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Random lag spikes affecting everything on pc

Anonymous
2022-06-12T14:59:55+00:00

So I have had this problem with my pc for a while where everything thats on screen (Mouse, video) and all audio glitches for a split seconds with a time of 1 second up to a minute in between the glitches. It happens completely randomly and sometimes it might not be doing it for weeks and then the problem comes back.

This time the lag spikes have continued for over 2 days and It's becoming a real annoyance for me. I already updated my graphics drivers, and also chipset drivers to the newest versions, but it didn't help. So next I decided to update windows (10) to the newest version, it did nothing. The last thing I have tried to do is to update to windows 11 but the problem is here.

I don't see anything special pop up in task manager and cpu, gpu and ram usages are staying normal. I did run a virus scan and it found nothing.

None of the solutions I have found on internet, have worked.

Here's a random video playing where you can see/hear the lags

specs:

Ryzen 5 3600

Gtx 1050ti

16gb 3200 ram

a ssd for windows and a hdd for games

I appreciate all help.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Lester Bernard Reyes 78,510 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-06-12T16:11:57+00:00

    Hi and thanks for reaching out. My name is Bernard a Windows fan like you. I'll be happy to help you out today.

    I understand the issue you have, nothing to worry I am here to help, I know some of these steps are already done, you have just skipped it if you think it will have the same result.

    Method 1. Do clean boot:

    A “clean boot” starts Windows with a minimal set of drivers and startup programs so that you can determine whether a background program is interfering with your game or program.

    • In the search box on the taskbar, type msconfig and select System Configuration from the results.
    • On the Services tab of System Configuration, select Hide all Microsoft services, and then select Disable all.
    • On the Startup tab of System Configuration, select Open Task Manager.
    • Under Startup in Task Manager, for each startup item, select the item and then select Disable.
    • Close Task Manager.
    • On the Startup tab of System Configuration, select OK. When you restart the computer, it's in a clean boot environment.

    troubleshooting reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929135...

    Method 2. Run memory diagnostic tool: A memory diagnostic tool is a RAM test to check if there are any issues with RAM.

    • Press Windows key + R then type in mdsched.exe hit OK then restart the device.

    Let me know how it goes and I hope that helps.

    Bernard

    Independent Advisor

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