Windows 7 64bit freezing

nightroamer · 20 Mar 2010 at 11:29

Hi Guys.

I have a machine running windows 7 64bit.
90% of the time its runs perfectly and fast.
Then it suddenly freezes, video stops and sound stutters, i have looked at task manager when this is happening but the cpu and mem seem fine.

Any ideas??

mad_weegie · 20 Mar 2010 at 13:04

dust on ur ram slots ? , be surprised how many errors that can cause!

nightroamer · 20 Mar 2010 at 18:19

mad_weegie said:
dust on ur ram slots ? , be surprised how many errors that can cause!

Yea thought about that, checked and everything is clean.

lcg · 20 Mar 2010 at 18:42

I had this problem after I upgraded my CPU, RAM and graphics card. I thought the RAM was most likely responsible. However, I realised that it would freeze when µTorrent was running, and when transferring files across the network. I then installed the latest drivers for my network adapter and it fixed everything. Previously, I was using the default Microsoft drivers when my hardware was detected after installing Windows.

So, it might be worth updating your network adapter drivers

nightroamer · 20 Mar 2010 at 19:54

lcg said:
I had this problem after I upgraded my CPU, RAM and graphics card. I thought the RAM was most likely responsible. However, I realised that it would freeze when µTorrent was running, and when transferring files across the network. I then installed the latest drivers for my network adapter and it fixed everything. Previously, I was using the default Microsoft drivers when my hardware was detected after installing Windows.

So, it might be worth updating your network adapter drivers

Thanks will do now.

nightroamer · 18 Apr 2010 at 11:52

Sorry for the long response delay on this.
Tried updating all my drivers to no avail, still the PC. randomly locks up.

any other thoughts on this?
any tests i can run?

SkScotchegg · 18 Apr 2010 at 14:44

Make sure you got latest graphic drivers installed and sound drivers, mobo drivers, all drivers infact. If you have then try some old ones.

Also if its just when your watching a film then try installing new codecs, your codecs might be frigged.

nightroamer · 18 Apr 2010 at 17:49

SkScotchegg said:
Make sure you got latest graphic drivers installed and sound drivers, mobo drivers, all drivers infact. If you have then try some old ones.

Also if its just when your watching a film then try installing new codecs, your codecs might be frigged.

have latest drivers, how do i update my codecs?

Chaos · 18 Apr 2010 at 19:11

Could check your cpu temps in case its overheating.

nightroamer · 18 Apr 2010 at 22:18

Chaos said:
Could check your cpu temps in case its overheating.

Yea have been monitoring these, it had a mild overclock which ran fine for a long time but i have reverted just in case. No change though

nightroamer · 21 Nov 2010 at 19:13

these problems have started to rear their ugly heads again.
windows is locking up for no apparent reason doing the most mundane tasks.

any thoughts??

Hairybudda · 21 Nov 2010 at 19:14

Any messages in the event viewer when this happens?

nightroamer · 21 Nov 2010 at 19:30

Hairybudda said:
Any messages in the event viewer when this happens?

Hi i can see there have been some Critical Events, all the same.

These are : Kernel-power
Event ID:41
Task Category 63

nightroamer · 21 Nov 2010 at 19:32

nightroamer said:
Hi i can see there have been some Critical Events, all the same.

These are : Kernel-power
Event ID:41
Task Category 63

That said i think these are my reboots,

The most common event i am seeing is JRAID "The driver for device \Device\Scsi\JRAID1 detected a port timeout due to prolonged inactivity. All associated busses were reset in an effort to clear the condition."

could this invoke a lock up?

Hairybudda · 21 Nov 2010 at 19:44

It could explain the freezes, also event 41 is basically an unexpected shutdown. How old is your BIOS, tried updating it recently? I've personally had issues in the past with dodgy jmicron bios software.

nightroamer · 21 Nov 2010 at 19:47

i have never updated it i dont think, i have a gigabyte 965p-ds3p

MobyDick · 21 Nov 2010 at 20:20

I had the same problem, scanned the hard drive for errors and had loads of bad sectors and was on the way out

Maybe try that?

Azuse05 · 21 Nov 2010 at 22:39

Update the bios (use gigabytes @BIOS if you're lazy like me), then move onto the modo drivers. I know of more than one case where older intel driver have been the cause of freezes so grab the newest ones off gigabyte and after installing check intel for updates (http://www.intel.com/support/detect.htm).

See how that goes, meanwhile I'll try to work out why my machine started freezing today