Windows

589 readers

1 users here now

For all things Windows.

founded 4 years ago

MODERATORS

I finally caught it on tape! The stutter that will randomly happen once per day and I have no idea what's causing it (youtu.be)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to c/windows@sopuli.xyz

13 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Ignore the fortnite, I was playing it for an esports class I'm using to round out my credit hours.

But this, THIS ANNOYING stutter has been happening for like 2 years now, the entire computer, video, audio, will lock up for like 2 seconds and it happens like once a day, twice if it's feeling spicy.

I've looked into so many logging programs but I cannot for the life of me nail this one down, any ideas? This may be my only chance to squash it for good

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

update: i'm starting to think its something related to AMD watchdog, what i'm thinking is happening is the rx 6700 xt is not responding within a specified period of time and its forcing a gpu restart

not sure what to do with that information though

[–] quid_pro_joe 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I had this happen to me too with an AMD card. I tried:

Updating the BIOS
Updating Windows
Updating video drivers
Unplugging all unused USB devices
Tried the beta gaming video drivers
Tried the studio video drivers
Updated the CPU/chipset driver
Updated the SSD firmware
Uninstalled a bunch of programs
Reinstalled Windows from the factory recovery
Reinstalled Windows from Microsoft's USB tool
Swapped my UPS for regular surge protector

Finally in frustration, i disassembed the computer completely. When i was taking it apart, I noticed something that I couldn't see from the outside: That one of the motherboard offset screws was stripped and not fully seated. And, because this screw was next to the PCIE slot the graphics card plugged into, the motherboard was slightly warped upwards by a millimeter or two, and prevented the video card from seating fully. I replaced the stripped screw, put the computer back together, with the video card now seated snugly in the PCIE slot.

And the random stuttering was finally GONE!

Maybe you can start at the bottom of my list and work your way up to save time...

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

Will definitely try this