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<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I'm using Arch Linux on my desktop and at seemingly random intervals my computer freezes. This machine is new, having only built it a few months ago. Ill break down my specs, the things ive already done, and potential theories. </p> <p><strong>SPECS</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>CPU: Ryzen 3 3200G</li> <li>GPU: RX 6600XT</li> <li>RAM: 2x16 DDR4 3200</li> <li>Storage: 500GB WD Blue NVME, 1TB 5200rpm HDD (used to boot windows for work).</li> <li>Kernel Version: 5.15.2</li> <li>DE (if potentially relevant): been using i3wm, but recently switched to KDE Plasma. </li> </ul> <p>The freezes occur at inconsistent points, but became more common after installing my GPU. The vast majority of freezes occur when my computer goes into sleep for a long period of time. Crashes, however, do occur while using the machine normally. Oddly, I don't believe I've had it freeze while playing games. </p> <p><strong>What Ive looked into:</strong></p> <ul> <li><p><em>Overheating</em>: I rarely push my computer, but it is MicroATX and a cheap case. There isn't much room, so I figured overheating could be a likely contender. Unfortunately, while monitoring and logging temperatures - the freezes occurred with everything sitting around 30-40C.</p></li> <li><p><em>RAM or CPU usage</em>: Again, same as last time - when freezes occur both are no where near 100% use. </p></li> </ul> <p><strong>Current Theories:</strong></p> <ul> <li><p><em>Hibernation Issues:</em> My Windows drive also freezes when it goes into sleep for long periods of time. Ive disabled hibernation and sleep on windows to test this, but still had freezes. </p></li> <li><p><em>SWAP issue:</em> Perhaps I set up SWAP wrong?</p></li> <li><p><em>HDD Issue:</em> So as i mentioned, im using a rather old and cheap HDD to run windows from. The experience is awful in every way - but I'm wondering if this drive is the problem. Whenever the computer goes to sleep for a long duration, it puts the drive to sleep. When it attempts to wake it up something goes wrong and the system doesnt know how to respond (or i failed to set up the adequate safety precautions lol). </p></li> </ul> <p>Any general advice on how to further deduce the actual causes would be great! If I can have a more specific scope then hopefully I can sole the underlying cause without disrupting anything else. In all likelihood, i think there are two causes: one freezing the computer when awaking from sleep, and one that passively occurs when the computer is in use.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON -->   submitted by   <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/iSnortMold"> /u/iSnortMold </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/qz25q3/my_computer_freezes_fairly_regularly_how_can_i/">[link]</a></span>   <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/qz25q3/my_computer_freezes_fairly_regularly_how_can_i/">[comments]</a></span> |