Desktop PC - cpu pegs and pc locks up

When available post a new tuneup plus share link:





Uninstall Kaspersky and Malwarebytes so that all available updates complete.

Make sure that Microsoft defender is on.



Make a new restore point.



If there are no hangs or freezes after three days of monitoring then reinstall the third party software as needed.

@zbook

Tuneup file:

Kaspersky and Malwarebytes uninstalled.
Microsoft Defender up and going.

New Restore point created.

Thanks for all your help. Much appreciated.

What would you recommend for antivirus?

Last shot from HWMonitor and HWiNFO64 for temps and errors (none right now! before they showed up relatively quickly).

Tuneup plus results were good.

The in place upgrade repair fixed the prior error code.



Post a new V2 share link after two to three days of use.



Antivirus definitions are always being revised.

False positives and negatives are always present.


The AV ratings vary month by month and year by year.


Antivirus software can impact boot times and performance.

Their drivers also at times cause BSOD.


I've always used Microsoft defender.

Many times I've added Malwarebytes for another check.


Malwarebytes was at one time running with defender.

The last time I'd used it it had turned off defender so it was uninstalled.


The choice of AV software is a personal one as the accuracy is a moving target.

And many users don't sense any change in boot or performance.

sdkidaho said:

What would you recommend for antivirus?

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Just use Windows Defender and Malwarebytes as an on-demand scanner, that's what I and many others do.

Sometimes these freezing issues can just be caused by too many devices "daisy-chaining" on the same interrupt line.

You can usually resolve that by explicitly enabling MSI for a particular device:


I'll provide further instructions after I've had a look at your logs.

Could you please open command prompt and then enter the following command:


Please attach the Devices.txt file which should have been saved to your Desktop in your next post.

The PC ran all night - 10.5 hours. I did leave it unplugged from the network though. I plugged it back in this morning before I left for the office, so I'll see how that went when I get home.

I'll get the rest of the info that x BlueRobot asked for once I get home later today.

Thanks again for all the help. I'll keep you updated over the next few days.

As of right now: 18 hours 20 minutes, no lock ups, no errors.

x BlueRobot said:

Could you please open command prompt and then enter the following command:

Code:

pnputil /enum-devices /class {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} >> %userprofile%\Desktop\Devices.txt

Please attach the Devices.txt file which should have been saved to your Desktop in your next post.

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Microsoft PnP Utility

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C02\1
Device Description: Motherboard resources
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Stopped
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C02\2
Device Description: Motherboard resources
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Stopped
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C02\5
Device Description: Motherboard resources
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Stopped
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4C53&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_01\3&11583659&0&00
Device Description: Intel(R) Host Bridge/DRAM Registers - 4C53
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: INTEL
Status: Stopped
Driver Name: oem0.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C04\4&6cbbb50&0
Device Description: Numeric data processor
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Stopped
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C0B\0
Device Description: ACPI Fan
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Started
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C0B\1
Device Description: ACPI Fan
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Started
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C0B\2
Device Description: ACPI Fan
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Started
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C0B\3
Device Description: ACPI Fan
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Started
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C0B\4
Device Description: ACPI Fan
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Started
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\ACPI000C\2&daba3ff&0
Device Description: ACPI Processor Aggregator
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Started
Driver Name: acpipagr.inf

Instance ID: ROOT\volmgr\0000
Device Description: Volume Manager
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: volmgr.inf

Instance ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06E9&SUBSYS_0A631028&REV_00\3&11583659&0&A9
Device Description: Intel(R) Serial IO I2C Host Controller - 06E9
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Intel Corporation
Status: Started
Driver Name: oem77.inf

Instance ID: ROOT\BasicDisplay\0000
Device Description: Microsoft Basic Display Driver
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard display types)
Status: Started
Driver Name: basicdisplay.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C0E\2&daba3ff&0
Device Description: ACPI Sleep Button
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Started
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0100\4&6cbbb50&0
Device Description: System timer
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Stopped
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06C0&SUBSYS_0A631028&REV_F0\3&11583659&0&D8
Device Description: Intel(R) PCI Express Root Port #17 - 06C0
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: INTEL
Status: Disconnected
Driver Name: oem44.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\ThermalZone\TZ00
Device Description: ACPI Thermal Zone
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Started
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C14\0
Device Description: Microsoft Windows Management Interface for ACPI
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: wmiacpi.inf

Instance ID: ROOT\VID\0000
Device Description: Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualization Infrastructure Driver
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: wvid.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0103\0
Device Description: High precision event timer
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Stopped
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0685&SUBSYS_0A631028&REV_00\3&11583659&0&F8
Device Description: Intel(R) LPC Controller (Z490) - 0685
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: INTEL
Status: Started
Driver Name: oem44.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\INT3F0D\4&6cbbb50&0
Device Description: Intel(R) Watchdog Timer Driver (Intel(R) WDT)
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Intel
Status: Started
Driver Name: oem115.inf

Instance ID: ROOT\CompositeBus\0000
Device Description: Composite Bus Enumerator
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: compositebus.inf

