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by mikelovesfish
Tue Mar 21, 2023 3:44 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: win 10 freezes
Replies: 9
Views: 7041

Re: win 10 freezes

thanks for all your responses, you guys are amazing. I can confidently say that after one week of pausing F@H and not one freeze, it's definetely related to the folding. I'm going away for week and my original thought was that it would be great to leave the PC folding while I don't need it, but unfo...
by mikelovesfish
Mon Mar 13, 2023 10:00 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: win 10 freezes
Replies: 9
Views: 7041

Re: win 10 freezes

I don't do gaming and I basically do very little nowadays with my PC. I usually have two browsers open, chrome and firefox with at least 5-10 tabs open on each for references and reading etc., outlook running in background and nothing else I can consider taxing.
by mikelovesfish
Mon Mar 13, 2023 5:36 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: win 10 freezes
Replies: 9
Views: 7041

Re: win 10 freezes

Hi Bob, FYI follow up, I disabled the GPU folding and it ran for more than a day without freezing. As soon as I enabled GPU it froze within 5 minutes while using outlook. So I Thought GPU was the problem so I paused it again and started using outlook again and it froze again! so it appears it's a co...
by mikelovesfish
Wed Mar 08, 2023 9:38 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: win 10 freezes
Replies: 9
Views: 7041

Re: win 10 freezes

you are correct, meant Folding@Home.
ver 7.6.21 using default settings as per installation. Running while idle.
Not sure what settngs you're asking for.
what benchmark s/w you recommend?
by mikelovesfish
Mon Mar 06, 2023 10:28 pm
Forum: New Donors start here
Topic: win 10 freezes
Replies: 9
Views: 7041

win 10 freezes

After installing FF twice the PC froze with blank screen after it goes to sleep mode. Can't get to login page, no response from KB or mouse. Only waited 1-2 min before doing a hard reboot. windows recovers ok but I can't keep risking this behaviour. I don't have 100% proof but this started exactly a...