Autodesk applications randomly freeze on SSD

Tasaq

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Hi,

I recently built a new pc, I am working a lot with AutoCAD and I also use 3ds Max, but on the new machine I get random freezes during loadscreen and loading projects. It often happens in same spot, but not always.

Sys spec:

ADATA Premier Pro SP920 128GB
ASRock Fatal1ty 990fx killer
FX-8350 (not overclocked)
HyperX Fury 1600 2x4GB
Windows 8.1 - installed on SSD

I run several test to exclude other components (prime95, memtest86 etc.). When the freeze occurs in task manager I can see that SSD revs up to 100% usage for 15-30 seconds, during that time I can move with my cursor, sometimes I can switch to different window. Then it goes down to 0% and I am back in total control.

Things I tried:

- Enable trim
- Switching AHCI to IDE
- Doing the LPM and DIPM fix
Edit:
- I downloaded adata ssd toolbox, firmware is up to date, I also did optimization and checked for errors, freezes still occur

Any ideas what else I can do?
 
Solution
Solved, I followed some steps I found on one of the websites, I will leave it here, maybe someone will have similar issues in the future:

1. use command line (run cmd.exe as admin) with following command:

bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal

and the restart pc.
2. Enter bios/uefi and switch IDE to AHCI, save changes and exit
3. Windows will go into safe mode, run cmd here again and enter:

bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot

and restart.

After that everything started to work properly. I guess something went on wrong with windows AHCI drivers (since the registry entries for AHCI were missing). I installed Windows with AHCI set, and had the errors, I needed to switch to IDE and the back again to AHCI for some reason, and the...

Tasaq

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Aug 21, 2014
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Solved, I followed some steps I found on one of the websites, I will leave it here, maybe someone will have similar issues in the future:

1. use command line (run cmd.exe as admin) with following command:

bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal

and the restart pc.
2. Enter bios/uefi and switch IDE to AHCI, save changes and exit
3. Windows will go into safe mode, run cmd here again and enter:

bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot

and restart.

After that everything started to work properly. I guess something went on wrong with windows AHCI drivers (since the registry entries for AHCI were missing). I installed Windows with AHCI set, and had the errors, I needed to switch to IDE and the back again to AHCI for some reason, and the freeze/lags are gone now.

EDIT:
Can't I select my own post as solution? The green button is missing for some reason.
 
Solution

Tasaq

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Ow, that makes sense, and thanks for doing so ;)