Computer locks up, but only after about an hour and only when running Blue Iris

[dee]

I don't think it is because of Blue Iris.
I think it is because something I undersized when I built this computer.
Following is data from my computer task manager.
The only thing that seems to look bad is "Very high" in power usage. It can't be the big 65" monitor, can it? It is not part of the computer.
What do you guys think? I have suspected the motherboard because it is old? I am waiting until new ones come out that do not have the security problems.
The BI videos are recorded to the built in micro sd cards on the 4 cameras.
The computer has a few legacy hard disk drives, but they are not being used except as old data storage.
I use 3 SSD drives.

I don't understand Task Manager shows "Very high" it would make more sense to show data in wattage.
Any ideas what to change?

Win10 pro latest upgrade
i7-4790 ACPI x64

cpu @4.00Ghz 3.60 Ghz
Nvidia Geforce GTX 980
Screen resolution 4096 x 2160 on 65" TV via HDMI 3

Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Z97-A-USB31 151260496700101 Rev 1.xx
1 Samsung SSD 840 Pro series
1 Samsung SSD 840 series
1 Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB


Blue Iris 4 cameras 3 3gb 1 4gb
5.0.8.2 x64 previous BI version
5.0.9.1 x64 current BI version

Task Manager Performance

CPU total 33.5% Blue Iris 32.5%

Memory total 47% Blue Iris 4,419.3 MB

Disk 0%

Network 1%

GPU 23%

Power usage Very high

Power usage trend Very high

 

[fenderman]

blue iris does not record to the micro sd card - it cant.
There are no motherboard security problems that you need to worry about. Dont expose your pc to the internet.
There can be a million reasons why the pc locks up. Is this a clean windows install?

 

[dee]

blue iris does not record to the micro sd card - it cant.
There are no motherboard security problems that you need to worry about. Dont expose your pc to the internet.
There can be a million reasons why the pc locks up. Is this a clean windows install?

yes clean

 

[IAmATeaf]

I wouldn’t record clips to SSD drives, the constant writing won’t be good for them.

How much memory is in the PC?

How is BI configured ?

 

[dee]

Prior to BI I used to record to the built in sd cards.
It never occurred to me that BI does not.
Where does it record?
I have looked but have not found?
Can you tell me?

 

[fenderman]

Prior to BI I used to record to the built in sd cards.
It never occurred to me that BI does not.
Where does it record?
I have looked but have not found?
Can you tell me?

Where ever you tell it to

 

[SouthernYankee]

I am running BI 5 using an i7-4790 with 13 cameras at total of 449 MP/sec. I use intel quick sync on all cameras, with BI motion detection. It use about 18% CPU and 3.1 GB memory.

Please provide a screen shots. full frame
1) windows task manager sorted by memory (most at the top),
2) Blue iris status clip storage
3) blue Iris status cameras
4) Blue iris settings clips and archiving, for the NEW folder, stored folder, alerts folder.
5) on one of the cameras the record tab.

 

[dee]

I wouldn’t record clips to SSD drives, the constant writing won’t be good for them.

How much memory is in the PC?

How is BI configured ?

I wouldn’t record clips to SSD drives, the constant writing won’t be good for them.

How much memory is in the PC?
8 Gb

How is BI configured ?

? not sure, I can look it up, if you tell me where.
I just started using it again because I was out of it because of health issues

 

[dee]

c:\BlueIris\db

 

[dee]

 

[IAmATeaf]

Are you running BI on your normal everyday usage PC?

 

[dee]

Are you running BI on your normal everyday usage PC?

Yes
Yes

 

[dee]

I am running BI 5 using an i7-4790 with 13 cameras at total of 449 MP/sec. I use intel quick sync on all cameras, with BI motion detection. It use about 18% CPU and 3.1 GB memory.

Please provide a screen shots. full frame
1) windows task manager sorted by memory (most at the top),
2) Blue iris status clip storage
3) blue Iris status cameras
4) Blue iris settings clips and archiving, for the NEW folder, stored folder, alerts folder.
5) on one of the cameras the record tab.

 

[dee]

 

[dee]

Took a while because got 2 BI updates
then
had another crash and had to reboot
then
got a 3rd BI update
then
posted the captures

 

[fenderman]

View attachment 54941




Yes
Yes

This is your problem. Clean install using the ms media creation tool.

 

[dee]

This is your problem. Clean install using the ms media creation tool.

Are you coming to this conclusion because of the close to 50 web page tabs across the top of the screen?

 

[SouthernYankee]

That is not a clean windows install. You have crap all over the place. This is why you are have reliability problems.

Turn off the virus scanner on all BI folders.

You did not provide all the information requested.

 

[IAmATeaf]

You need to read the wiki. Most here use a dedicated PC on which to run BI, not a shared household PC. With loads of other software installed there are way too many variables for people to even start helping figuring out what’s going on.

 

[dee]

Thanks to all of you. You were extremely helpful!
I did a totally clean install BI as suggested and all is well!