Vista Ultimate 64 messing around

Prophet · 26 Mar 2009 at 09:30

I'm having a few problems with Vista 64 that I hope OcUK can help me with.

The spec:

AMD 64 X2 4400
4GB RAM
Gigabyte 780G MoBo
Sapphire 4850 512MB
160GB HDD

I reloaded Vista Ultimate 64 without any problems. Then installed the latest Catalyst drivers. Then installed the NIC drivers so I could download Firefox etc.

Downloaded firefox which worked OK for a few minutes then I had a BSOD memory dump. On rebooting, Firefox takes minutes to load or doesnt at all. So I uninstalled and reloaded withe the same results.

Overall the PC feels sluggist compared to before.

Could someone in the know give me an idea of what order I should install updates, drivers and programs etc.

Are there any known problems with the Gigabyte 780G MoBo where I need to install chipset drivers etc?

Any help is really appreciated

Prophet · 26 Mar 2009 at 19:06

Jumping said:
You didn't say if you installed the chipset drivers or not. Which you should do before any other drivers are loaded.

No, that was a massive school boy error. I'm going to download all the drivers first before I do the re-reload.

Prophet · 26 Mar 2009 at 19:06

CliffyG said:
Get SP1 on asap too.

The version I have comes with SP1. Is there a later one?

Prophet · 28 Mar 2009 at 11:58

Right I've reinstalled, loaded the chipset driver, full windows update and installed the latest catalyst drivers. All seems OK except the graphics are a little jerky and sometimes leave tails when dragging a window around the screen.

Any ideas?

Prophet · 28 Mar 2009 at 12:51

I ran the setup as usual which said it complete OK?

I'll remove and reinstall.

Prophet · 28 Mar 2009 at 19:18

I turned Aero 'on' and it seems to be working fine now!?!?

Thought that would have slowed things down rather than speed them up?

braveheart - All fully updated and patched.