Windows 10- Locks up "waiting for cache"

I would like to chime in on this issue.

I've been experiencing this recently a few weeks after switching to 2004 update.

I'm on an X5650, X58A-UD7 Motherboard, 24GB RAM and an SSD main drive with several HDDs for storage.

The issue persists in Google Chrome, Firefox and anything that includes web browsing where rapid access to small cache files on my SSD happens. I am able to play heavy games with zero issues.

I ruled out chrome after experiencing the issue after completely nuking all Google Chrome related files, and reinstalling it without signing in.

Firefox does the same thing, just as bad with general Web browsing and watching videos etc.

I'm now left with a half bricked OS on my main system. At first I thought it was due to my overclock, but the issue persists on stock settings. sfc /scannow has zero corruption, DISM.exe commands find zero corruption. Fully Updated system, drivers and BIOS and I have tried using a different SATA Cable, port and issue persists.

What is going on, I need a solution.

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This is a genuine issue.

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.

This is the first thread I've seen that offers a plausible explanation for this new, very annoying, and mysterious behavior. I've been working with computers for three decades, and I've never seen anything that results in not only the app, but the entire OS, hanging... but not permanently, and only with a certain class of software (web browsers).  I've gone ahead and uninstalled Microsoft Edge from the "Apps & Features" interface (it reverted back to 2/28/2020 and removed the paired update app), and I'll post back here if I see the problem disappear.

I still hate chromium.  My online college program forces google browser on me and it does the same waiting for cache 40 second crash on me.  This waiting for cache problem is awful.  I had hoped there would be a stealth fix provided somehow and someway by now but no.  I survived in my support of Windows Phone through all the iterations and failures, please don't make me rethink my use of a PC as well.