So I bought a laptop (specs below) a few months ago and practically since the first day I bought it I had been having issues with it. Essentially, the computer will hang momentarily and then resume after as if nothing happened.
More specifically, if I was playing a game, the image displayed would freeze (with sound either looping or stopped) for a split second to a few seconds then resume right afterward without a problem. In other cases, I'd be typing in a word processor and the program would freeze, displaying no input till after the freeze ended. I've also occasionally had errors pop up when saving and my Python code interpreter even crashed once.
This freeze up happens on practically everything I run on the computer from navigating with Windows Explorer to using the terminal. I did some snooping in the resource manager and it seems during each freeze up, the highest active time spikes followed by a spike in reading/writing by the System process.
I'm pretty convinced there is something wrong with the HDD, but of course second opinions is good to get some perspective. Any help is appreciated!
Cheers
For reference, these are the specs:
MSI CX61
Intel i5 3210M @2.5 GHz
Nvidia GeForce 640M 2GB DDR3
Intel HD Graphics 4000
6 GB DDR3
500 GB HDD (WD5000BPVT-22HXZT3, two 250GB partitions)
More specifically, if I was playing a game, the image displayed would freeze (with sound either looping or stopped) for a split second to a few seconds then resume right afterward without a problem. In other cases, I'd be typing in a word processor and the program would freeze, displaying no input till after the freeze ended. I've also occasionally had errors pop up when saving and my Python code interpreter even crashed once.
This freeze up happens on practically everything I run on the computer from navigating with Windows Explorer to using the terminal. I did some snooping in the resource manager and it seems during each freeze up, the highest active time spikes followed by a spike in reading/writing by the System process.
I'm pretty convinced there is something wrong with the HDD, but of course second opinions is good to get some perspective. Any help is appreciated!
Cheers
For reference, these are the specs:
MSI CX61
Intel i5 3210M @2.5 GHz
Nvidia GeForce 640M 2GB DDR3
Intel HD Graphics 4000
6 GB DDR3
500 GB HDD (WD5000BPVT-22HXZT3, two 250GB partitions)