > 3 times in one day. Here are some details: > > > > > > > > a. When it locks up, the HD activity light is doing a very fast, > > > > steady > > > > flash. > > > > b. There is no warning when it will happen. > > > > c. It happens whether I am using the PC or not. > > > > d. Seems to happen more often overnight than during the day. But > > not > > > > always. > > > > e. When it locks up, I can still move the mouse cursor and move > > > > windows. I cannot close a window or start another program. > > > > f. When it locks up when not using PC, sometimes the login > screen > > > > image > > > > will show, sometimes not. > > > > g. CTL-Alt-Delete does nothing when locked. > > > > h. PC stays up 24/7. No sleep or hibernation. > > > > i. When it locks up, if the system is recording a show (from a > > > > networked TV Tuner), the recording stops, so I assume that most > > > > apps are not still running when it locks up. > > > > j. If a recording was scheduled while it is locked up, nothing > is > > > > created. > > > > k. To reset, I have to press and hold the power button until the > > > > system > > > > turns off. > > > > l. Through trial and error, it seems that turning off letting > the > > > > monitors going to sleep seems to have lessened the frequency of > > > > the lock ups. I am not sure if this was not just a coincidence. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Here are my system specs: > > > > > > > > * Asus X99 Deluxe-II MB > > > > * Intel i7-6850k CPU (not overclocked) > > > > * Asus GeForce GTX 1070 > > > > * Corsair water cooler > > > > * Corsair 32GB RAM > > > > * Samsung 960 Pro SSD (512GB) - OS > > > > * Samsung 860 EVO SSD 1TB > > > > * WD 5TB Black > > > > * Pioneer Blu Ray drive > > > > * Dual monitors > > > > * Corsair HX-850 PSU > > > > * Corsair K70 LUX keyboard > > > > * Logitech MX Master mouse > > > > * Windows 10 Pro - 2004 - 19041.508 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am not too keen on a nuke and install. It would take me forever > > > > to get everything back the way it was. But I am not ruling that out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone have any ideas? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Bobby > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
