Currently trying to diagnose the cause of some freezing issues with my windows machine.
Here are the current issues and steps I've taken to resolve this issue:
- During windows session, usually 2-8 hours in my computer would seemingly freeze. I could swap windows, videos I was watching continued to play, but trying to open up new things was hit or miss. I could open up task manager, but trying to open up computer management to view the event viewer just stalled out for upwards of 5-10 minutes. Right clicking on Computer took a minute for the context dialog to pop up.
- My initial thought was the hard drive. Running chkdsk it found some bad blocks on my SSD, so I swapped to another hard disk all together. Problem persisted after clean windows install.
- Ran Intel processor diagnostic tool, and every test passed. Not quite sure what other cpu tests I can do. Booted up and ran windows memory diagnostic. While it paused for hours as a time (Which I read was normal), it found no issues after 3 test passes. (Ran overnight for at least 12+ hours). Ran another test with memtest on the ubuntu CD. No issues found.
Ended up tracing an event viewer system error report:
The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Ide\IdePort2
here. Tried changing out sata cable, and switched to different port to see if it was a cable issue. Problem persisted. Switched back to original hard drive.
Decided to run a non-destructive badblocks test through an ubuntu live cd. I'm now seeing glitchiness through the terminal. See video here: https://youtu.be/j5CfzTNVrD0
The glitchiness/discoloration of the terminal makes me believe this has nothing to do with the hard drive/related cables and ports. Is this a CPU issue? What should be my next move?
Update with hardware:
- CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K
- Motherboard: ASUS P8P67-M PRO
- Memory: 4x8GB CORSAIR Vengeance
- Graphics Card: Asus GTX 660
- Case/Power Supply: Cooler Master - 480W
This has all worked flawlessly for years.