Slosha Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 (edited) Here's what happened: I installed Windows 7 on a formatted HDD and installed video card drivers from my manufacturer's site. My computer froze when I chose "Yes, restart my system now" after the driver installation. From then on, my computer randomly froze during normal folder and internet browsing. I then updated my video card driver to Prerelease WDM 1.1. This made the freezes less frequent, but still problematic. What I've tried: Manufacurer's Driver - Vista 32 bit version, froze when selected to restart comp. Caused frozen screen three times per hour average Prerelease WDM 1.1 - best so far, frozen screen once per hour average Most Current NVIDIA Driver - Vista 32 bit version. Lasted for 2 hours before first freeze, but after that the freezing was very frequent and caused the BSOD seen in the fifth post. OpenGL 3.0 Driver - caused frozen screen three times per hour Notes: - I have had no problems playing video games (Crysis, Left 4 Dead through Steam) on highest settings with my system and drivers - System only has frozen during file and internet browsing. Left 4 Dead froze once, but I was able to end the process and continue using my computer - I sometimes am unable to connect to the internet upon restart. To solve this, I disable my network adapter, then re-enable it. (Probably Irrelevant) My Computer Specifications: - Motherboard - Mach Speed MK8-939A socket 939 ATX (Chipset - North Bridge: VIA K8T890 South Bridge: VIA VT8237R) - CPU - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ - GPU - 9600GT 1 GB - RAM - 2048MB PC3200 400 MHz (one gig per stick version) - HDD - Partitioned 60GB (for W7 and programs) and 90GB (for music, video, pictures, etc.) Edited January 20, 2009 by Slosha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geranium_Z__NL Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 tried using nvidia.com? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baines Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Does happen after idling for a short time? It could be your hard drive turning off. Try disabling the feature in power management settings and see if that fixes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slosha Posted January 19, 2009 Author Share Posted January 19, 2009 Does happen after idling for a short time? It could be your hard drive turning off. Try disabling the feature in power management settings and see if that fixes it. No. The sleep function is annoying though because my video card defaults to full fan speed when a driver isn't assigned. So I turned that feature off already. I'll try turning off the HDD features as well tonight. Thanks for the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slosha Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 (edited) I tried disabling the power settings and used the newest NVIDIA drivers, but it still froze (though lasted about 2 hours). I finally got a BSOD after freezing, though, so I can post some information. As a matter of fact, here's the picture of it: Would a new clean installation help at all? I installed my video drivers before chipset drivers - someone said that was questionable. Edited January 20, 2009 by Slosha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slosha Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Well, my BSOD picture was apparently removed. I was planning on reinstalling and merging my HDD partitions tonight, is there any chance that it may help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryonhowley Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I would run a memory test when/if that comes back clean do a clean install and try the system first with default drivers. If you do not get any crashes then update your drivers slowly try to identify the one that is causing problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slosha Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Alright, just wanted a second opinion. I'll reinstall then and see what happens. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Observer Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 reinstall use, the windows update for the video card drivers.. test and upgrade to new drivers from nvidia. Use the Vista 32bit version. i have a 9500GT and had no problems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KreepLX360 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Sounds like you might have one of those wonderful defective NVidia cards. From what I have read, turn your GPU fan to always on the help problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slosha Posted January 21, 2009 Author Share Posted January 21, 2009 I reinstalled last night and combined my partitions. I believe that installing my crappy manufacturer's video card drivers before the chipset driver is what caused all of my problems. Everything is working flawlessly now except for one blue screen when my computer stalled (loading ring was still spinning) on the "Shutting Down..." screen after my first boot and update. I also didn't install my LAN or audio drivers because sometimes I wouldn't receive an internet connection for whatever reason. But it's all good now. I haven't updated my video card driver yet, but I'm sure there will be no problems when I do. Thanks for all the help! Absolutely nobody helped on another forum, but I guess it was probably hard for them to say what the problem was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclaren05 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Does this happen on other OSs? (eg run a linux live cd) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slosha Posted May 22, 2009 Author Share Posted May 22, 2009 I ended up removing Windows 7 Beta from my system because I never actually solved the problem. Would this problem persist if I installed Windows 7 RC1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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