OS or Hardware issue?

DrDetroit101 said:

I'll try your additional suggestions as soon as i can.

I dont think its a heat issue. My case has 4 fans and I clean inside with canned air regularly.

Thank you for your patience with my responses.

also, my ram is in slot 1-2 ... should i try it in 3-4 ?

Try slots 1 and 3 or 2 and 4

1-2 are white slots
and
3-4 are blue

You suggest i have 1 stick in each color?

Affirm :)

Hi everyone. Sorry i havnt posted results. The wife and I had a baby !!! The problem isnt gone and I still need to run memtest overnight. I'll keep you posted
thanks for your understanding

Im still very busy with working and new baby. I'll most likely have time to apply some tests this weekend. Thank you for you understanding.

OK.. update.

I have contacted OCZ about my ram and they gave me the correct memory timings and settings. The problem still occurs.

However,

I noticed when i have the resource monitor up during "hangs"
on the overview tab.
under the disk field

the highest active time stat goes to 100%

This syncs up with the hangs