discussion System Problem

[syfer]

Hi, it's only been 2 weeks since I fid a fresh reinstall of windows.
The problem I have is some times when I connect my external hard drive in it locks up and then some times by locking up my start menu is inactive then file explorers freezes and some tile it just ends task but nothing happens when I restart the pc and its some who did again.
My parts i have
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Processor (6C/12T, 35MB Cache, 4.2 GHz Max Boost)
MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX Motherboard
Arctic Freezer 34 eSports Edition Heatsink & Fan Black & White Intel & AMD Sockets
PowerColor AMD RX 580 8GB DDR5 RED DEVIL Graphics Card Gaming Version (AXRX580 8GBD5-3DH/OC)
Kingston KHX3600C18D4/16GX 4 Sticks 64gb total
Intel 660p M.2 2280 512GB PCI Express 3.0 NVMe Internal Solid State Drive Rev:4.00 (OS DRIVE) (2019/08/09 sticker date)
Artic Blue 850W PSU
Zalman T7 computer case Midi Tower Black
Bios Update
Version 7C02v3A
Release Date 2021-02-08
I think its could be a motherboard MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX Motherboard could some help me or tell me what's the best motherboard i can buy for this CPU ?

 

[Bond007]

There is no reason to assume that is a motherboard issue. I would lean towards it being software, driver or external hard drive related. That is probably one of the best motherboards you can get for the money.

Was the same problem occurring before your fresh windows install? Have you tried different USB ports to plug the hard drive in? Have you tried the external drive on another computer?

 

[gingerbee]

ya I would think external HDD first not motherboard, just my2cents

 

[Sagath]

Or USB chipset drivers

ya I would think external HDD first not motherboard, just my2cents

 

[moocow]

Or USB port electrical short of some kind.

 

[syfer]

some told me my psu is garbage I wonder if this psu issue sometimes my PC does lock up any idea why the PC would lock up and not respond?

It is a bit dusted build up I'm planning on cleaning it mebe that might help?]

Sometimes my PC freezes up and locks up and windows 10 start many and the task manager does not respond. I ran Malwarebytes scan nothing. Do you think it's PSU?
Sometimes it disconnects and then comes back again, I had a problem with the case and psu size so I went with this one as it was the one that fitted in my case.
Here is my case
https://www.zalman.com/EN/Product/P...ndex=2&pageSize=10&pageUnit=12&productSeq=129