Crash/Freeze Seems Random after adding a second USB external NTFS HDD

I recently added a USB WD MyBook external HDD. Also have a USB My Passport HDD. A few days after adding the MyBook, and every few days after that I am getting system freeze, where the mouse and keyboard (also USB wireless) stop responding. Only way is to power off/on to get the system back.

I have tried a few UEFI tweaks with CPU power management but I confess, I don't have much clue what to do and if that is even helpful but it seems to be getting more frequent in the last day or two, maybe as a result of these adjustments.

If anyone has had a similar issue and fixed it, please point me in the right direction to get this solved. It will be much appreciated. I have attached the DM logs.

lrw

Ztruker said:

No dumps in the zip you uploaded. I do see lots of these though:

Code:

3/1/2018 11:41 PM
Application Error
Faulting application name: AI Suite II.exe, version: 1.0.2.51, time stamp: 0x00000000
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.16299.248, time stamp: 0x13ae3814
Exception code: 0x0eedfade
Fault offset: 0x001008c2
Faulting process id: 0x1dc4
Faulting application start time: 0x01d3b1b63307b878
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\AI Suite II\AI Suite II.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: 5c06adfd-07ec-4840-b02c-fbc60a2b8aea
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Code:

2/23/2018 9:35 PM
Application Error
Faulting application name: AsSysCtrlService.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x4cc00d4c
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.16299.248, time stamp: 0x13ae3814
Exception code: 0x0eedfade
Fault offset: 0x001008c2
Faulting process id: 0xcdc
Faulting application start time: 0x01d3acedf1715236
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\AsSysCtrlService\1.00.11\AsSysCtrlService.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: c90550b0-be05-4077-9463-1b04d7bd0002
Faulting package full name: 
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Both are part of ASUS AI Suite II . I suggest uninstalling it and see if that helps your problem.

Also, your Nvidia driver is version 388.13 dated 10/26/2017. Remove and install latest Nvidia drivers:

I suggest completely uninstalling the Nvidia display drivers using Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) from WagnardMobile (near bottom of page) then get the latest driver for you Nvidia card here: NVIDIA Driver Downloads

Then do a custom install of only the NVidia graphics driver and the PhysX driver.

See if that gets rid of the problem.

Thanks Ztruker,

I have done the steps to remove the Nvidia drivers and reinstalled only the Graphics and PhysX ones back on. I'll see if that helps. It might take a few days for me to be sure it won't freeze again. I will post back in a few days or sooner if it does.

Cheers,
lrw

Ztruker said:

What about removing the ASUS AI Suite II?

I forgot ... but now I don't see it running or any uninstaller for it in Control Panel. Is there a manual method to remove it?

Thanks,
lrw

Ztruker said:

See here: How to uninstall Ai Suite III manually

See if that helps get rid of it.

You're the best, Rich! Thanks. I'll let you know how it goes.

lrw

Ztruker said:

See here: How to uninstall Ai Suite III manually

See if that helps get rid of it.

I'm not seeing any of the processes that are supposed to be ended in task manager. I did see USB 3.0 Boost Service but not the .exe that is in that linked solution.

I did stop the asComSvc service. Attempting to delete the C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\ASUS\ ran into a few locked file issues but used lock hunter to track them down and deleted / stopped a couple more services related to AI Suite and as able to clear the folders. Also cleared out C:\ProgramData\ASUS directory.

I could not find the cleaner.exe and it mentioned in the forum that it has be gone for a few years. I did not attempt ccleaner. I also did not reinstall AI3. I'm not sure if it is needed - is it?

Will reboot after I post this. Hope I'm back

lrw

Ztruker said:

Hoping that makes a difference.

I thought it was OK for a while but it didn't last two days. Froze again and had to hard boot. Should I collect new logs?

lrw