Briggy32
Member
- May 15, 2025
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My specs are:
5900X
32GB DDR4 3600 mhz
ASRock X570 Taichi (BIOS is up to date but not updated recently)
EVGA FTW3 3080 10GB Ultra Hybrid
4TB WD HDD
1TB WD SATA SSD (Boot drive)
2TB Samsung 990 Pro M.2 SSD
Windows 10
Ethernet expansion card, which was installed to mitigate the wifi stuttering problem (did not fix)
I have been having several issues with each piling onto the last for months now, but I haven't been keeping count. While I've had some watchdog violation crashes throughout the history of this PC, they seem to have ramped up recently but are extremely inconsistent. I just had one hours ago after nothing for over a month, which was presumably after I shut it down through the menu and turned back on my PC and left to take a break, or during the shutdown itself (I don't exactly remember.) Now to the freezing issue.
A few months ago I decided I'd like to undervolt my PC to reduce power usage using PBO. Following this, my PC decided to start freezing not when under stress or anything, but more often than not while idling. It gets so bad at times that I can't even get past the login page, and other times it won't happen for hours. Increasing the numbers in PBO made the freezes go away temporarily, but it didn't fix it. Resetting BIOS settings did nothing, either. The most peculiar (and telling to the right people, I'm sure) part of this is that if I boot my pc into windows through BIOS, the freezing ceases entirely. I do not recall a time where it froze after booting it from BIOS. It does not fix any of the other problems, however. I have even tried booting windows off of a thumb drive to no avail. It still crashes. And reinstalling graphics drivers with DDU. My BIOS is already up to date. I found another thread with a potential solution for me, (basically not using my entire cpu, I may have just exceeded my warranty this month, so........) but I still don't know the cause of some of these other issues like the BSOD and disappearing SSD. The other thread is here: [SOLVED] - Freezing / BSOD while idle - DPC WATCHDOG VIOLATION bugcheck 133 - FIX: I disabled C states in the BIOS
My WIFI has been spotty at best on my PC despite upgrading to a gigabit internet plan and the included router. Now, I'd blame this on my ISP, if it weren't for my brother's PC (of similar specs minus the gpu partner, mobo manufacturer, ram, and storage devices) not having any issues whatsoever with games stuttering, and nor does the rest of the household have these issues. My phone has had minor outages, but they are rare, so I am uncertain. It does not happen when streaming video content, or being in a call. Actually... as I'm writing this, it only really happens on Roblox. Maybe other games, like Marvel Rivals have better netcode that covers for this without me noticing? But anyways, at least when I am playing Roblox, there are several second freezes that happen quite routinely. I do believe these are worsened by having more internet usage on the computer. Before moving to ethernet, my WIFI would completely go out from time to time for upwards of 10 seconds. I do not recall if a major outage has happened recently or not, as my memory is rather hazy, but at the very least it is much more infrequent now. In order to fix the remaining stuttering issue, I purchased and installed a TP-Link 2.5GBps ethernet card to switch over to off of my motherboard. It seemed to have fixed it for a while, but then nothing changed really. If anyone has any ideas on what's even causing this, I'd like to know. I've switched slots and cables as well, as the old cable was broken and causing issues. Sometime I may try getting a new router.
As for the M.2 SSD disappearing issue, I have absolutely no clue what is happening with it. After some time of my system being powered on, files on it become inaccessible, shortly before (or sometimes never) the drive disappears entirely from my system. I don't know exactly, but I think it generally happens quicker if I'm playing a game on that drive. My PC doesn't even need to go to sleep and wake up for it to happen a lot of the time, either. Unless the screensaver counts. Could it be the SSD? It's the newest component of my system. The health check and S.M.A.R.T data show no issues, and I can't really do a health check when it's literally gone. It doesn't even print anything in the event viewer. Just failed attempts at accessing files on the drive. It happens so abruptly, or progressively, that I could be playing a game and all of a sudden it just freezes, or closes, and I just need to task manager it. Could it be my motherboard? It could be what's causing my freezing, BSODs, and WiFi issues, albeit unlikely. Could it be my CPU? Why would it not be having issues with other drives, at all? All that's certain is I'm going to make an attempt to move my important files off of it onto an external drive for now (yes, I procrastinated for like a month on doing this.)
If anyone could help me out here, that would be nice. Let me know if minidump files or anything are needed, I'm really tired and don't feel like digging through my entire file system right now...
