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Aurora R11, randomly freezing at least once a day
I've only had my R11 for a month or so, but it is randomly freezing at least once a day. I never had this problem with my Dell Inspiron. Ex: Today, was using an online alarm service to wake me up, and the computer froze. I was able to get taskbar open, and the CPU was only at 58% and the memory was not even near 32GB. I was able to try and sign out, but it was endlessly trying to sight out. Other times, it would completely freeze. Windows and all of my other drivers are up to date. I have run the Dell support diagnostic tools, and it says everything is fine.
Specs:
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-10900F CPU @ 2.80GHz 2.81 GHz
- RTX 3070
- 32GB Ram
- 1 TB SSD and 2 TB HD
- Windows 10 Home
richard9
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May 3rd, 2021 14:00
Well, just an update. I still haven't had a freeze or any errors, and I have enabled speedshift again for over 24 hours. I think it's safe to say that the culprit indeed is the Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 WiFi adapter. Either there is something wrong with the hardware or there's something wrong with the latest driver, but with it being disabled, I have not had a single problem since. Keeping it disabled has solved the problem for me.
I have found another workaround where I can continue to use the WiFi adapter without it freezing my computer. In the advanced power options under PCI Express, turning Link State Management off has resolved the problem. I haven't had any freezes with my WiFi adapter enables since with Link State Management off.
The driver version is 12.0.0.1118 and the driver date is June 15, 2021.
Qualcomm QCA61x4A/QCA9377 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Driver
A newer driver was released on June 22, 2021. 12.0.0.1118 A45.
jasonlau
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April 30th, 2021 06:00
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Vanadiel
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April 30th, 2021 09:00
Can you check the windows event log and see if any errors are logged? Event log
Vanadiel
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April 30th, 2021 12:00
Some other users have reported issues with random freezes on their R11's.
They have found a solution that worked for them by applying the following: R11 freezing
richard9
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April 30th, 2021 12:00
Thanks for the information guys. Here are the last few error reports that I saw in the log around the time I had to force restart.
7:45:01am (This came after 7:46:07 am)
7:46:07 am
7:14 am
A corrected hardware error has occurred.
Component: PCI Express Root Port
Error Source: Advanced Error Reporting (PCI Express)
Primary Bus:Device:Function: 0x0:0x1C:0x5
Secondary Bus:Device:Function: 0x0:0x0:0x0
Primary Device Name:PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06BD&SUBSYS_09A31028&REV_F0
Secondary Device Name:
7:03 am
A corrected hardware error has occurred.
Component: PCI Express Root Port
Error Source: Advanced Error Reporting (PCI Express)
Primary Bus:Device:Function: 0x0:0x1C:0x5
Secondary Bus:Device:Function: 0x0:0x0:0x0
Primary Device Name:PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06BD&SUBSYS_09A31028&REV_F0
Secondary Device Name:
6:56 am
A corrected hardware error has occurred.
Component: PCI Express Root Port
Error Source: Advanced Error Reporting (PCI Express)
Primary Bus:Device:Function: 0x0:0x1C:0x5
Secondary Bus:Device:Function: 0x0:0x0:0x0
Primary Device Name:PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06BD&SUBSYS_09A31028&REV_F0
Secondary Device Name:
6:36 am
A corrected hardware error has occurred.
Component: PCI Express Root Port
Error Source: Advanced Error Reporting (PCI Express)
Primary Bus:Device:Function: 0x0:0x1C:0x5
Secondary Bus:Device:Function: 0x0:0x0:0x0
Primary Device Name:PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_06BD&SUBSYS_09A31028&REV_F0
Secondary Device Name:
6:27 am
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error querying for the IVssWriterCallback interface. hr = 0x80070005, Access is denied.
. This is often caused by incorrect security settings in either the writer or requestor process.
Operation:
Gathering Writer Data
Context:
Writer Class Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
Writer Name: System Writer
Writer Instance ID: {76efe56e-cf9e-43ac-91a1-6ae031a10a1e}
r72019
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April 30th, 2021 14:00
Try uninstalling your wifi driver (network adapters) and reinstalling using the driver posted on the dell support site for your PC.
richard9
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April 30th, 2021 21:00
Thanks again for the information guys. I disabled speed shift in the bios as according to the link the person said it helped resolve the problem. I already had the latest driver from DELL Support Assist for the WIFI. According to Windows Reliability History, it said a hardware error has stopped Windows from running correctly under critical events. I'm going to guess that was related same error in Event Viewer which was reporting the hardware error in my previous post. Anyways, I completely just disable the WIFI network, and I am not seeing that hardware error in Event Viewer since. So, it might be quite possible that the WIFI might be the culprit. I haven't had any freezes yet since 7:45ish am, but I'll guess I'll fund out soon. The system freezes at least once in a 24 hour period of time.
Vanadiel
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May 1st, 2021 10:00
Is this a Killer Nic for Wifi, or a different option?
richard9
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May 1st, 2021 12:00
The name of the WIFI adapter is Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377. It's been over 24 hours now though, and I have not had my computer freeze yet, I haven't had a single error in Windows Reliability Report, and there haven't been any critical errors in Event Viewer. I'll see how this goes for the next couple of days. If all goes well, I'm going to assume it was indeed the Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 adapter causing the problems. However, the steps I have taken so far include disabling the Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 adapter, turning speed shift off, and setting the hard drives not to turn off in the power options.
Vanadiel
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May 1st, 2021 13:00
I would try turning the Wifi adaptor back on and see if that makes a difference.
It sounds like speedshift was causing issues for some others.
Glad you have it solved.
richard9
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May 2nd, 2021 01:00
So far so good, it's almost been 48 hours and not a single problem. Windows Reliability Report is showing only stability rising and no errors. Every other day before I made the changes, showed multiple errors. I'll re-enable that adapter in a few hours once I've reached 48 hours and see what happens.