r/PCsupport

I am an experienced pc builder, over 20 years. My main pc is maybe 4 years old.

Asus gene am5

amd 7700x

32 gb 6000 Corsair vengeance

rtx 3060 12gb asus

2 x Samsung 9100 pro nvme

2 x Western Digital 10tb black

System has been running flawlessly until recently. Problem is disk 0, which is WD HD, goes to 100%. While in this state, most disk utilities freeze up, including computer management and all dos based utilities. System will not shutdown.

The odd thing is my WD HD is fully encrypted and not mounted so it's not actually reading any data. I can't tell but I suspect it's more like the io is frozen and just reporting 100%.

At first I thought the drive was failing but I disconnected it and problem just moved to the other HD. Since the other HD is using different cable and port that can't be it.

I ran avast and Malwarebytes. Doesn't see a virus.

Has anyone experienced this???

Thanks for any ideas.

Ok so I use windows 11. For headphones i use wired ones samsung on front aux jack on my pc case. before cleaning my pc everythinh was ok but after cleaning it now whenever i boot up pc i have x next to sound icon on bottom right corner and I have to go to device manager and scan for hardware changes in order for x to go away and audio to work. i tried reinstalling realtek audio device several times and adjusting cables inside the pc but nothing works.

Hello All,

I was trying to free up space in one of my drives, and I noticed something weird. I have a 1TB SDD partitioned into 488GB (F:) and 443GB (E:). I was able to free up space in drive F: However, the total space does not match the used and free space.  I made sure that even the OS files were visible and I checked all folders in the root folder to see what is taking up the most space. After counting the total of space used, I noticed that I was using around 107GB.

However, if I am using 107GB and I have 173 GB of free space, I am missing around 200GB.

I checked Computer Management & used CHKDSK with administrator rights and I found nothing strange… just saying I am using around 267GB (false).  The Storage App also shows I am using 267Gb out of 488 and 173 free spaces, but still only shows what is taking 107GB

WizzTree also shows 107GB of space used but still shows 314 GB of space used. How is that possible??

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Hi everyone! I have a new Acer Nitro PC. When the PC is idle, for even a few minutes, it shuts down completely instead of going into sleep or hibernate modes. This is obviously annoying if I step away for a few minutes, and interrupts downloads or other work.

I have played with the Power settings, both standard and advanced, and even if set to a long time such as 300 minutes or 5 hours, it still shuts down after a few minutes. I have even set sleep and hibernate to never and it still does it.

I have tried to use the PowerToy Awake tool, and it still does this even with the "keep screen on" and "keep awake indefinitely" functions on.

I'm at a loss and cannot figure out why this is happening. Thank you for any insights.

Hey, so I bought a new mouse (cheap one) and when I play games like VALORANT or CS GO that requires flicking, or just moving my mouse fast, or just having to look 180degree fast, it stops, like it doesn't do it. Why?