Quote: Originally Posted by
elZee 
I'm thinking I might upgrade to 4gig of ram. I also think the nVidia GTX 9800+ is a piece of crap and may be the issue, just not sure.
There is a way to see if it is the default nVidia
drivers are causing the issue.
During installation it is possible to disable certain hardware using a form of device manager.
Step 1, Install 7 in safe mode. It will allow the initial stages & file copying.
Step 2, When 7 restarts for the first time, start in safe mode. A dialog box should state that windows cannot continue in safe mode 'ok' to restart. Leave that as it is.
Step 3, press (ALT+F10 or SHIFT+F10) to open the command prompt and direct youself to x:\windows\system32 then type CompMgmtLauncher (it takes a few seconds to load) you can then access device manager from this console.
Step 4, Select the display adaptor & choose to disable it. Close command window and click ok on the dialog box. Windows will use a standard VGA
driver when it restarts.
Once installation has finished & you actually have a screen up & running you should be able to install your original
drivers.
This works in Vista but as 7 uses the Vista kernel it should work here too.