help with windows 7 freezing

Mine was doing this as well

Solved it by bumping the memory voltage up by a notch or two - its not frozen yet, and i've been deliberately trying to make it freeze up.

Possibly want to bump the fsb voltage a tiny bit as well, but probably not nescessary.

Given thats the only change i made between it freezing up on a relatively regular basis and it not freezing any more, that's what i'm attributing to solving it.

I'm on an AM3 build by the way, not certain if intel builds have the same issue.
 
BlackAle said:
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no offence but that is poor advice your quick to jump the gun like a lot of other people which results in bad or mislead information, I don't use norton I use Eset's smart security so I'm not being biased but if you bothered to read up about it, then you'd know that it's not trash
 
thanks for the link i will update however the problem have now got worse i cant even get onto windows now before it freezes its now freezing up on the starting windows page

im scratching my head anyone have any ideas wa i have done wrong
 
Go to start, and type memory diagnostic. You can use windows built in one.

Also, another option would be to take out one stick, if that doesn't work try the other stick.

*NOTE* a good suggestion is to try a few slots too, it could be the memory slot that's the problem.

Also be sure that all bios settings are correct, especially voltages, memory timings and FSB. If you have any overclocks nuke them, run the system with the side off and check all the CPU temps - it could be that the heatsink isn't fitted right and therefore is giving a bad reading or something.

Try the memory first though, do the check then do one test at a time. You can also use a Linux live CD to see if it's a windows issue or if it's hardware.
 
okay so i have check both hard drives and both are fine whipped both and was going to do another fresh install

checking the ram i notice that the ram i have is patriot pc2-6400 800mhz however in the bois it is showing up at 400mhz :(

also now everytime i go to install windows 7 on the hdd it gets to the first stage but doesnt even get to the page where you can select the options you want before it freezes

any help as i really need this pc up and running by monday
 
Remember that 400 mhz is DDR2 at 800.

Are you *SURE* that the DVD drive is fine? Hard drives are fine. It could be the CD is damaged?

CHECK using Linux live boot cd.

*EDIT*

Are you certain that ALL of the timings and voltages are correct for everything too? PLEASE double check by looking at what the manufacture states and then checking your BIOS. This includes CAS timings, TRAS, speeds, voltages, and so on.

Try unplugging the PC from the network to see if it's hanging because of that.

Is it just a windows issue? if the live CD works, consider downloading a copy of linux to install on a hard drive, if that works its possibly the windows disk!
 
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okay i didnt no that about the ddr2 ram

and i will go through it tonight with a fine toothcomb and all the hdd went through the tests fine but i havent checked the dvd or the network yet and i will go through the bios
 
okay so after reseting my bios and re installing windows again i finally have got it working but still have one problem

when i use the onboard gfx it is fine it boots up and everything however when i install my gfx card it just goes to starting windows screen and no more, i have tested this card out in a vista machine and is working fine and i have tested another gfx card in my motherboard and that works so what is wrong also after the card was installed in my machine for about 4 mins the back of the card was hot not red hot but a lot hotter than i was expecting so any ideas guys as i like this card and dont fancy buying a new 1
 
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