Ubuntu freeze when downloading large files - pity, that
Large downloads cause whole system to freeze or crash
Hello,
while downloading large games (i.e. DOOM, The Witcher 3) my PC frequently completely freezes (not a 5 second freeze or something like that, but a crash, and without blue screen or reboot, just complete standstill).
I tried multiple things already:
- update/reinstall all third party drivers (graphics driver, network driver)
- reinstall steam
- check memory using MemTest
- run chkdsk on the HDD where I install my Steam games on
- disable all non-microsoft services (besides the steam client service - without this steam obviously won't start)
The weird thing is: When downloading other large files, i.e. games via EAs Origin Platform (BF4 ~ 30GB, or Star Citizen (~30 GB) everything works fine - no crashes, no freezes. I have Windows 10 without any third party anti virus scanner, I'm only using Windows Defender and disabling it did not fix the problem. So something must be up with the way Steam downloads/installs the games. I need advise on how to fix this issue, as I cannot install DOOM for instance, because its 60 GB, so the opportunity to freeze/crash is quite high - and after each incident I have to verify the game files via Steam because DOOM (or any other large game I want to play) won't start as the crash/freeze corrupted the files. And especially with DOOM after verifying the files it wants to download over 20 GB again - so enough time to just crash/freeze again
Here are my system details:
- AMD FX
- Gigabyte GAA-D3 AMD
- 3GB PowerColor Radeon HD
- 8GB Corsair ValueSelect DDR DIMM CL9 Dual Kit
- Watt Cougar A-Series
- Windows 10 64 Bit, all updates installed
I hope you see my predicament and can give me advise on what to try.
while downloading large games (i.e. DOOM, The Witcher 3) my PC frequently completely freezes (not a 5 second freeze or something like that, but a crash, and without blue screen or reboot, just complete standstill).
I tried multiple things already:
- update/reinstall all third party drivers (graphics driver, network driver)
- reinstall steam
- check memory using MemTest
- run chkdsk on the HDD where I install my Steam games on
- disable all non-microsoft services (besides the steam client service - without this steam obviously won't start)
The weird thing is: When downloading other large files, i.e. games via EAs Origin Platform (BF4 ~ 30GB, or Star Citizen (~30 GB) everything works fine - no crashes, no freezes. I have Windows 10 without any third party anti virus scanner, I'm only using Windows Defender and disabling it did not fix the problem. So something must be up with the way Steam downloads/installs the games. I need advise on how to fix this issue, as I cannot install DOOM for instance, because its 60 GB, so the opportunity to freeze/crash is quite high - and after each incident I have to verify the game files via Steam because DOOM (or any other large game I want to play) won't start as the crash/freeze corrupted the files. And especially with DOOM after verifying the files it wants to download over 20 GB again - so enough time to just crash/freeze again
Here are my system details:
- AMD FX
- Gigabyte GAA-D3 AMD
- 3GB PowerColor Radeon HD
- 8GB Corsair ValueSelect DDR DIMM CL9 Dual Kit
- Watt Cougar A-Series
- Windows 10 64 Bit, all updates installed
I hope you see my predicament and can give me advise on what to try.
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