Why does my computer run slowly and freeze sometimes?
- by Brae
EDIT
I disabled sound in the BIOS, rebooted and it hung.
I removed the (previously) faulty HDD, rebooted and it hung.
I have managed to get my Realtek audio manager open again after its mysterious disappearance.
Subsequently my microphone is now working again, to fix it I had to uninstall audio drivers, disable audio in BIOS, install audio…