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Random freezes
I can barely use my windows vista, since mostly it will freeze while doing
random things... the screen almost looks hilighted and the mouse will do the loading animation with the circle thing... it then will let me move the mouse around and maybe click on one or m,ore thing, but basically itll sit there for hours if i let it... this happens randomly... sometimes itll happen right away when i start up, and sometimes it wont happen at all, but not usually... someone told me it might be faulty ram, so i ran memtest 86 for 38 hours straight and it found no errors... any suggestions? |
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I have had exactly the same problem for some time now.I have tried graphics
drivers by ATI and Microsofts own but still get freezes.I eventually did a complete `clean` re-install of Vista Ultimate only to find that the problem had returned after 3 days.I also done the RAM check with negative results. "Tyler" wrote: I can barely use my windows vista, since mostly it will freeze while doing random things... the screen almost looks hilighted and the mouse will do the loading animation with the circle thing... it then will let me move the mouse around and maybe click on one or m,ore thing, but basically itll sit there for hours if i let it... this happens randomly... sometimes itll happen right away when i start up, and sometimes it wont happen at all, but not usually... someone told me it might be faulty ram, so i ran memtest 86 for 38 hours straight and it found no errors... any suggestions? |
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I have similar problems too.
Vista worked fine, but after a few weeks random re-boots and (only) sometimes re-producable re-boots when inserting a CD/DVD. No blue-screen of death, although settings are not to auto re-boot when crashing. Went back to a mirror image of XP and no problem. Believe the culprit is either: Diskeeper (latest Vista Version) when defragmenting very large files, the latest Silicon Images Pseudo Processor Driver or maybe an overloaded powersupply due to high graphics and processor requirement for Vista. Will upgrade from a 400W supply to 500W in a few weeks when time permits and re-install a clean Vista. Let's see what will happen ... "Tyler" wrote: I can barely use my windows vista, since mostly it will freeze while doing random things... the screen almost looks hilighted and the mouse will do the loading animation with the circle thing... it then will let me move the mouse around and maybe click on one or m,ore thing, but basically itll sit there for hours if i let it... this happens randomly... sometimes itll happen right away when i start up, and sometimes it wont happen at all, but not usually... someone told me it might be faulty ram, so i ran memtest 86 for 38 hours straight and it found no errors... any suggestions? |
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any update on this? Im having the exact same problem as the original poster, and i tried installing that file from windows, but it told me it didn't apply to my system.. i know i downloaded the right one, vista x64... i also updated to sp1.... -- NobleLance |
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On Thu, 29 May 2008 05:57:12 -0500, NobleLance
wrote: any update on this? Im having the exact same problem as the original poster, and i tried installing that file from windows, but it told me it didn't apply to my system.. i know i downloaded the right one, vista x64... i also updated to sp1.... Another vBulletin user replying to an old post (almost two months old) without quoting the post. No update. If there was one, you'd have seen one. |
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Nonny;729830 Wrote: On Thu, 29 May 2008 05:57:12 -0500, NobleLance wrote: any update on this? Im having the exact same problem as the original poster, and i tried installing that file from windows, but it told me it didn't apply to my system.. i know i downloaded the right one, vista x64... i also updated to sp1.... Another vBulletin user replying to an old post (almost two months old) without quoting the post. No update. If there was one, you'd have seen one. Thanks for the warm welcome; unfortunately, Im not a forum troll like you and do not know all the proper 'posting etiquettes'. Anyways, anyone who can share their experience with this problem, who has resolved it, please give us some input. -- NobleLance |
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Tyler;256605 Wrote: I can barely use my windows vista, since mostly it will freeze while doing random things... the screen almost looks hilighted and the mouse will do the loading animation with the circle thing... it then will let me move the mouse around and maybe click on one or m,ore thing, but basically itll sit there for hours if i let it... this happens randomly... sometimes itll happen right away when i start up, and sometimes it wont happen at all, but not usually... someone told me it might be faulty ram, so i ran memtest 86 for 38 hours straight and it found no errors... any suggestions? I'm talking about this problem. -- NobleLance |
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You still haven't described the problem or your computer. Whatever
specifics were in the original thread are not here and you need to start from the beginning. "NobleLance" wrote in message ... Nonny;729830 Wrote: On Thu, 29 May 2008 05:57:12 -0500, NobleLance wrote: any update on this? Im having the exact same problem as the original poster, and i tried installing that file from windows, but it told me it didn't apply to my system.. i know i downloaded the right one, vista x64... i also updated to sp1.... Another vBulletin user replying to an old post (almost two months old) without quoting the post. No update. If there was one, you'd have seen one. Thanks for the warm welcome; unfortunately, Im not a forum troll like you and do not know all the proper 'posting etiquettes'. Anyways, anyone who can share their experience with this problem, who has resolved it, please give us some input. -- NobleLance |
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You need to give the specifics of your computer and what steps you have
taken to resolve this. Is this computer in warranty? "NobleLance" wrote in message ... Tyler;256605 Wrote: I can barely use my windows vista, since mostly it will freeze while doing random things... the screen almost looks hilighted and the mouse will do the loading animation with the circle thing... it then will let me move the mouse around and maybe click on one or m,ore thing, but basically itll sit there for hours if i let it... this happens randomly... sometimes itll happen right away when i start up, and sometimes it wont happen at all, but not usually... someone told me it might be faulty ram, so i ran memtest 86 for 38 hours straight and it found no errors... any suggestions? I'm talking about this problem. -- NobleLance |
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