hang time

diverse180 · 10 Jun 2009 at 12:31

Hey Guys,

I'm having a few problems with my PC hanging shortly after booting up (icons appear on desktop, then they disappear and I'm just left with a static hour glass icon).

The only solution as yet seems to be opening task manager, clicking on user and then logging off.

This is what's running on startup and I was just wondering if anything stands out as being the cause?

I replaced my Hard drive over the weekend with a Sammy F1 1TB and did a fresh install of windows...but something's obviously going wrong.

Any ideas or advice would be great

diverse180 · 11 Jun 2009 at 08:49

I have a Razer Deathadder and a Logitech Dinovo wireless keyboard (hence the logitech setpoint...which has now been uninstalled).

Uninstalling setpoint seemed to solve the problem (or so I thought) but after a second restart it kept hanging again.

I have a feeling it may be something to do with Nero 7, but I'll look into that when I get home. I did a quick Google last night and it appears that a programme called Nero Scout, which is installed with Nero 7, can be the cause of some issues.

I haven't tried stopping and restarting EXPLORER.EXE, but if it keeps hanging I'll give it a go (ending processes is safe to do, right?).

Anyway guys, thanks for taking the time to read & reply

Btw, this is my current spec:

Asus A8N-VM motherboard
Corsair TX 750w PSU
BFG GTX 260 OCX
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (2.41 GHz)
2 GB Geil PC3200 DDR400 Dual Channel (4 x 512mb)
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB
Windows XP Home Edition SP3 (32bit)

(sadly I can't afford to upgrade right now

)

diverse180 · 15 Jun 2009 at 10:23

Hmmm, I'm hoping that it won't be caused by my graphics card as I've only had it for a couple of months or so...but I'll try what you suggested when I'm back at my PC.

Thanks for the advice Jeff

diverse180 · 2 Jul 2009 at 12:58

Hey guys, apologies for the thread revival...but I'm still having problems

It's so annoying because sometimes my PC boots up fine, and then sometimes it just keeps hanging! Sometimes it will hang during post (pic below) and other times it will hang once my desktop has loaded, as previously mentioned.

I'm wondering if perhaps it could be a bios issue and if flashing my bios might help? I'm slightly confused though as my current bios version (0908) isn't even listed on the Asus website?

Would it be worth a shot?

diverse180 · 2 Jul 2009 at 22:48

Hmmm, the lights are on...but I'm guessing nobody's home?

diverse180 · 3 Jul 2009 at 09:09

^ Ha Ha

Well, my PC doesn't appear to be overheating and all my fans are running ok...as for memory timings I think they're o.k too (?)

Regarding updating/flashing my bios, would it be worth doing anyway to see if it improves stability as my current bios (0908) isn't even listed on the Asus site? The most recent bios updates on the Asus site are 0902 (beta) or 0702...

I'm not sure how accurate HWMonitor and cpu-z are, but here's a screenshot of each: