Hi guys,
For the past month, my computer at times will 'randomly' freeze for 1-2 seconds. Sometimes in games, sometimes in M$ Word 2013. Sometimes this will not happen at all with other games and programs, it seems only certain things are affected.
The 1-2 second freeze affects my visuals, but my sound goes on as normal, then the graphics have to play catchup, or they carry on as nothing happened. This is common in Resident Evil 4 (Steam), and Civ 5 (Steam), but not once has this happened in Dead Space 3. Programs that are affected are Firefox and Waterfox using Youtube, and Word 2013, but VLC Media player, and iTunes/1by1 media players work fine, never any problems.
The other day I have tried to run the Performance Monitor in Windows 8, and I caught something. While working on M$ Word 2013, I don't get this issue, unless I am typing, then it has to catch up. It also happens when I click on a new box and bring up some options, like 'Font', 'Paragraph', etc, but if I click on a bunch of them at once, I don't have any issues, it's when I am idle for a few moments.
I have:
-Updated my drivers to the fullest capacity
-Turned off antivirus
-Performed Full system scan on antivirus
-chkdsk
-RAM check
-Increasing/Decreasing/Turning off Page File
-Performed a fresh, clean install, and the issue persists with no updates, and with all the updates.
I have captured a screenie detailing my problem below, notably the blue spike in the Disk queue length. My primary disk is SSD, while the disk in question is my secondary 1TB platter HDD. Non-destructive tests have come out fine, and I have run out of ideas. Anything I need to add or elaborate on to explain the problem better? Thank you!
http://i59.tinypic.com/fcvbx2.jpg
For the past month, my computer at times will 'randomly' freeze for 1-2 seconds. Sometimes in games, sometimes in M$ Word 2013. Sometimes this will not happen at all with other games and programs, it seems only certain things are affected.
The 1-2 second freeze affects my visuals, but my sound goes on as normal, then the graphics have to play catchup, or they carry on as nothing happened. This is common in Resident Evil 4 (Steam), and Civ 5 (Steam), but not once has this happened in Dead Space 3. Programs that are affected are Firefox and Waterfox using Youtube, and Word 2013, but VLC Media player, and iTunes/1by1 media players work fine, never any problems.
The other day I have tried to run the Performance Monitor in Windows 8, and I caught something. While working on M$ Word 2013, I don't get this issue, unless I am typing, then it has to catch up. It also happens when I click on a new box and bring up some options, like 'Font', 'Paragraph', etc, but if I click on a bunch of them at once, I don't have any issues, it's when I am idle for a few moments.
I have:
-Updated my drivers to the fullest capacity
-Turned off antivirus
-Performed Full system scan on antivirus
-chkdsk
-RAM check
-Increasing/Decreasing/Turning off Page File
-Performed a fresh, clean install, and the issue persists with no updates, and with all the updates.
I have captured a screenie detailing my problem below, notably the blue spike in the Disk queue length. My primary disk is SSD, while the disk in question is my secondary 1TB platter HDD. Non-destructive tests have come out fine, and I have run out of ideas. Anything I need to add or elaborate on to explain the problem better? Thank you!
http://i59.tinypic.com/fcvbx2.jpg