5900X
32GB DDR4 3600 mhz
ASRock X570 Taichi (BIOS is up to date but not updated recently)
EVGA FTW3 3080 10GB Ultra Hybrid
4TB WD HDD
1TB WD SATA SSD (Boot drive)
2TB Samsung 990 Pro M.2 SSD
Windows 10
Ethernet expansion card, which was installed to mitigate the wifi stuttering problem (did not fix)
I have been having several issues with each piling onto the last for months now, but I haven't been keeping count. While I've had some watchdog violation crashes throughout the history of this PC, they seem to have ramped up recently but are extremely inconsistent. I just had one hours ago after nothing for over a month, which was presumably after I shut it down through the menu and turned back on my PC and left to take a break, or during the shutdown itself (I don't exactly remember.) Now to the freezing issue.
A few months ago I decided I'd like to undervolt my PC to reduce power usage using PBO. Following this, my PC decided to start freezing not when under stress or anything, but more often than not while idling. It gets so bad at times that I can't even get past the login page, and other times it won't happen for hours. Increasing the numbers in PBO made the freezes go away temporarily, but it didn't fix it. Resetting BIOS settings did nothing, either. The most peculiar (and telling to the right people, I'm sure) part of this is that if I boot my pc into windows through BIOS, the freezing ceases entirely. I do not recall a time where it froze after booting it from BIOS. It does not fix any of the other problems, however. I have even tried booting windows off of a thumb drive to no avail. It still crashes. And reinstalling graphics drivers with DDU. My BIOS is already up to date. I found another thread with a potential solution for me, (basically not using my entire cpu, I may have just exceeded my warranty this month, so........) but I still don't know the cause of some of these other issues like the BSOD and disappearing SSD. The other thread is here: [SOLVED] - Freezing / BSOD while idle - DPC WATCHDOG VIOLATION bugcheck 133 - FIX: I disabled C states in the BIOS
My WIFI has been spotty at best on my PC despite upgrading to a gigabit internet plan and the included router. Now, I'd blame this on my ISP, if it weren't for my brother's PC (of similar specs minus the gpu partner, mobo manufacturer, ram, and storage devices) not having any issues whatsoever with games stuttering, and nor does the rest of the household have these issues. My phone has had minor outages, but they are rare, so I am uncertain. It does not happen when streaming video content, or being in a call. Actually... as I'm writing this, it only really happens on Roblox. Maybe other games, like Marvel Rivals have better netcode that covers for this without me noticing? But anyways, at least when I am playing Roblox, there are several second freezes that happen quite routinely. I do believe these are worsened by having more internet usage on the computer. Before moving to ethernet, my WIFI would completely go out from time to time for upwards of 10 seconds. I do not recall if a major outage has happened recently or not, as my memory is rather hazy, but at the very least it is much more infrequent now. In order to fix the remaining stuttering issue, I purchased and installed a TP-Link 2.5GBps ethernet card to switch over to off of my motherboard. It seemed to have fixed it for a while, but then nothing changed really. If anyone has any ideas on what's even causing this, I'd like to know. I've switched slots and cables as well, as the old cable was broken and causing issues. Sometime I may try getting a new router.
As for the M.2 SSD disappearing issue, I have absolutely no clue what is happening with it. After some time of my system being powered on, files on it become inaccessible, shortly before (or sometimes never) the drive disappears entirely from my system. I don't know exactly, but I think it generally happens quicker if I'm playing a game on that drive. My PC doesn't even need to go to sleep and wake up for it to happen a lot of the time, either. Unless the screensaver counts. Could it be the SSD? It's the newest component of my system. The health check and S.M.A.R.T data show no issues, and I can't really do a health check when it's literally gone. It doesn't even print anything in the event viewer. Just failed attempts at accessing files on the drive. It happens so abruptly, or progressively, that I could be playing a game and all of a sudden it just freezes, or closes, and I just need to task manager it. Could it be my motherboard? It could be what's causing my freezing, BSODs, and WiFi issues, albeit unlikely. Could it be my CPU? Why would it not be having issues with other drives, at all? All that's certain is I'm going to make an attempt to move my important files off of it onto an external drive for now (yes, I procrastinated for like a month on doing this.)
If anyone could help me out here, that would be nice. Let me know if minidump files or anything are needed, I'm really tired and don't feel like digging through my entire file system right now...
