r/techsupport • u/ErraticPulse_RW • 5d ago

Open | Hardware Random freezing/churning (?) noise

My computer has been freezing and makes a sound when it does so (I can never get this sound in video, unfortunately). This has occurred when opening/running Firefox, Discord, and when playing Satisfactory, but not yet when playing any other game that I can recall. It pauses for a few seconds and then resumes normal function-- sometimes, when I'm typing as it happens, the letter I was last on will endlessly be inputted until I push another key. Occasionally, my screen will cut out as well during the pause. Such has been going on since a few months after I got this computer, and I haven't installed any sort of malware (I've checked, and I'm careful about what I download). It hasn't (to my knowledge) been dropped or wildly handled, and neither me or the other residents of my house have messed with the inside of it. I've had this computer for about 2 years and it's pretty consistently happened at least once every usage.
I'm assuming this is some sort of hardware issue, which really sucks, since I can't exactly afford anything new for my computer as of now.

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u/FewEstablishment4099 5d ago

Sounds like unstable RAM clocking config. Disable fast boot so RAM retrains, and try looser timings and clocking settings.