# Hard freezing on Windows 11 on 12th gen system

**URL:** <https://community.frame.work/t/hard-freezing-on-windows-11-on-12th-gen-system/23029>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [September 25, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/hard-freezing-on-windows-11-on-12th-gen-system/23029 "2022-09-25T01:37:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Christopher\_Bates](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@Christopher\_Bates](https://community.frame.work/u/Christopher_Bates)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2022, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/hard-freezing-on-windows-11-on-12th-gen-system/23029/21 "2022-12-26T23:13:30Z")

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I have the same issue. It seems to happen within 10~15 minutes of resuming from sleep. I am running Fedora, and there is nothing that indicates why this is happening in journal or dmesg. Just a complete lock.

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**Author:** ![Earlyflash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Earlyflash](https://community.frame.work/u/Earlyflash)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/hard-freezing-on-windows-11-on-12th-gen-system/23029/22 "2023-05-03T14:35:34Z")

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Just to confirm - the replacement card also caused lockups. We’ve taken it out and have never once experienced a lock ever since. Maybe co-incidence, but I’m not about to try again.

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**Author:** ![Same\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Same\_Kirk](https://community.frame.work/u/Same_Kirk)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/hard-freezing-on-windows-11-on-12th-gen-system/23029/23 "2023-05-14T02:24:15Z")

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I had the same issue with total freeze ups with Win11 on 12 gen, but I am not using a DP card. I just started using the mainboard as a desktop with a Dell DA305 adapter for IO. The freezes stopped after I switched to a different hub.

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**Author:** ![We\_B\_Martians](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/we_b_martians/32/39567_2.png) [@We\_B\_Martians](https://community.frame.work/u/We_B_Martians)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 10:25am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/hard-freezing-on-windows-11-on-12th-gen-system/23029/24 "2025-08-14T10:25:30Z")

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AMD Ryzen under Win11 here

Just launching Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del) unfreezes; obviously doesn’t work if the freeze is during boot (have to hold down power button to do a hard stop)

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**Author:** ![Thomas\_Chin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/thomas_chin/32/44863_2.png) [@Thomas\_Chin](https://community.frame.work/u/Thomas_Chin)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 6:51am UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/hard-freezing-on-windows-11-on-12th-gen-system/23029/25 "2026-01-07T06:51:14Z")

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Reviving a dead thread just to add one more datapoint. Windows 11, intel 12th gen, fully updated drivers and bios. Laptop completely locks up if I have the DP card in. Took it out and it seems fine so far. Checked the receipts and I bought the card in 2022 so maybe it was a bad batch. Never had to use DisplayPort until recently so never put it in until now

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