Re: [H] Weird PC issue

2020-12-12 Thread Bobby Heid 
I just cloned the M.2.  

I did not try to wipe and reinstall on the old one.  That would be a long term 
task to get everything back the way that I wanted it.  But, It may be something 
I try in the future.

But, as of today, there have been no lockups.  

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Bino 
Gopal
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2020 2:32 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

So when you replaced the M.2 did you clone the install, or start fresh?

Wonder if it's not the physical M.2 SSD, but maybe the install of the OS/files 
on it...

Did you try wiping the old M.2 SSD before replacing it?

Curious if it turns out to be a SW or HW issue-I think you isolated it down to 
the M.2 clearly, but not sure it's been identified as either SW or HW on the 
M.2 as a result, right?

BINO


-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Bobby 
Heid
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 12:58 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

Latest update.

I replaced the M.2 SSD on 11/20 and it appears to have solved the issue with my 
PC locking up.  I have not had it lock up since I replaced the drive.  I know, 
it  could still not be resolved.

But, I want to thank each and everyone of you that tried to help me with my 
issue.  I really appreciate you taking the time to assist me!  And, I ended up 
with an extra HDD.  Who can't use the extra space.  😊

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of lopaka 
polena
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 7:25 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

It could be the M.2 SSD. I've only had 1 of those fail before but I'm sure it 
can happen just as easily as failure in SATA SSD (1 have 5 dead ones)

lopaka

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 3:27 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:

> And now, I have been using VideoRedo for about 30 minutes now and the 
> common dialog window opens very fast.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware  On Behalf Of 
> Bobby Heid
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 5:37 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>
> Thanks Lubomir.  Were you able to fix the issue?
>
> So, I replaced my non-boot SSD with a HDD.  At first, all went well.  
> From within VideoRedo, the common dialog windows opened very fast.  
> And, it did not lock up for over 12 hours.  But when I got up this 
> morning, it was locked up.
>
> The only drive I have not disabled/replaced is the M2 boot SSD.  Do 
> you think this may be causing the issue?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware  On Behalf Of 
> Lubomír Cabla
> Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 3:31 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>
> I have the same issue with VLC player.
>
> First time the delay is about 15 seconds, next run is without delay.
>
> After checking in the task manager (Details) I found out the cause:
>
> MsMpEngCP.exe and MsMpEng.exe
>
> They perform full control of the running program but only the first time.
>
> Maybe it will help you.
>
> Lubomir Cabla
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 3:22 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
>
> > 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  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 ou

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

2020-12-11 Thread Bino Gopal 
So when you replaced the M.2 did you clone the install, or start fresh?

Wonder if it's not the physical M.2 SSD, but maybe the install of the OS/files 
on it...

Did you try wiping the old M.2 SSD before replacing it?

Curious if it turns out to be a SW or HW issue-I think you isolated it down to 
the M.2 clearly, but not sure it's been identified as either SW or HW on the 
M.2 as a result, right?

BINO


-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Bobby 
Heid
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 12:58 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

Latest update.

I replaced the M.2 SSD on 11/20 and it appears to have solved the issue with my 
PC locking up.  I have not had it lock up since I replaced the drive.  I know, 
it  could still not be resolved.

But, I want to thank each and everyone of you that tried to help me with my 
issue.  I really appreciate you taking the time to assist me!  And, I ended up 
with an extra HDD.  Who can't use the extra space.  😊

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of lopaka 
polena
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 7:25 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

It could be the M.2 SSD. I've only had 1 of those fail before but I'm sure it 
can happen just as easily as failure in SATA SSD (1 have 5 dead ones)

lopaka

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 3:27 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:

> And now, I have been using VideoRedo for about 30 minutes now and the 
> common dialog window opens very fast.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware  On Behalf Of 
> Bobby Heid
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 5:37 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>
> Thanks Lubomir.  Were you able to fix the issue?
>
> So, I replaced my non-boot SSD with a HDD.  At first, all went well.  
> From within VideoRedo, the common dialog windows opened very fast.  
> And, it did not lock up for over 12 hours.  But when I got up this 
> morning, it was locked up.
>
> The only drive I have not disabled/replaced is the M2 boot SSD.  Do 
> you think this may be causing the issue?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware  On Behalf Of 
> Lubomír Cabla
> Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 3:31 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>
> I have the same issue with VLC player.
>
> First time the delay is about 15 seconds, next run is without delay.
>
> After checking in the task manager (Details) I found out the cause:
>
> MsMpEngCP.exe and MsMpEng.exe
>
> They perform full control of the running program but only the first time.
>
> Maybe it will help you.
>
> Lubomir Cabla
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 3:22 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
>
> > 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  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  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).
> > >
&g

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

2020-12-10 Thread Bobby Heid 
Latest update.

