well it seemed to of stopped in clean boot, but again after an hour of not freezing it froze mid game. so its not those services or start-up items. after the reboot it froze on the welcome screen. im back in safe mode now. what does this show?
Its probably a driver.
In a cmd prompt type driverquery. If you see any drivers older than July 2009, update them.
ok i was just replying to you when safe mode (networking) froze up. this is the first time this has happened.
it happens at desktop/welcome screen and in a few games. my system specs more than meet the games req. there are quite a few items on the driverquery list older than 07/09. one in particular caught my eye is my wireless adapter. but this was the newest driver i could find on the manufacturer website, seeing as i was playing online, and it froze in safe mode w/networking could this be it?
edit: there are many on driverquery list older than 07/09, i dont know what most of them are, or even how to start updating them.
Last edited by Goblin137; 27 Sep 2010 at 16:18. Reason: update
The Best Way
How to Find Drivers
search Google for the name of the driver
- compare the Google results with what's installed on your system to figure out which device/program it belongs to
- visit the web site of the manufacturer of the hardware/program to get the latest drivers (DON'T use Windows Update or the Update driver function of Device Manager).
- if there are difficulties in locating them, post back with questions and someone - will help you search Google for the name of the driver
- compare the Google results with what's installed on your system to figure out which device/program it belongs to
- - if there are difficulties in locating them, post back with questions and someone will try and help you locate the appropriate program.
- The most common drivers are listed on this page: http://www.carrona.org/dvrref.html
- - Driver manufacturer links are on this page: http://www.carrona.org/drvrdown.html
To remove any left over driver remnants, especially from graphics cards, use driver sweeper
www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/
The easy way
Driver Install - Device Manager
thanks for all your help with this!
just to clarify, i should work my way down the list in driverquery and follow the chart to update any that are earlier than july 2009?
edit: sorry to be a right pain again . . . ive had a thought, the support cd that came with my motherboard would not run on my 64 bit system. i updated as many drivers as i could without it. is this the cd that would normally be doing this?
Start with the oldest. If your research shows a Microsoft Driver, move on. How many are we talking about?
Give me a screen shot
the list is taller than my screen, don't know how i would screen shot it. most are in date but many aren't.
i have started with the ones i recognise, namely my linksys driver for my wireless card .
it looks like the version of the card i have has no win7 drivers for it, and i have stumbled across a forum that is describing my problem being caused by the wireless card. seems they have found a workaround that downloads a different driver for the same card,
if i post the link can u take a look and help me understand? maybe this could be the answer?
All I can promise is that I will look at it and give you the best help that I can.
But you should have updated drivers, even if not for this problem.
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