System Hangs when idle

dlavender

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So i recently built my own desktop and it runs fine except from a problem where the computer will hang if left idle for any length of time. I have windows 8 pro installed and again it seems to work fine except from this problem.

The PC is still running has full power and can hear the fans going but there is no response from keyboard or mouse to wake it up, the screen is still on and freezes at a certain point which i can tell from the time in the bottom right hand corner.

i have looked through the event logs and found what i think seems to be the problem causing the freezing but i have no idea how to go about it. Prior to every freeze i get these two events -

msiexec (3908) Instance: The database engine detached a database (1, C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\AppRepository\PackageRepository.edb). (Time=0 seconds)

Internal Timing Sequence: [1] 0.000, [2] 0.000, [3] 0.000, [4] 0.000, [5] 0.000, [6] 0.015, [7] 0.000, [8] 0.000, [9] 0.000, [10] 0.000, [11] 0.000, [12] 0.000.
Revived Cache: 0[/#ff0019]



and




msiexec (3908) Instance: The database engine stopped the instance (0).

Dirty Shutdown: 0

Internal Timing Sequence: [1] 0.000, [2] 0.000, [3] 0.000, [4] 0.000, [5] 0.000, [6] 0.000, [7] 0.000, [8] 0.000, [9] 0.000, [10] 0.000, [11] 0.000, [12] 0.000, [13] 0.000, [14] 0.000, [15] 0.000.




Any help would be greatly appreciated ill post my specs below, btw all driver are up to date.


OS - Windows 8 Pro 64bit
Motherboard - Gigabyte B75M-D3V
CPU - Intel i5 3570k
GPU - Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8GB LP
Primary HD - Samsung 840 120gb
Secondary - Seagate Barracuda 1TB
PSU - CORSAIR CX500
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro 64bit
Is it worth disabling sleep and hybernation to see if that is causing your issues
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built System
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66Ghz, Overclocked to 3.3Ghz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS5
    Memory
    8GB XMS2 4GB DDR2 PC2-8500
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte 660GTX 2GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SMS27B970D
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1xSAMSUNG SSD 840 Pro Series Basic 2.5" - 512 GB - Boot drive
    2xSamsung Spinpoint F1 750GB
    PSU
    Corsair 520HX
    Case
    Antec P182
    Cooling
    Zalman 9700NT
    Internet Speed
    12Mb/s
    Other Info
    I did a fresh format and install of Windows 8 64 Bit Pro. Sorry but I couldn't live without a start button so I have installed the Start8 start menu which is great. I try sometimes not to use it but find metro frustrating to find programs as I have many. I will use Metro for apps only and desktop of serious computing.
I should have mentioned in OP that all sleep and hibernation settings have been stopped, this occurs while the PC is idle but still running.
Cheers
DL
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro 64bit
Has this been happening ever since your initial installation or did it just start? If it just started, my non-technical evaluation would be that it is trying to install something (ie, driver or update) and it is getting stuck in the process. So, have you installed any new apps lately, is Windows Update working correctly (eg, current), if you are using Windows Defender is it running and up to date, have you attempted to update any drivers lately that resulted in a failed installation?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
its a new build so most of my installed apps were installed on first boot so i'm not a hundred percent sure which apps it could be, everything is updated.
thanks
DL
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro 64bit
Hi dlavener,

So, if it freezes when idle, and you have sleep and hibernation disabled, can you tell if the HD is still running at the time of the freeze? If the HD is still running then maybe its a graphic driver/card issue but I can't technically link that to a windows installer issue. If I were in your shoes, I would probably try to change my power plan to high-performance (if not there already) and I would also try uninstalling your graphic card driver to see if this problem happens when you are running on the Windows generic graphic driver. Yes, I know, the screen resolution will be all messed up but it may be worth a try. Good luck.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
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