Windows 10: PC Freezing / Hanging everywhere.

Honestly sounds to me like an overheating GPU. Don't let the fan run at automatic. Make sure you set the fan speeds manually and run a faster fan speed when playing games. I have an XFX R9 390X 8GB that while playing certain games will run hot. If I leave the fan on automatic the computer will lock up like you said yours does. I have to set my fan manually at 90% when I start certain games. Try the fan thing first. You can also take the side panel off of your computer case for a while just to test the heat theory. But I bet your issues are a problem with GPU heat.

Done as you asked, exlcuding the BIOS update for now.

https://i.imgur.com/EToyi8Y.png (Startup and Recovery)
https://i.imgur.com/pHSbkJ7.png (Virtual Memory)

The Virtual Memory was by default set to 'automatically manage paging file size for all drives', but I configured it to my displayed custom parameters in the above screenshot a couple of days ago in hopes that it would stop the freezing, but it hasn't.

Here is the copied Command Prompt;

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.529]
(c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.17763.1

Image Version: 10.0.17763.529

[==========================100.0%==========================] The restore operation completed successfully.
The operation completed successfully.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>chkdsk /scan
The type of the file system is NTFS.

Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
382464 file records processed.
File verification completed.
9441 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.

Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
219 reparse records processed.
504866 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.
0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.
219 reparse records processed.

Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Security descriptor verification completed.
61202 data files processed.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
40093816 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.

Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
No further action is required.

233061337 KB total disk space.
92562852 KB in 232433 files.
144808 KB in 61203 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
499693 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
139853984 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
58265334 total allocation units on disk.
34963496 allocation units available on disk.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>wmic recoveros set autoreboot = false
Updating property(s) of '\\DESKTOP-K47COJT\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_OSRecoveryConfiguration.Name="Microsoft Windows 10 Pro|C:\\WINDOWS|\\Device\\Harddisk0\\Partition2"'
Property(s) update successful.

- - - Updated - - -

Done as you asked, exlcuding the BIOS update for now.

https://i.imgur.com/EToyi8Y.png (Startup and Recovery)
https://i.imgur.com/pHSbkJ7.png (Virtual Memory)

The Virtual Memory was by default set to 'automatically manage paging file size for all drives', but I configured it to my displayed custom parameters in the above screenshot a couple of days ago in hopes that it would stop the freezing, but it hasn't.

Here is the copied Command Prompt;

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.529]
(c) 2018 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>sfc /scannow

Beginning system scan. This process will take some time.

Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.

Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.17763.1

Image Version: 10.0.17763.529

[==========================100.0%==========================] The restore operation completed successfully.
The operation completed successfully.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>chkdsk /scan
The type of the file system is NTFS.

Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
382464 file records processed.
File verification completed.
9441 large file records processed.
0 bad file records processed.

Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
219 reparse records processed.
504866 index entries processed.
Index verification completed.
0 unindexed files scanned.
0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.
219 reparse records processed.

Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Security descriptor verification completed.
61202 data files processed.
CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...
40093816 USN bytes processed.
Usn Journal verification completed.

Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.
No further action is required.

233061337 KB total disk space.
92562852 KB in 232433 files.
144808 KB in 61203 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
499693 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
139853984 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
58265334 total allocation units on disk.
34963496 allocation units available on disk.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>wmic recoveros set autoreboot = false
Updating property(s) of '\\DESKTOP-K47COJT\ROOT\CIMV2:Win32_OSRecoveryConfiguration.Name="Microsoft Windows 10 Pro|C:\\WINDOWS|\\Device\\Harddisk0\\Partition2"'
Property(s) update successful.

- - - Updated - - -

ram1220 said:

Honestly sounds to me like an overheating GPU. Don't let the fan run at automatic. Make sure you set the fan speeds manually and run a faster fan speed when playing games. I have an XFX R9 390X 8GB that while playing certain games will run hot. If I leave the fan on automatic the computer will lock up like you said yours does. I have to set my fan manually at 90% when I start certain games. Try the fan thing first. You can also take the side panel off of your computer case for a while just to test the heat theory. But I bet your issues are a problem with GPU heat.

That was one of the first options I explored, whether it was a heat related issue. But it doesn't make sense how I am also recieving freezes and hangs when idle on just desktop with minimal background applications open and GPU is at 40 or so degrees. Even something as trivial as opening the start menu shouldn't be causing problems for a GPU to warrant these kinds of symptoms.

I had a look through Event Viewer and found these 2 errors which came up during a freeze / hang that I had a couple of days ago. Does this help in identifying a possible culprit in any way?

https://i.imgur.com/KK0Cpep.png (Application Error)
Imgur: The magic of the Internet (Application Hang)

1) For startup and recovery system failure:
a) uncheck automatically restart
b) reboot to maintain settings

2) For virtual memory:
a) move the dot from custom size to system manage size
b) check the box to automatically manage paging file size for all drives
c) reboot to maintain settings

The above settings can be modified after the troubleshooting has completed.

Can you boot any LiveCD to rule out your system vs hardware? Do some tests there to check if machine shuts down or not. If not, then your system is corrupted or something.

Done as you suggested, zbook.

eLPuSHeR said:

Can you boot any LiveCD to rule out your system vs hardware? Do some tests there to check if machine shuts down or not. If not, then your system is corrupted or something.

I've tried the troubleshooting stuff if that's what you're referring to by tests, and didn't experience any PC shutdowns.

What are your powerplan settings? Try disabling everything (hibernation, suspend...)

Powerplan is set to high performance, and everything disabled that would cause any automatic shutdowns, sleeps, hibernations, or any of the sort.