I've been using my PC for about four years without issues, but recently it's started to freeze. At first, it was just occasional, but now it's happening every 20 minutes. I have a Ryzen 5900X, RTX 3080, and 32GB of G.Skill RAM on an MSI B550 Mortar, running Windows 10 and I recently upgraded to Windows 11. During this time, I've updated all my drivers and the BIOS, and ran memory tests and disk checks, which came back fine. But the freezing continues, and it's even locking up during fresh installs of Windows. I suspect it might be a hardware issue, possibly with the power supply or motherboard, since I've ruled out memory and NVMe. Any advice on what might be causing these random freezes?
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You should also check your Minidump files! They contain crash logs from BSODs and can really help pinpoint the issue. You can find them at C:WindowsMinidump. If you don’t see any, try adjusting your settings to create small memory dumps. Having a few of these could give us more insight into why your system is freezing!
Thanks! I’ll look into that and see if I find any.