Intel Motherboards : Z170 Pro4S system freeze

Author: tor11
Subject: Z170 Pro4S system freeze
Posted: 18 Oct 2016 at 4:18pm

Hi, since I bought this board my system is freezing at random times.

There is no error messages, no BSOD, everything just stops moving. I can't pinpoint the cause, sometimes it happens after few hours of use, sometimes after several weeks (I keep my system always on).

Only thing to do is a hard reset.

I am on BIOS v7 now, I already had system freezing couple of times.

I tried system stress applications or memory tests, none of those caused freeze or showed any errors.

Only thing that could perhaps point to cause of the problem is, that it usually happens when some media content is running (not sure if just an accident though).

For example, during the video playback, system will freeze and speakers are playing one distorted sound.

I tried also various version of audio drivers, but so far could not find a 100% working ones. (If sound device is indeed an issue).

Thanks for any help and suggestions.