I replaced the M.2 SSD on 11/20 and it appears to have solved the issue with my 
PC locking up.  I have not had it lock up since I replaced the drive.  I know, 
it  could still not be resolved.

But, I want to thank each and everyone of you that tried to help me with my 
issue.  I really appreciate you taking the time to assist me!  And, I ended up 
with an extra HDD.  Who can't use the extra space.  😊

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of lopaka 
polena
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 7:25 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

It could be the M.2 SSD. I've only had 1 of those fail before but I'm sure it 
can happen just as easily as failure in SATA SSD (1 have 5 dead ones)

lopaka

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 3:27 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:

> And now, I have been using VideoRedo for about 30 minutes now and the 
> common dialog window opens very fast.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware  On Behalf Of 
> Bobby Heid
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 5:37 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>
> Thanks Lubomir.  Were you able to fix the issue?
>
> So, I replaced my non-boot SSD with a HDD.  At first, all went well.  
> From within VideoRedo, the common dialog windows opened very fast.  
> And, it did not lock up for over 12 hours.  But when I got up this 
> morning, it was locked up.
>
> The only drive I have not disabled/replaced is the M2 boot SSD.  Do 
> you think this may be causing the issue?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware  On Behalf Of 
> Lubomír Cabla
> Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 3:31 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>
> I have the same issue with VLC player.
>
> First time the delay is about 15 seconds, next run is without delay.
>
> After checking in the task manager (Details) I found out the cause:
>
> MsMpEngCP.exe and MsMpEng.exe
>
> They perform full control of the running program but only the first time.
>
> Maybe it will help you.
>
> Lubomir Cabla
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 3:22 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
>
> > 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  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  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  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:/

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

2020-11-18 Thread Lubomír Čabla 
To Bobby:

Unfortunately not.

I use normal HDD, no SSD or M2 SSD/NVME.

I only noticed this slowdown in the launch of the application in the
version Windows 2004 20H2/64 bit.

In previous versions, everything was fine, normal.

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 11:36 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:

> Thanks Lubomir.  Were you able to fix the issue?
>
> So, I replaced my non-boot SSD with a HDD.  At first, all went well.  From
> within VideoRedo, the common dialog windows opened very fast.  And, it did
> not lock up for over 12 hours.  But when I got up this morning, it was
> locked up.
>
> The only drive I have not disabled/replaced is the M2 boot SSD.  Do you
> think this may be causing the issue?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware  On Behalf Of
> Lubomír Cabla
> Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 3:31 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>
> I have the same issue with VLC player.
>
> First time the delay is about 15 seconds, next run is without delay.
>
> After checking in the task manager (Details) I found out the cause:
>
> MsMpEngCP.exe and MsMpEng.exe
>
> They perform full control of the running program but only the first time.
>
> Maybe it will help you.
>
> Lubomir Cabla
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 3:22 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
>
> > 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  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  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  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  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  On
> > > > Behalf Of lopaka polena
> > > > Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 4:53 PM
> > > > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> > > > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

2020-11-17 Thread lopaka polena 
It could be the M.2 SSD. I've only had 1 of those fail before but I'm sure
it can happen just as easily as failure in SATA SSD (1 have 5 dead ones)

lopaka

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 3:27 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:

> And now, I have been using VideoRedo for about 30 minutes now and the
> common dialog window opens very fast.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware  On Behalf Of
> Bobby Heid
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 5:37 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>
> Thanks Lubomir.  Were you able to fix the issue?
>
> So, I replaced my non-boot SSD with a HDD.  At first, all went well.  From
> within VideoRedo, the common dialog windows opened very fast.  And, it did
> not lock up for over 12 hours.  But when I got up this morning, it was
> locked up.
>
> The only drive I have not disabled/replaced is the M2 boot SSD.  Do you
> think this may be causing the issue?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware  On Behalf Of
> Lubomír Cabla
> Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 3:31 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>
> I have the same issue with VLC player.
>
> First time the delay is about 15 seconds, next run is without delay.
>
> After checking in the task manager (Details) I found out the cause:
>
> MsMpEngCP.exe and MsMpEng.exe
>
> They perform full control of the running program but only the first time.
>
> Maybe it will help you.
>
> Lubomir Cabla
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 3:22 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
>
> > 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  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  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  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  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
> > > >
> > > > -Origina

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

2020-11-17 Thread Bobby Heid 
And now, I have been using VideoRedo for about 30 minutes now and the common 
dialog window opens very fast.

