For the last month, my computer has been freezing up unexpectedly. It could happen at any time, making it impossible to do anything except hit the power button to restart. Recently, when I try to reboot, the fans and lights come on, but the monitors stay dark. After several attempts—usually three or four times—the monitors finally light up, and the computer starts properly. There are no error codes or warnings to help diagnose the issue. I've noticed that the freezes typically occur about 15-30 minutes after I wrap up a gaming session that lasts 2-3 hours. Occasionally, I see a quick flash of a black screen that seems like a BSOD during games, but it goes away too fast for me to read it. My system specs are Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, an Intel i7-11700KF CPU, 32GB of DDR4 RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070.
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Have you tried swapping out your boot drive or RAM? If you can, that might help pinpoint where the problem lies. Sometimes, issues like this stem from hardware problems, so it's worth checking if the issue persists when you try different drives or sticks of RAM.
Just a heads-up: before making any changes to BIOS settings or your disk setup, make sure your data is backed up. You don’t want to risk losing anything important if things go south while troubleshooting.
It sounds like you’re dealing with some frustrating issues! First things first, if you’re getting those black screens and freezes, it might be helpful to check for dump files. They can provide insight into what’s going wrong. If you get into Windows—maybe through Safe Mode—try looking in C:WindowsMinidump to see if there are any crash logs. If you find any, you can zip them and upload them to a file-sharing service for analysis.
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