I'm building my first PC on a budget, and it's equipped with a 2070 Super GPU, a B450M motherboard, a Klevv Kras SSD, and a Ryzen 5 5500 CPU. Over the past month and a half, I've swapped out every component except the SSD and motherboard. Lately, my PC has been acting up – it takes forever to boot, sometimes only showing the wallpaper and no taskbar. The mouse works, but the keyboard is unresponsive. After a few minutes, things finally start to work, but the system is super sluggish when I try to open apps or use the Windows search bar. Once I'm in those apps, however, everything runs smoothly. I'm wondering if one of my components is failing, or could it be a virus?
3 Answers
First, I suggest checking the health of your SSD using CrystalDiskInfo. It's a handy tool that can tell you if there are any problems with your drive. If the health looks good, then you might want to check for any corrupted system files. You can do this by running a couple of commands in an administrator command prompt: DISM /Cleanup-Image /Online /RestoreHealth and SFC /Scannow.
A lot of people are betting on your SSD being fine, but I've seen cheaper SSD brands fail pretty quickly. Diagnosing an NVMe SSD can be tricky since SMART data isn't as reliable. Cheap DRAM-less SSDs can develop performance issues, especially if they fill up. Your Klevv Kras isn’t typically a high-performance drive, so keep that in mind!
If you're worried about malware, it might be worth running a full virus scan just to rule that out. But given your description, the slow boot and unresponsiveness suggest it could be something hardware-related, particularly with the SSD or motherboard.
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