reinstalling W7 64 bit or 32 bit

matkeys · 6 Dec 2010 at 15:09

hello all, im getting random crashes. (pc dosnt not respond to any user input, and screen stays on the window you was on)
no blue screen just the pc freezes
when gf plays facebook games, or sometimes when i play non youtube videos

its been good for a day or two but can just run like this then crash 4-8 times in a day some time once maybe not at all

spec is in sig apart from i not have a 8800gtx and the Q6600 has the pin mod running 3ghz @ 1.3v temps are cpu 34 idle, load is about 50ish not tested it in a long while. but temps rarely rise and i dont play 3d intense games any more

any way do i stay with 64bit or go down to 32bit? i dont think the 64bit part is causing me problems but wondered if its be better off?

cheers

asim18 · 6 Dec 2010 at 16:22

Stay with 64 bit.

ntg · 6 Dec 2010 at 16:37

Does the system un-freeze after 3-4 minutes of waiting?

If yes then you should look at your hard-disk, it may have dropped into PIO mode. I get this sometimes in my pc where everything freezes and becomes unresponsive to keyboard/mouse input for literally around 3 minutes. Then it comes back again and then it will freeze again in a couple of minutes.

The solution is to uninstall the ide driver and reboot.

SiriusB · 6 Dec 2010 at 16:41

Have you checked your event logs for the time of the freeze?

matkeys · 6 Dec 2010 at 16:55

@asim yes i thought id best but just couldnt make a desion

@ kgi i have sata, and no it dosnt unfreeze, i know this becasue it frooze the first time and my gf left it and it had to be reset. and the hdd isnt that old, plus i scanned the hdd with a hdd programme and theres no bad sectors and 100% health

@Sirius yes and im either looking at the wrong bit but it just says google crashed, but this problem happens on all browsers.

it can stay idling all day long and then be used and never have a problem. then some days itll freeze on random accosins mostly while she plays a certain fb game called fronterville. and some online vids

ok think i found something

under critical says kernal power
and The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.

ntg · 6 Dec 2010 at 17:03

matkeys said:
@ kgi i have sata, and no it dosnt unfreeze, i know this becasue it frooze the first time and my gf left it and it had to be reset. and the hdd isnt that old, plus i scanned the hdd with a hdd programme and theres no bad sectors and 100% health

Doesn't sound like an hd problem then.

However, I have SATA too but it doesn't matter. I meant to say it falls to PIO from DMA mode. How new or old the disks are doesn't matter as well as whether they have bad sectors or not - it can happen on any disk and it might be down to the SATA cable that causes the disruption of data between mobo-hd. Anyway I doubt it's an hd problem with what you are mentioning, good luck and I hope you sort it out! (don't think reinstalling OS will help though, sounds like a hardware issue)

matkeys · 6 Dec 2010 at 17:11

just from looking up kernal power, it seems W7 can some times be uncompatible with some programmes in certain circumstances. ie java, flash, or browsers.

what i might do is find out what wires are which on my psu and give the gpu its own rail, as im not sure if i have,
to be fair all i got is 2 dvd drives 1 hdd and the gpu.

i also have stock cooling on a 3ghz Q6600!! but stabel temps made me never buy a different cooler, namley a tuniq tower

SiriusB · 6 Dec 2010 at 18:12

The Kernel Power error is entirely due to you switching off the PC without cleanly shutting down.

matkeys · 6 Dec 2010 at 19:30

yer learnt that too. im reluctant to reinstall now. checked caps checked drivers, been fine allday so hopefully its ok, if not then im going to remove pin mod then put the 8800gtx on its own rail, if it isnt already, and then go from there. if not then strip down, sell and a i5/7 setup

Duke · 6 Dec 2010 at 19:40

Tested memory?

matkeys · 6 Dec 2010 at 20:04

as of yet no, memtest still a good programme?

davidansell · 7 Dec 2010 at 00:13

Windows 7 has its own built in memory tester, you boot up the start up repair thingy, also are your temps ok? Deffo look at hard drive, Install w7 64 for sure.