Vista Rc1 Freezes

[Guest]

Hey

I recently installed rc1 and it kepps freezing after 2-3 mins in the OS, My
hardware is fine, if anyone has the solution to this please email
(e-mail address removed)

My Specs
Pentium 4 3.0Ghz
1GB Ram
80GB Hard Drive
Ati Radeon 9550 256mb ram

Thanks for your time in helping me solve this issue

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Answers aren't given by email, you have to come back to the group. That
said, freezing can have many causes. The main ones are faulty hardware, bad
video drivers, and malevolent software, though it is not limited to just
these. You need to diagnose which one is the cause. Here are some general
guidelines:

- If you upgraded from an existing installation of XP, did you ensure that
the system is free of viruses and adware/spyware before doing so? Did you
also run a compatibility check to see if there were any known issues with
the existing installed software?

- Have you tried more recent drivers from the card manufaturer (ATI)? The
9550 is supported, so it should work with Vista. Do you see any yellow bangs
in Device Manager indicating a problem?

- What software have you installed under Vista? Some programs, especially AV
software, are not compatible yet and can lock the system up tight.

- If you can, do a clean install of Vista to an empty volume. If the
problems still occur there, then it is more likely to be a hardware
compatibility issue, possibly faulty or incorrect timing settings in the
system BIOS. Disabling BIOS antivirus detection during setup and disabling
rom shadowing can help.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply Rick

This might help: I have managed to keep the computer running nicely on
strart up if i run counter strike source but the minute i exit it freezes so
it runs in the background and vista still performs nicely.
What do you mean by Diabling BIOS antivirus detection and rom shadowing i
loook in my bios and didn't see anything. If this helps my Mobo is Gigabyte
GA-8S661FXKM-775

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Do you know what BIOS you are using? AMI? Award? Rom shadowing can also be
listed as something like memory caching, generally under the more advanced
settings. Basically, sometimes this caching of the BIOS rom has been known
to cause conflicts.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

Hey the BOIS is : Award Modular Bios v6.00PC
Thanks

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

It should be on the advanced (2nd) tab if it exists for your system.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

Hey
I cant see anything in the advanced features to do with memory what should
it do?

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

It may not exist for your system, it isn't supported by all motherboards.
However, that was just one possibility for the freezing you are
experiencing.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Guest]

Hey,
Is there any other solutions? As i said it is running fine with counter
strike source in the background
Thanks

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

As I mentioned, there is no pat answer. The fact that it runs ok with the
program running in the background points to a compatibility issue,
probably/possibly video. This is why I suggested disabling rom shadowing,
but if the CMOS setup does not support this, there is little you can do.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org