Instance ID: ROOT\vdrvroot\0000
Device Description: Microsoft Virtual Drive Enumerator
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: vdrvroot.inf

Instance ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06A4&SUBSYS_0A631028&REV_00\3&11583659&0&FD
Device Description: Intel(R) SPI (flash) Controller - 06A4
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: INTEL
Status: Stopped
Driver Name: oem44.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C02\PCHRESV
Device Description: Motherboard resources
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Stopped
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1AEF&SUBSYS_C8901028&REV_A1\4&b36f5c3&0&0108
Device Description: High Definition Audio Controller
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: hdaudbus.inf

Instance ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06BD&SUBSYS_0A631028&REV_F0\3&11583659&0&E5
Device Description: Intel(R) PCI Express Root Port #6 - 06BD
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: INTEL
Status: Started
Driver Name: oem44.inf

Instance ID: ROOT\UMBUS\0000
Device Description: UMBus Root Bus Enumerator
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: umbus.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C14\SampleDev
Device Description: Microsoft Windows Management Interface for ACPI
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: wmiacpi.inf

Instance ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06E0&SUBSYS_0A631028&REV_00\3&11583659&0&B0
Device Description: Intel(R) Management Engine Interface #1
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Intel
Status: Started
Driver Name: oem56.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C14\WEXT
Device Description: Microsoft Windows Management Interface for ACPI
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: wmiacpi.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C14\TestDev
Device Description: Microsoft Windows Management Interface for ACPI
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: wmiacpi.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0A08\0
Device Description: PCI Express Root Complex
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Started
Driver Name: pci.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C14\AWCC
Device Description: Microsoft Windows Management Interface for ACPI
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: wmiacpi.inf

Instance ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06E8&SUBSYS_0A631028&REV_00\3&11583659&0&A8
Device Description: Intel(R) Serial IO I2C Host Controller - 06E8
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Intel Corporation
Status: Started
Driver Name: oem77.inf

Instance ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06F9&SUBSYS_0A631028&REV_00\3&11583659&0&90
Device Description: Intel(R) Thermal Subsystem - 06F9
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: INTEL
Status: Stopped
Driver Name: oem87.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C0C\2&daba3ff&0
Device Description: ACPI Power Button
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Started
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: ACPI_HAL\PNP0C08\0
Device Description: Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: acpi.inf

Instance ID: ROOT\BasicRender\0000
Device Description: Microsoft Basic Render Driver
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: basicrender.inf

Instance ID: ACPI_HAL\UEFI\0
Device Description: Microsoft UEFI-Compliant System
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: uefi.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C02\SARESV
Device Description: Motherboard resources
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Stopped
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\FixedButton\2&daba3ff&0
Device Description: ACPI Fixed Feature Button
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Started
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\ACPI000E\2&daba3ff&0
Device Description: ACPI Wake Alarm
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Started
Driver Name: acpitime.inf

Instance ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_F1C8&SUBSYS_0A631028&REV_00\3&11583659&0&FB
Device Description: High Definition Audio Controller
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: hdaudbus.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C14\MXM2
Device Description: Microsoft Windows Management Interface for ACPI
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: wmiacpi.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\INT33A1\1
Device Description: Intel(R) Power Engine Plug-in
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Intel Corporation
Status: Started
Driver Name: intelpep.inf

Instance ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06A3&SUBSYS_0A631028&REV_00\3&11583659&0&FC
Device Description: Intel(R) SMBus - 06A3
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: INTEL
Status: Stopped
Driver Name: oem44.inf

Instance ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4C01&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_01\3&11583659&0&08
Device Description: Intel(R) PEG10 - 4C01
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: INTEL
Status: Started
Driver Name: oem0.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C02\IoTraps
Device Description: Motherboard resources
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Stopped
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: ROOT\UNNAMED_DEVICE\0002
Device Description: NVVHCI Enumerator
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: NVIDIA
Status: Started
Driver Name: oem110.inf

Instance ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06BC&SUBSYS_0A631028&REV_F0\3&11583659&0&E0
Device Description: Intel(R) PCI Express Root Port #5 - 06BC
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: INTEL
Status: Started
Driver Name: oem44.inf

Instance ID: ROOT\NdisVirtualBus\0000
Device Description: NDIS Virtual Network Adapter Enumerator
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: ndisvirtualbus.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\INT3450\3&11583659&0
Device Description: Intel(R) Serial IO GPIO Host Controller - INT3450
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Intel Corporation
Status: Started
Driver Name: oem61.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0000\4&6cbbb50&0
Device Description: Programmable interrupt controller
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Stopped
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06EF&SUBSYS_72708086&REV_00\3&11583659&0&A2
Device Description: Intel(R) Shared SRAM - 06EF
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: INTEL
Status: Stopped
Driver Name: oem44.inf

Instance ID: ROOT\mssmbios\0000
Device Description: Microsoft System Management BIOS Driver
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Started
Driver Name: mssmbios.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\INT340E\2&daba3ff&0
Device Description: Motherboard resources
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Stopped
Driver Name: machine.inf

Instance ID: ACPI\PNP0C14\TBFP
Device Description: Microsoft Windows Management Interface for ACPI
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: wmiacpi.inf

Instance ID: ROOT\SYSTEM\0000
Device Description: Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: (Standard system devices)
Status: Started
Driver Name: swenum.inf

Instance ID: ROOT\SYSTEM\0001
Device Description: AWCC Driver
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Dell Inc.
Status: Started
Driver Name: oem47.inf

Instance ID: ROOT\RDPBUS\0000
Device Description: Remote Desktop Device Redirector Bus
Class Name: System
Class GUID: {4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Manufacturer Name: Microsoft
Status: Started
Driver Name: rdpbus.inf

If there are no new problems then consider making free or pay backup images.

