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Computer constantly freezing, shutting off, boot looping, etc
It comes and goes, occasionally I'll go a month or two without any issue.
There were no hardware changes that first started this happening, my computer just began freezing completely independent of ...
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Intermittent Boot Failure on Windows After Forced Shutdown
The problem started when my computer froze while playing a game, forcing me to perform a hard shutdown. Since then, booting up has become a gamble; it sometimes boot up and works normally and other ...
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Windows 10 hanging on reboots/shutdowns
I recently started to have an issue with my custom-built system. Whenever I try to reboot/shutdown in Windows 10 the system it will just hang. Unless I do a hard shut down with the power button it ...
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Laptop Hangs on Shutdown
Laptop: Thinkpad P50
CPU: Intel i7-6820HQ (8) @ 3.600GHz
GPU: NVIDIA Quadro M1000M
Xubuntu 20.04 LTS
I have an issue where after hitting shutdown, my computer will stay kind of on. It seems to go ...
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Computer randomly shuts down and displays blinking screen
I am having issues with my PC. It randomly shuts down and screen starts blinking. It happens completely randomly and I didn't notice any pattern. Sometimes it might work properly for a week and ...
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Windows freezes and crashes
So, I was playing something with my friends on discord and out of the blue the screen freezes, but I can still hear the sounds, my friend's voices and the game and not more than 5 seconds later, the ...
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Touching my RAM, Freezes Windows, Shutdowns PC
When touching one of the two RAM modules, my Windows freezes and needs force shutdown, and sometimes it just shuts down and restarts by itself immediately. This happens only with one of the two RAM, ...
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why does Acer Aspire E5-571 V1.26 hang and freeze and startup slow and shut down slow?
I own a Acer Aspire E5-571 V1.26 notebook Windows 8. and I have had trouble with it off and on since I bought it. It would freeze up and hang when software was clicked on to open. escape key didn't ...
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How can I disable the "Getting Windows Ready" message when Windows shuts down?
At work, we use Deep Freeze to restore the state of Windows every time the computer shuts down. In Windows 7 this worked great, but in Windows 10 the computer will sometimes get stuck on "Getting ...
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Shutdown seems to freeze my cpu on dell latitude e7470 under linux
I bought a Dell Latitude e7470 recently. I immediately removed the preinstalled Windows 10, and installed Arch Linux.
It works fine, except for one thing: On shutdown or reboot, at the point where ...
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Windows 10 will not shutdown and desktop icons disappear when clicking refresh
I am having some issues with my Windows 10 installation. Currently I cannot shut down my computer without physically pressing and holding the power button on the front of my computer. If I click the ...
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How to debug Windows 7 shutdown-freeze and failure
The actual question is really about "How can I debug" this (see below), but for background a bit more story:
I'm running Windows 7 64-bit (fully updated) on a new Dell Precision
M3800 SSD, ...
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Random shutdowns and restarts
I could use some fresh thoughts regarding my shutdown issue. So, about 2 weeks ago my pc started to occasionally restart while playing games. Sometimes it happens after 4-10 minutes but occasionally ...
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How to determine what driver stops shutdown
Installed Windows 10 on a new computer but every time the computer shuts down (also while installing Win10) the laptop freezes up with a black screen. How can I determine what driver and/or device is ...
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Computer tends to freeze and shutdown
I have a Lenovo ThinkCentre computer, Lenovo M92p with Intel Core i7 3770, 2 x 8GB Ram and a built in Intel HD 4000 Graphics, running Windows 10 Home.
The computer always runs quiet, and almost never ...
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