Hey folks! I recently built a new PC with a Ryzen 5 7600, RTX 4070 Super, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM running on Windows 11. It's been about two weeks now, but I'm facing a strange issue. My PC occasionally becomes unresponsive in a weird way — the screen doesn't go black, but every action I take, like moving the mouse or clicking, is delayed by around 5 seconds. It feels like the system is running at 1 frame per several seconds. The only fix I've found is a full restart. The first occurrence happened right after booting and opening a browser, while the second was after an hour of regular browsing. I checked Task Manager during these episodes, and everything looked normal; no component was maxed out, and temperatures are fine. I'm not sure if this is a Windows glitch, a driver issue, or something else entirely. Has anyone dealt with this kind of problem?
3 Answers
Have you considered performing a system restore to a point before the issue began? That might help if it’s related to a Windows update or something. Just a thought!
It sounds like you might want to check your event logs for any system errors when it happens. Hardware freezes usually lead to a total black screen, whereas software or driver-related freezes can be partial like what you're experiencing. Good luck troubleshooting!
Will do, thanks for the tip!
Isn’t it funny that MKBHD has a similar build? Just saying, two weeks in…is it really you?
I haven't tried that since my build is new, and the problem started just a couple of days after setting up Windows. I did a full factory reset and am reinstalling drivers from scratch now.