hanging/freezing for 10-15 secs

frank2129

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Jan 13, 2014
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Hi Everyone,

My pc has been acting-up recently and I'm experiencing what i can only describe as short freezes or hiccups where the system will not respond for 5 - 10 secs. After the freeze the system resumes regular operation (ie. programs keep running, video keeps playing etc.) I didn't notice it at first but it seems to be consistently happening every 10-20 minutes. It's usually evident when i play videos either from the pc or streamed to another pc. I also see it in games and the freeze period is greatly amplified inside the virtual machines i'm running (freezes go up 15 - 30 secs).

I have no idea where to begin tracking down the problem, so i'm putting this our there to the TM experts....
 

asterisx

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May 12, 2012
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10,510
Possibly its a faulty drive or overheating issue. A virus could also be causing this problem. Check the task manager and see if something fishy is eating up your CPU.