When I'm playing any newer 3D games (I.E., anything more graphically taxing than Half-Life 1) I get frequent freezing. Not just the game, my entire PC. The mouse won't move, alt-tab and ctrl-alt-delete don't work, and I'm just stuck waiting there for 30~ seconds. What will happen is the game, seemingly at random for some titles but under heavy loading for others, will freeze, the music and any currently playing sounds will skip (at around 1/4 sec. intervals). When the freeze is nearly over (usually about 10-12 seconds before unfreeze) the sound will skip at a much faster rate for about 2 seconds, then a few more seconds later, the PC unfreezes. Any alt-tab or ctrl-alt-delete commands I tried to carry out during the freeze will now go into action.
Sometimes this happens without warning, but sometimes (usually after the first freeze per game session) it will be telegraphed by ambient sound skipping. It's the weirdest thing, the game itself will function just fine, and any "triggered" sound effects (footsteps, gunshots) will play just fine, it's just the ambient noise and the music that starts to skip. At this point, I know I have about 7-10 seconds (although I haven't timed it) before another freeze. If I try to alt-tab out of the game, or exit to a menu, the freeze happens anyway.
My graphics card drivers are up to date.
I did a scan for malware and did find some, but after I'd cleared it out, the issue persisted. I'm going to do a full scan with no other programs running (probably with Malwarebytes but maybe Avast, I don't know if it matters) before I go to bed tonight.
I'm going to clean my fans soon, I just need some compressed air and advice, but I know who to ask. It's going to happen soon.
Here's my DxDiag.txt.
http://pastebin.com/HGmZ1nax
Thanks for helping ^^
Sometimes this happens without warning, but sometimes (usually after the first freeze per game session) it will be telegraphed by ambient sound skipping. It's the weirdest thing, the game itself will function just fine, and any "triggered" sound effects (footsteps, gunshots) will play just fine, it's just the ambient noise and the music that starts to skip. At this point, I know I have about 7-10 seconds (although I haven't timed it) before another freeze. If I try to alt-tab out of the game, or exit to a menu, the freeze happens anyway.
My graphics card drivers are up to date.
I did a scan for malware and did find some, but after I'd cleared it out, the issue persisted. I'm going to do a full scan with no other programs running (probably with Malwarebytes but maybe Avast, I don't know if it matters) before I go to bed tonight.
I'm going to clean my fans soon, I just need some compressed air and advice, but I know who to ask. It's going to happen soon.
Here's my DxDiag.txt.
http://pastebin.com/HGmZ1nax
Thanks for helping ^^
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