System freezing without errors on logs
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Hey,
I've been having many system freezes recently. Mostly they happen when playing art of rally, but it has happened twice now with only browser, terminal and screen capture tools.
So I'm creating this thread to document everything for future reference if the solution is within the software
Any suggestions are very welcome (for either software or hardware checks)
My system
- Asus tuf b650m-plus
- Ryzen 9800X3D
- 32 gb 6000mhz RAM
- 1Tb Western Digital Black nvme ssd
- RX 9070 XT
- Bazzite most recent with KDE (boots into DE)
- A 1440p 165h monitor (running at 120hz cause more than that generates artifacts on the screen)
- A secondary 1080p 60hz monitor
- USB tethering for internet (as my Ethernet cable is damaged)
- DualShock4 as audio interface (haven't gotten a proper audio setup yet)
This system had been running for months without many issues with a GTX 980 Ti. Then I upgraded to this 9070 XT and rebased the image to the AMD Mesa one. Then I had a few months of flawless running until this started last month or so
What I have tried so far:
1. Removed all layered packages
2. Disabled onboard video adapter
3. Matched both monitors refresh rate to 60hz
4. Disabled (through the OS) the secondary monitor
5. Updated BIOS to one several versions newer (haven't tested after this yet)
6. Run memories at lower speed
7. Remove the DS4 as audio interface and plug earphones straight into mobo
8. Increase swap space? (My PC already has 32gb)
9. Stopped and deleted my boxes on distrobox I created attempting to make a WMR headset work
10. Run a rollback (rpm-ostree rollback)
Have done and am currently testing:
1. Remove peripherals from hubs and connect directly to PC ports
To do:
1. Set setenforce 0
2. Run the PC without the secondary monitor connected
3. Run memory test
4. SSD test
5. Disable power management and c-states?
6. Test with X11 instead of Wayland?
I've been having many system freezes recently. Mostly they happen when playing art of rally, but it has happened twice now with only browser, terminal and screen capture tools.
So I'm creating this thread to document everything for future reference if the solution is within the software
Any suggestions are very welcome (for either software or hardware checks)
My system
- Asus tuf b650m-plus
- Ryzen 9800X3D
- 32 gb 6000mhz RAM
- 1Tb Western Digital Black nvme ssd
- RX 9070 XT
- Bazzite most recent with KDE (boots into DE)
- A 1440p 165h monitor (running at 120hz cause more than that generates artifacts on the screen)
- A secondary 1080p 60hz monitor
- USB tethering for internet (as my Ethernet cable is damaged)
- DualShock4 as audio interface (haven't gotten a proper audio setup yet)
This system had been running for months without many issues with a GTX 980 Ti. Then I upgraded to this 9070 XT and rebased the image to the AMD Mesa one. Then I had a few months of flawless running until this started last month or so
What I have tried so far:
1. Removed all layered packages
2. Disabled onboard video adapter
3. Matched both monitors refresh rate to 60hz
4. Disabled (through the OS) the secondary monitor
5. Updated BIOS to one several versions newer (haven't tested after this yet)
6. Run memories at lower speed
7. Remove the DS4 as audio interface and plug earphones straight into mobo
8. Increase swap space? (My PC already has 32gb)
9. Stopped and deleted my boxes on distrobox I created attempting to make a WMR headset work
10. Run a rollback (rpm-ostree rollback)
Have done and am currently testing:
1. Remove peripherals from hubs and connect directly to PC ports
To do:
1. Set setenforce 0
2. Run the PC without the secondary monitor connected
3. Run memory test
4. SSD test
5. Disable power management and c-states?
6. Test with X11 instead of Wayland?
Solution
For an update, I haven't had any more freezing after I removed all peripherals and disconnected the USB hub that is built in to my monitor.
It surprises very much to reach such conclusion, but that seemed to do the trick. I have also done the following changes, but have had freezes after each one of them, and only stopped now after removing the devices from the USB hub.
1. Disabled onboard video adapter
2. Updated BIOS to one several versions newer (haven't tested after this yet)
3. Run memories at lower speed
4. Increase swap space? (My PC already has 32gb)
5. Stopped and deleted my boxes on distrobox I created attempting to make a WMR headset work
6.Run a rollback (rpm-ostree rollback)
Eventually I might do some testing on the hub, checking if one or two devices in it is fine. I had 4 of them connected before (2 controllers, including the DS4 as audio interface, a mouse and a keyboard)
It surprises very much to reach such conclusion, but that seemed to do the trick. I have also done the following changes, but have had freezes after each one of them, and only stopped now after removing the devices from the USB hub.
1. Disabled onboard video adapter
2. Updated BIOS to one several versions newer (haven't tested after this yet)
3. Run memories at lower speed
4. Increase swap space? (My PC already has 32gb)
5. Stopped and deleted my boxes on distrobox I created attempting to make a WMR headset work
6.Run a rollback (rpm-ostree rollback)
Eventually I might do some testing on the hub, checking if one or two devices in it is fine. I had 4 of them connected before (2 controllers, including the DS4 as audio interface, a mouse and a keyboard)
