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Computer freezes/slowdowns, CPU/motherboard issue?

Aug 30, 2017 7:00AM PDT

Hello there! I come to this forum with a question regarding some issues I started getting with my desktop PC.

The general problem is that if it is left a few hours turned off, it takes it extremely long to stand back up when booted. 2-4 minutes until I get through the Windows welcome screen and likewise long times until it even registers program startups after.

Oddly enough if it runs for a while, it seems to be fine on this front, but then it gets another - freezing. Sometimes the entire screen freezes, if something plays music or sound even that stutters and stops until 20-30 seconds later it goes on. Sometimes it's just one select program, or the task bar, or two of the three windows I've open. At any time this happens, core temperature seems to tank (according to SpeedFans sensors), and the CPU fan pauses for a bit before continuing on.

My question is , what could possibly cause this issue? I had several hunchnes but none proved to be the case just yet. If needed, I can provide specs as well (not writing this from home, with apologies).

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Freezes slow downs
Aug 30, 2017 7:56AM PDT

Run a chkdsk on the disk....see google for how to.
Post the results.

core temperature seems to tank
What does that mean?

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Yes, chkdsk those drives. But.
Aug 30, 2017 8:07AM PDT

I'm running into folk that are not used or have grown tired of long boot times. This is how many PCs work and not a sign of impeding doom. Today, better PCs have solid state drives that really help address the boot time issue that has been with us since the dawn of the PC.

Here's the article you need to CHKDSK /F/R/X all the drives. Before the link, I always remind everyone to backup what they can't lose.
Read https://www.tekrevue.com/tip/fix-hard-drives-chkdsk-windows-10/
"Simply running the CHKDSK command in Windows 10 will only display the disk’s status, and won’t fix any errors present on the volume. To tell CHKDSK to fix the drive, we need to give it parameters. After your drive letter, type the following parameters separated by a space each: “/f /r /x”."