Looking for some help regarding an issue with my computer. I am running Windows 11 with a Nvidia graphics card on my machine, the issue I am having is my computer will lock up and then restart, or I have to shut it off and reboot manually. After the reboot it will work for a day or two, then do it again. All my drivers are up to date and my system scans show no errors. anybody have any ideas ?
I'd see if they have a bios update. Intel sold everyone down the river, taking every security shortcut they could for a decade to make their processors run faster and, now, they keep changing everyone's bios to compensate.
I've had similar problems over the years with Linux (Mint - Cinnamon versions). Every time except one was caused by a corrupted operating system, caused by having to power-off the computer when it locked-up / froze or from a power failure. So I reinstalled the OS onto a clean drive after backing up all the data files to an external drive. Same OS - no more problems, so far about 6 years.
There could be dozens of issues that cause this. Does it lock up under load? When it tries to sleep? Or shut down a display? Or Hard drive? During graphic benchmark? During RAM test? During CPU stress? HD activity? What are the system temperatures? Power Management settings? BIOS energy management settings? Test a different drive? Different memory? Fresh OS? Different OS?...
Try using a different mouse. If that fixes the issue, clean the problem mouse insides with q-tips and alcohol. Then dry out the inside with some dust spray.
I think after 5 months he figured it out. For anyone else with these symptoms, try a different boot drive. This will tell you if there is a problem with the motherboard or some software/hard drive problem.
