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Not BSOD but constant freezing with drive spiking at 100% usage
Background:
For the past few weeks or so I was on W8.1 on my SSD and Arch Linux on my SSHD. However now when loading up Arch I get a { DRDY } error presumably on the SSHD, and W8.1 crashed very soon after logging in. I noticed that sometimes that the computer does not freeze until I open up a game (Total War 2). TW2 had been working fine previously. I would go ahead and reset/refresh my main W10 drive but I'm not sure if that's the issue. I have never gotten a BSOD just a freeze then sometimes black screen with a mouse.
What I've tried:
- I consistently virus scanned with Malwarebyte's and Defender to find nothing.
- I hoped upgrading to W10 would fix the issue, but it did not.
- /sfc scannow
- SMART check (no issues)
- check Task Manager/used Proc Explorer (or variants) can not see cause of disk usage spike
What I believe could be the issue:
- I want to say the drives are failing, but I'm honestly dumbfounded.
- I've read it's possible to the SATA cables.
Any ideas?
EDIT: Tried creating another user account, and so far no issues with the new account. Also added some logs, if more are needed I can add them.
EDIT 2: TW2 crashed it again
Last edited by partounian; 30 Aug 2015 at 21:20.