(Acronis, Aoemi, EaseUS, Macrium, Paragon, etc.)



Making backup images and saving them to another drive is an additional method for protection from malware and ransomware.

sdkidaho said:

As of right now: 18 hours 20 minutes, no lock ups, no errors.

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Thanks, if you haven't had any issues for the past 18 hours, then it might be worthwhile holding off, but if it does freeze or hang again, then I would recommend the following:


I would recommend that you create a system restore point or image backup beforehand. It will enable MSI support for your audio bus controller which is commonly the cause of hangs. You'll need to reboot for the changes to take effect.

4 days, 16 hours later, no errors and no lock ups. Thanks again for all your help - greatly appreciated. I was at the point I was wondering if I needed to replace my power supply and or totally wipe and reinstall my OS. I really appreciate the help provided and the knowledge you guys shared.

sdkidaho said:

4 days, 16 hours later, no errors and no lock ups. Thanks again for all your help - greatly appreciated. I was at the point I was wondering if I needed to replace my power supply and or totally wipe and reinstall my OS. I really appreciate the help provided and the knowledge you guys shared.

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Good job.










Now, might be a good time to get and start to use backup software. Now that your computer is working like it should.

That's great news.

Glad to help.

You're welcome.

I do backup regularly to a network drive, so I'm not in danger of losing anything important. I don't necessarily have an image backup though - so worst case I'd have to reinstall windows, drop my file structure back and install things like Chrome and Adobe. I'll check out the image backup stuff though. Thanks!

sdkidaho said:

I do backup regularly to a network drive, so I'm not in danger of losing anything important. I don't necessarily have an image backup though - so worst case I'd have to reinstall windows, drop my file structure back and install things like Chrome and Adobe. I'll check out the image backup stuff though. Thanks!

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I have approx. 35GB on my C:\ drive.
It takes me under two minutes to backup or restore (at default compression settings).

Ghot said:

I have approx. 35GB on my C:\ drive.
It takes me under two minutes to backup or restore (at default compression settings).

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Is that using the one you linked above?: Macrium Reflect, AOMEI Backupper and Hasleo Backup Suite - GUIDES

sdkidaho said:

Is that using the one you linked above?: Macrium Reflect, AOMEI Backupper and Hasleo Backup Suite - GUIDES

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Well that topic is about three different backup softwares.

I use Macrium Reflect (paid). I bought the lifetime license.
The pics in the topic are all from Macrium.

But there's links for the download and user guides for all three programs.


NOTE: Macrium can DO everything. Macrium's User Guide is 485 pages.
I just use Macrium to manually make a full backup, before and after doing anything risky.
Testing new software, MS Updates, etc.

Macrium is really overkill for me. But these days, all backup software is seriously overkill.

Sometimes I'll restore from a backup, if I only "think" something is iffy.
I have so many tweaks, I never want to have to reinstall Windows.

Ghot said:

I have approx. 35GB on my C:\ drive.
It takes me under two minutes to backup or restore (at default compression settings).

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My C drive is ~78GB. I recently installed all Gen 4 NVMe's and ditched my old SATA drives.
My backup times have been reduced by nearly a whole minute!

Scott said:

My backup times have been reduced by nearly a whole minute!

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Yeah, my SSD is still a 2.5" version.
And my backups are stored on a 3.5" WD Black hdd.

@zbook @Ghot

Last night I installed the latest driver for my video card from the manufacturer - it was the lastest driver from Dell.

I assumed that would be fine, but... I shouldn't assume, right?

I started HWiNFO64 to see if there were any more PCI bus errors again and sure enough, there was one there, so I left that running over night until I could get to it here this afternoon for a look. The PC wasn't locked up, but there is 60 PCI/PCIe Bus Errors.

I'm guessing if I remove the video card driver and go back to the old one, that would fix it, but shouldn't it be able to run the latest driver? Is that an indicator of the something wrong with the video card or maybe the motherboard?

@sdkidaho


First do this... (block driver updates)





Then do this...



DDU Instructions - Nvidia
1. Get this program, here: Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) | Wagnardsoft ...get the latest version, and save it to your desktop.
2. Get the DCH/Game Ready vid card driver here, use the Manual Search: Advanced Driver Search | NVIDIA ...save this to your desktop.
Unhook the internet completely.
3. Reboot into Safe Mode and run DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) choose the "Highly Recommend Option", and just do what it tells you.
4. After it's done, reboot to normal mode, then just double click the Nvidia driver to install.
[See pics below]. If it want's to reboot, let it.
Rehook the internet.