Uninstalled chrome and edge. Using Firefox with zero issues
Windows 10- Locks up "waiting for cache"
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Window 10 was working very well until recently after upgrading to Windows Edge chrome (or at least the is the only event that I can associated to this issue) I am getting persistent OS stalls or "not responding" that affect all applications when running Edge. Common to see "waiting for cache" in lower left browser window when the the entire system stalls and stops responding. Common to see the cursor hour glass for 30 or more seconds before system and affected applications start to respond normally.
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2020-06-14T22:42:11+00:00 Having read this thread, I have decided to revert to Firefox as well. If it dosnt happen again, then as far as I am concerned it is a Edge Chromium thing. Shame because I was starting to think seriously of using it exclusively.
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2020-06-14T19:29:29+00:00 Well at least you can tie that down to a specific set of circumstances. With me it may not happen for 2 days and then it may happen 4 times in one day. I ran some software from crucial called storage executive. It advised me to Disable 8.3 Filename creation. Which I have done. It also said Enable AHCI Mode.... Your motherboard BIOS configuration is set to IDE mode. This configuration should be set to AHCI mode for optimal performance and to ensure full software feature support. I looked at my BIOS settings and there was no setting for this. Whether these are related to the EDGE problem I don't know. Since microsoft do not even bother to reply when you report a problem I can't be bothered to reinstall EDGE and will continue to use FireFox which does not suffer these problems.
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2020-06-14T19:11:48+00:00 I have the same issue and I dont have AMD. It is a Dell notebook and also a Surface Pro 4. It always happens after Sleep and the only way out is to hold the power button down until it turns off and then restart again.
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2020-06-10T20:50:40+00:00 I had the "waiting for cache" issue on Chrome and started using Edge. After updating to the latest version of Edge, now I have the same issue I had in Chrome.
Question for others having the issue...are you using an SSD? Chrome users speculated that it had to do with SSD hard drives. The bad news is I never found a solution.