I haven't noticed any unusual q-code readout on my motherboard as the system hangs, but I'll reboot and check it again now. None of that makes any sense to me but it certainly sounds like it's related to the problem. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly. The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. The same critical event has occurred 74 times since March 14th these are its details:

I just opened it to find several critical instances, one in the last day. Hmm, I'd never heard of the event viewer. I would appreciate any advice anyone can give me on this, and if I haven't clarified or explained something properly, please ask me to elaborate! (The thread where I found that advice is here: ) I followed the steps on one thread which told me to go into msconfig and disable all start-up applications and to do the same in task manager, but after doing so and restarting my PC, the problem persisted. I am clueless as to why the Restart function has such a massive delay. After that time, I see two red LEDs on my motherboard flash (I guess that is the PC posting) and the computer starts up. However, when I click 'Restart' from Windows, the interface shuts down, and my PC remains active, but nothing else happens for a good 2 or 3 minutes. My CPU is an Intel-4770k, so when I first boot up the PC from shut down, or when I press the hard restart button on my computer case, the computer boots up very quickly and with no problems. Since then, a unique problem seems to have developed. I upgraded to 8.1 later and did not experience any problems until I needed to reinstall Windows 8.1 in February in order for USB devices to function properly (restoring or refreshing Windows 8.1 wasn't an option because that function is currently broken (sort it out Microsoft!!)) I built a very high-spec gaming PC last August and installed Windows 8. I've Googled this problem extensively but I can't seem to find anyone else who is experiencing the exact problem that I am experiencing.

Windows 10 takes too long to restart