Recent content by mrhornsby

Final note on this, to let you know how things turned out. The PC started freezing again on Monday, whilst still running Ubuntu. Might be a coincidence, but this first happened after I plugged in desktop speakers to the rear audio port. I unplugged the speakers for a while, and the freezes...

I emailed PCS when the issues first started occurring 4 years ago, but got no response. Guess I should've called. I thought that as I was outside the 1 year warranty for parts, that they probably wouldn't help anyway. Also, there were long-ish periods during the 4 years when the freezing wasn't...

Thanks again. I've installed an Ubuntu OS on the PC, installation went ok. On the first restart after installation, the PC froze on the initial Asus/BIOS screen, suggesting that I'm going to have further freezing issues ahead. I'm going to give it a day or so of running this OS to monitor...

Thanks Paul1223 and Ubuysa for your advice. Paul1223: I tried your solution, but it didn't work. My PC hits problems frequently when restarting, and I think fast start-up has no effect on this. Ubuysa: I'm going to try a Linux install, and see how that goes. I am assuming that means running a...

Thanks Ubuysa, I've again done a clean install of Windows 10 whilst connected to my network. I was able to run all the Windows updates this time, with the PC only freezing up once during the updates. I managed to get the Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1909 on install too - this has...

I've been battling issues with my PC Specialist PC (on my own) for the last four years, after I upgraded to Windows 10 in September 2015. Since then, my PC freezes repeatedly - often during start up, sometimes during the first 10 minutes after start-up (usually ok after 10 minutes). Screen...