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In this screenshot you see high performance selected as scheme and yet the disks are set to go out after 20 minutes.

Set it to off. (0)

@petrossa, I read you already checked so this is only for Alecsio.

Further more,

1. what are your machine's specs and setup?

2. Do you have AMD cool n quiet installed, or Intel's equivalent?

3. what are your systems temperatures? CPU? Mainboard?

4. does this ever happen while you are actively working on the computer or only when you do nothing for a while?

squonksc said:

Further more,

1. what are your machine's specs and setup?

2. Do you have AMD cool n quiet installed, or Intel's equivalent?

3. what are your systems temperatures? CPU? Mainboard?

4. does this ever happen while you are actively working on the computer or only when you do nothing for a while?

check my system specs on the button below my avatar. and no it s not happening on system load. for example now i reinstalled video drivers and after the desktop appeared it happened again.

so in this pic: Placa de baza = Mobo

and i checked the power plan and the hard drive sets off after 20 min. could that be the problem? i said i restarted and it happened again right after the desktop appeared.

alecsio said:

it s not happening on system load. for example now i reinstalled video drivers and after the desktop appeared it happened again.

You mean right after login?

And what brand CPU? AMD or Intel?

squonksc said:

You mean right after login?

And what brand CPU? AMD or Intel?

yes after login. i have an Intel CPU

look all specs lol if you need them:

OS Windows 7 RC 7100 x64
CPU Intel Core2Duo E6550 @ 3.2 Ghz (1.38 vCore)
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-650I-DS4L
Memory 2x1 GB DDR2 Kingston HyperX CL5
Graphics Card Gainward GeForce 250 GTS 512 MB
Sound Card N/A
Monitor(s) Displays LG L1942S 19"

PSU Thermaltake 470 W
Case Thermaltake Mambo
Cooling 1x120 mm front fan + 1x120 mm exhaust fan
Hard Drives 1xSeagate Barracuda 250 GB 7200 RPM SATA3 1xMaxtor Diamond Max 80 GB 7200 RPM IDE

I suspect your harddisk.

For someone highly skilled I would suggest SpinRite 6.0 to check the disk for defects.
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But I wouldn't recommend it to anyone with less than high skill.

Maybe find another diskchecker that can check your smart output.

When you have smart enabled in bios, there are some tools that can read the info.

Then you can see if your disk is performing as it should.

For the rest, it could be anything from driver to hardware issue. Hard one.

so this is how it is: i uninstall the drivers and i reboot the computer. after login the desktop is huge (low resolution) but explorer isn t frozen. i install new drivers and reboot. after login explorer freezes...

alecsio said:

so this is how it is: i uninstall the drivers and i reboot the computer. after login the desktop is huge (low resolution) but explorer isn t frozen. i install new drivers and reboot. after login explorer freezes...

which version? did you try to backtrack? v186 worked for me on windows 7

GTS 250 has firmware issues i believe. I had other graphic related issues also. But i must admit that with 190.40 it seems to work now. But this can be just a fluke.

When installed 190.34 Windowblinds went on the blink. I had to uninstall and reinstall WB before it worked again.

alecsio said:

so this is how it is: i uninstall the drivers and i reboot the computer. after login the desktop is huge (low resolution) but explorer isn t frozen. i install new drivers and reboot. after login explorer freezes...

so reinstalling was a good thing. you now know the graphic drivers are the culprit.

Good luck