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Vista freezes/locks up totally
Hi, all.
I've been having a problem now since the dawn of my Vista-days. Quite frankly, I'm getting kind of tired... Anyways. Especially during gaming, the computer totally freezes up, garbage is repeating from my speakers and nothing happens. No BSOD. All I can do is reset the hard way. I'm using NVidia 8800 GTS, but since this problem is appearing with all their drivers, I'm beginning to think maybe NVidia is not to blame (I said, maybe ;-). But since I'm getting no BSOD, it's hard for me to get a hint of what driver is causing the problem. It happens quite fast within a high demand game (COD4, for instance), but can also happen within i.e. Windows Media Player. (Could the Realtek sound driver be the bugger?) Anyone have an idea? Any software I can install that monitors activity so that I can check out what was the last to happen before it froze up? Any help is greatly appreciated. Regards, Chocolate Eater -- Intel Dual Core 6600 @ 2.4 GHz Vista Ultimate x64 2 GB RAM NVidia 8800 GTS Abit AB9 PRO Motherboard(http://www.abit.com.tw/page/no/mothe...MTYPE= LGA775) |
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Vista freezes/locks up totally
Possible causes:
1. Bad memory 2. Need for Video Driver update 4. Video board not seated properly 5. Heat on processor or video board 6. Over clocking "Chocolate Eater" wrote in message ... Hi, all. I've been having a problem now since the dawn of my Vista-days. Quite frankly, I'm getting kind of tired... Anyways. Especially during gaming, the computer totally freezes up, garbage is repeating from my speakers and nothing happens. No BSOD. All I can do is reset the hard way. I'm using NVidia 8800 GTS, but since this problem is appearing with all their drivers, I'm beginning to think maybe NVidia is not to blame (I said, maybe ;-). But since I'm getting no BSOD, it's hard for me to get a hint of what driver is causing the problem. It happens quite fast within a high demand game (COD4, for instance), but can also happen within i.e. Windows Media Player. (Could the Realtek sound driver be the bugger?) Anyone have an idea? Any software I can install that monitors activity so that I can check out what was the last to happen before it froze up? Any help is greatly appreciated. Regards, Chocolate Eater -- Intel Dual Core 6600 @ 2.4 GHz Vista Ultimate x64 2 GB RAM NVidia 8800 GTS Abit AB9 PRO Motherboard(http://www.abit.com.tw/page/no/mothe...MTYPE= LGA775) |
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Vista freezes/locks up totally
On Dec 26, 4:47*am, Chocolate Eater
wrote: Hi, all. I've been having a problem now since the dawn of my Vista-days. Quite frankly, I'm getting kind of tired... Anyways. Especially during gaming, the computer totally freezes up, garbage is repeating from my speakers and nothing happens. No BSOD. All I can do is reset the hard way. I'm using NVidia 8800 GTS, but since this problem is appearing with all their drivers, I'm beginning to think maybe NVidia is not to blame (I said, maybe ;-). But since I'm getting no BSOD, it's hard for me to get a hint of what driver is causing the problem. It happens quite fast within a high demand game (COD4, for instance), but can also happen within i.e. Windows Media Player. (Could the Realtek sound driver be the bugger?) Anyone have an idea? Any software I can install that monitors activity so that I can check out what was the last to happen before it froze up? Any help is greatly appreciated. Regards, Chocolate Eater -- Intel Dual Core 6600 @ 2.4 GHz Vista Ultimate x64 2 GB RAM NVidia 8800 GTS Abit AB9 PRO Motherboard(http://www.abit.com.tw/page/no/mothe...detail.php?pMO...) I've been having the same experience for some time now. I tried MANY things. What seems to have cured my system is the following: a) reseat your RAM. Just pull it out and re-insert. The idea is to discharge any potential static electricity. b) disable ALL your msconfig startup items except those that you know to be essential. That includes all the nvidia related items if you're using nvidia. I haven't had any freezeups or instability in two days. Hope this works for you. |
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Vista freezes/locks up totally
Excellent advice, to which I would add that reseating the video card may
also help. "jhanink" wrote in message ... On Dec 26, 4:47 am, Chocolate Eater wrote: Hi, all. I've been having a problem now since the dawn of my Vista-days. Quite frankly, I'm getting kind of tired... Anyways. Especially during gaming, the computer totally freezes up, garbage is repeating from my speakers and nothing happens. No BSOD. All I can do is reset the hard way. I'm using NVidia 8800 GTS, but since this problem is appearing with all their drivers, I'm beginning to think maybe NVidia is not to blame (I said, maybe ;-). But since I'm getting no BSOD, it's hard for me to get a hint of what driver is causing the problem. It happens quite fast within a high demand game (COD4, for instance), but can also happen within i.e. Windows Media Player. (Could the Realtek sound driver be the bugger?) Anyone have an idea? Any software I can install that monitors activity so that I can check out what was the last to happen before it froze up? Any help is greatly appreciated. Regards, Chocolate Eater -- Intel Dual Core 6600 @ 2.4 GHz Vista Ultimate x64 2 GB RAM NVidia 8800 GTS Abit AB9 PRO Motherboard(http://www.abit.com.tw/page/no/mothe...detail.php?pMO...) I've been having the same experience for some time now. I tried MANY things. What seems to have cured my system is the following: a) reseat your RAM. Just pull it out and re-insert. The idea is to discharge any potential static electricity. b) disable ALL your msconfig startup items except those that you know to be essential. That includes all the nvidia related items if you're using nvidia. I haven't had any freezeups or instability in two days. Hope this works for you. |