Yes, it was good info. Latest update. I swapped the 5TB HDD out for a new 6TB HDD. No changes. I guess now I have lots more storage. 😊
Could this issue be with one of the SSDs? The Samsung Magician software says those are ok. Here is an odd thing that I noticed. Sometimes, when using my video editing software (VideoReDo TVSuite V6), I noticed when I do something that causes the app to open up the standard open file dialog, there can be a delay of between 5 and 20 seconds before the dialog window opens. Other times, it opens almost instantly. This kind of led me to believe that it may have been the HDD causing my issues. I would open a file from the HDD and set its output to the non-NVME SSD. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: Hardware <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> On Behalf Of lopaka polena Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 5:05 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue 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 <bh...@sc.rr.com> 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 <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> On Behalf Of > Joshua MacCraw > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2020 12:27 PM > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > 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-w > indows-10 > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 2:24 PM Bobby Heid <bh...@sc.rr.com> 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 <hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> On Behalf > > Of lopaka polena > > Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 4:53 PM > > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > > 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 <619be...@gmail.com> 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 <bh...@sc.rr.com> 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
