Soldato
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Hi all
I did a search both on Google and on here but cant find an answer to my problem!
Essentially I have put a fresh install of Vista 64 on an older specced system, and then used a win7 64 Ultimate upgrade (selecting the fresh install option).
I have now got an annoying issue where the win7 logo during boot up freezes after a second or so, so appears as just 2 small coloured blobs, but the computer still boots up and can be used normally. The boot screen goes from the 2 coloured blobs which hang there for maybe 10 seconds, then goes black briefly and then loads into windows as normal.
Getting on my nerves now! Has anyone else had this? Every time I search for "freezing" or "getting stuck" invariably the results are for people that are having complete boot lock ups, which I am not
The other issues I was having I think I have now fixed, fingers crossed, but I should know more when I get home. If anyone has any input or advice on the below, I would appreciate it.
Spec of the system:
Intel E6600 Core 2 Duo
Asus P5W DH Deluxe (Remote not installed - wi-fi card installed but disabled)
Kingston Hyper X DDR2 (2x 2GB sticks)
Western Digital caviar green 1TB (boot drive) SATA
Western Digital 320GB (2nd drive) SATA
Asus DVD/RW (IDE ATAPI)
Geforce 8800 GTS 640MB
Logitech MX518 Mouse
Logitech G15 V1 Keyboard
Win 7 64 Ultimate - all updates applied (except the language packs) including the recent service pack.
Having recently inherited this PC my concerns are thus - The motherboard does not support Win7, and although the Asus website does not outright say it, it does not list it as a supported OS and the downloads available for the motherboard stop at Vista 32/64 with no win7 updates.
Secondly - according to the QVL, I cannot see the memory that is installed as being supported. That said, the last time the QVL was updated appears to be 2007. Could the memory be causing the above performance issues? The BIOS is set to receive settings via SPD, but there have been no memory issues in the tests I have run thus far though.
Cheers
Buff
I did a search both on Google and on here but cant find an answer to my problem!
Essentially I have put a fresh install of Vista 64 on an older specced system, and then used a win7 64 Ultimate upgrade (selecting the fresh install option).
I have now got an annoying issue where the win7 logo during boot up freezes after a second or so, so appears as just 2 small coloured blobs, but the computer still boots up and can be used normally. The boot screen goes from the 2 coloured blobs which hang there for maybe 10 seconds, then goes black briefly and then loads into windows as normal.
Getting on my nerves now! Has anyone else had this? Every time I search for "freezing" or "getting stuck" invariably the results are for people that are having complete boot lock ups, which I am not
The other issues I was having I think I have now fixed, fingers crossed, but I should know more when I get home. If anyone has any input or advice on the below, I would appreciate it.
- PC unable to shut down - automatically reboots after every shut down, even when the mouse and keyboard are not plugged into the USB ports that support 'wake computer' functions. Seems that it is a common problem with Win7 64 systems, and the main answer for most people is to edit all port and peripheral settings in device manager to make sure that they cannot bring computer out of sleep. However this did not work for me. In the end, I changed a bios setting relating to loss of power. Instead of having the PC turn off after loss of power, I changed it to "last state". So far this has fixed the issue, but I will continue testing tonight.
- BIOS settings reset after any period of time where power to the PSU is turned off. Again - this appears to be a common problem with mainly Asus boards and win7 64. It seems to make no difference how new the CMOS/BIOS battery is, and seems to be something to do with win7 tripping the CPR functions of the mobo by somehow thinking there is a bad OC. However I was not using any OC at all, and everything was stock. From what I gather, this can also be re-created via actual Asus tweaking software in windows, but again I have no such software installed. I think I may have fixed it by setting the OC setting in the bios to 'manual' instead of auto, but then leaving all settings as stock, or auto. I tested it yesterday after a power down period of an hour, followed by a second of around 2.5 hrs and the problem appeared to be fixed.The computer has been powered down and the PSU disconnected from the mains since about 11pm last night, so if it works OK when I get home - hopefully that is the end of it!
Spec of the system:
Intel E6600 Core 2 Duo
Asus P5W DH Deluxe (Remote not installed - wi-fi card installed but disabled)
Kingston Hyper X DDR2 (2x 2GB sticks)
Western Digital caviar green 1TB (boot drive) SATA
Western Digital 320GB (2nd drive) SATA
Asus DVD/RW (IDE ATAPI)
Geforce 8800 GTS 640MB
Logitech MX518 Mouse
Logitech G15 V1 Keyboard
Win 7 64 Ultimate - all updates applied (except the language packs) including the recent service pack.
Having recently inherited this PC my concerns are thus - The motherboard does not support Win7, and although the Asus website does not outright say it, it does not list it as a supported OS and the downloads available for the motherboard stop at Vista 32/64 with no win7 updates.
Secondly - according to the QVL, I cannot see the memory that is installed as being supported. That said, the last time the QVL was updated appears to be 2007. Could the memory be causing the above performance issues? The BIOS is set to receive settings via SPD, but there have been no memory issues in the tests I have run thus far though.
Cheers
Buff
