I want to fix this once and for all...

demon8991

demon8991

demon8991

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I am begging you all to help me i am at my whits end with computers i never thought i would say that.

Right i have bought two computers off OcUK recently the first below.

I7 2.66ghz
Gigabyte EX58-UD3R
6GB OCZ Gold Triple Channel
1TB Samsung Spinpoint
ATI 4870 X2
Corsair 650w


The second this spec.

E5200 2.5ghz
MSI G31 M3-F
4gb OCUK Value Ram
1TB Samsung Spinpoint
ATI 4770
OCZ Modstream 600w

Right now i am having the exact same problem with both setup's and that is that windows vista 64bit just freezes randomly, it will just hang no BSOD or anything they just hang and you cant move the mouse or keyboard or anything.

I am almost certain that it is the HDD (Samsung 1TB F1) causing the problem as it is the only item to appear in both and reading forums else where suggest that this is a common issue.

Something to do with command queing. I need to know how to disable it or sort this problem out i am at a whits end and sick and tired of coming home and trying to troubleshoot two systems and baring in mind this has been going on since early june.

Please help guys anyone with samsung experiances good and bad i need your help especially.
 
Its differcult to run anything everything i try seems to not be compatable with 64bit chipset or i dont have time to run anything before it crashes.
 
You could try unplugging / removing any non-essential hardware / USB devices.

You could run a memory diagnosic from a bootable CD/DVD, and not even have your HDD connected...
 
Memory is not an issue, on the first rig i RMA'd CPU, MOBO, & RAM for testing and everything came back fine.

Memory works fine on the other computer too.

I know it is a setting or something to do with the hardrives, it just must be.
 
knowing the contents of the error is prolly the best way we'd be able to diagnose it, tried safe mode? can you get in and get the info from there then? if you have to boot in without networking, copy it to notepad then post it once you're back on.
 
If you can get it into Safe Mode, try filtering the results to show only Application Errors / Warnings... it's doubtful you'll need to read the information events...
 
Ahhh yer forgot to say that the thing runs stable as you like in safe mode.

So i could get some information from there, the problem is i dont think it gives detailed information because the system just freezes and there is no activity.

Why would they both work in safe mode and not on a normal boot?
 
See if samsung have a diag util on their site, failing that I notice another common peice of HW in your setups, have you got the latest ATI drivers, as well as mobo?
 
Bios and driver setups for both are the most up to date.

Samsung do have a utility but it doesnt work with 64bit system which is so rubbish!

The bit i am struggling to understand is what are the chances of having two identical problems on two completely different machines yet there is a common fix for it considering how popular the F1 drive is you would have thought this would have been solved.

But i will get a list of the errors being caused.
 
There is a DOS based diagnostic utility you can download to test the drives with a bootable floppy.

If the HDD had a fault I would expect you to have the crashing / locking problem in safe mode also.
 
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