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Bobby 
Heid
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 5:37 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

Thanks Lubomir.  Were you able to fix the issue?

So, I replaced my non-boot SSD with a HDD.  At first, all went well.  >From 
within VideoRedo, the common dialog windows opened very fast.  And, it did not 
lock up for over 12 hours.  But when I got up this morning, it was locked up.

The only drive I have not disabled/replaced is the M2 boot SSD.  Do you think 
this may be causing the issue?

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Lubomír 
Cabla
Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 3:31 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

I have the same issue with VLC player.

First time the delay is about 15 seconds, next run is without delay.

After checking in the task manager (Details) I found out the cause:

MsMpEngCP.exe and MsMpEng.exe

They perform full control of the running program but only the first time.

Maybe it will help you.

Lubomir Cabla

On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 3:22 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:

> 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  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  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  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  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  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&u
> > > tm _c ampaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon
> > > >
> > > Virus-free.
>

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

2020-11-17 Thread Bobby Heid 
Thanks Lubomir.  Were you able to fix the issue?

So, I replaced my non-boot SSD with a HDD.  At first, all went well.  >From 
within VideoRedo, the common dialog windows opened very fast.  And, it did not 
lock up for over 12 hours.  But when I got up this morning, it was locked up.

The only drive I have not disabled/replaced is the M2 boot SSD.  Do you think 
this may be causing the issue?

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Lubomír 
Cabla
Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 3:31 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

I have the same issue with VLC player.

First time the delay is about 15 seconds, next run is without delay.

After checking in the task manager (Details) I found out the cause:

MsMpEngCP.exe and MsMpEng.exe

They perform full control of the running program but only the first time.

Maybe it will help you.

Lubomir Cabla

On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 3:22 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:

> 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  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  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  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  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  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&u
> > > tm _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&u
> > > tm _c ampaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link
> > > >
> > > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2A

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

2020-11-03 Thread Bobby Heid 
Thanks.  I will check it out.  

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Lubomír 
Cabla
Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 3:31 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

I have the same issue with VLC player.

First time the delay is about 15 seconds, next run is without delay.

After checking in the task manager (Details) I found out the cause:

MsMpEngCP.exe and MsMpEng.exe

They perform full control of the running program but only the first time.

Maybe it will help you.

Lubomir Cabla

On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 3:22 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:

> 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  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  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  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  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  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&u
> > > tm _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&u
> > > tm _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,

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

2020-11-03 Thread Lubomír Čabla 
I have the same issue with VLC player.

First time the delay is about 15 seconds, next run is without delay.

After checking in the task manager (Details) I found out the cause:

MsMpEngCP.exe and MsMpEng.exe

They perform full control of the running program but only the first time.

Maybe it will help you.

Lubomir Cabla

On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 3:22 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:

> 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  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  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  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  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  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  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I have had some issues going on with my pc for several months now.
> > > > >

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

2020-11-03 Thread Bobby Heid 
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  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  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  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  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  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  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 wi

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

2020-10-27 Thread lopaka polena 
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  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  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-windows-10
>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 2:24 PM Bobby Heid  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  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  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 r

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

2020-10-27 Thread Bobby Heid 
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  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-windows-10

On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 2:24 PM Bobby Heid  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  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
>
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> 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  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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

2020-10-18 Thread Joshua MacCraw 
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  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  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
>
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> 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  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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

2020-10-09 Thread Bobby Heid 
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  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

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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  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
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

2020-10-09 Thread Bobby Heid 
Thanks.  Ran ChkDsk and it found nothing wrong.  I even ran the WD quick tests 
and it said it was ok.

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Beave
Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 4:45 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

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  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
>
>
>
>

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

2020-10-09 Thread lopaka polena 
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.

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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  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
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

2020-10-09 Thread Beave 
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  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
>
>
>
>

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

2020-10-09 Thread lopaka polena 
I was getting that same error a while back. It was happening for about a
month every day or two, and sometimes all through the day I'd have hard
lockups. I stress tested the hardware and everything passed but I would
notice long pauses at times that seemed to be related to accessing an older
HDD. Turned out it was a failing seagate HDD, although that drive passed
every test I ran on it. For the hell of it I copied all the data from the
drive that seemed to be pausing too often, to another 4TB HDD and pulled
the original HDD and haven't had a problem since. It seemed weird because
the error is generic and doesn't point to any specific hardware issue.

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On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 1:12 PM Bobby Heid  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
>
>
>
>

[H] Weird PC issue

2020-10-09 Thread Bobby Heid 
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