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Guide to Fix Frozen Screen

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Do the steps bellow!

Source of the problem : Your SATA type is IDE in BIOS and/or SSD/HDD used by 100%.

Step 1

  • [Win + R] Start REGEDIT and look for this line:
    • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\storahci\Start (Override)
  • Change the 0 DWORD value from 3 to 0.

Step 2

Restart your PC, spam DEL for go in BIOS and change the SATA modes from IDE to AHCI (If the problems still here, continue with the step 3).

Step 3

MSI mode can be disabled for specific devices via the registry:

Identify if you are running the inbox AHCI driver (StorAHCI.sys):

  1. Open a command prompt with administrator privileges. Then type the following command in the command prompt window and hit Enter: devmgmt.msc
  2. Under IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers right-click on the AHCI controller node and select Properties. This node is usually called “Standard SATA AHCI Controller.”
  3. Navigate to the driver tab and click Driver Details.
  4. If you see “StorAHCI.sys” in the list, you are running the inbox driver.

Disable MSI for the controller in the registry:

  1. In the same properties window opened in step I.2, navigate to the Details tab and select Device instance path from the Property drop-down menu. Note this path.
  2. Open the registry editor by typing regedit in the previously opened command prompt.
  3. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\PCI\ \Device Parameters\Interrupt Management\MessageSignaledInterruptProperties,
    where refers to the device instance path you noted in step 2.1.
  4. Change the value of the MSISupported key from “1” to “0”.
  5. If you don’t know which controller your boot device is attached to, repeat steps II.1 through II.4 for all AHCI controllers found under 1.2.

Reboot the machine.

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Egor Opleuha, also known as Juzzzie, is the Editor-in-Chief of Gameplay Tips. He is a writer with more than 12 years of experience in writing and editing online content. His favorite game was and still is the third part of the legendary Heroes of Might and Magic saga. He prefers to spend all his free time playing retro games and new indie games.

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