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Windows 7 x64 often crashing on startup
Hi people and thanks in advance to anyone who can offer some helpful advice. Well, I have a very annoying problem with a computer that I just rebuilt / upgraded . The computer crashes on startup about 70% of the time. It will either crash during the first Windows loading logo, at the login screen or just after I have logged in. I have to reset the computer 2-3 times before the computer will actually start in many cases though sometimes it starts up first time. When it's actually up and running, I haven't had a single issue since I built the machine a month ago.
Here are the specs:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz
GPU: Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB (running the latest 260.99 Nvidia drivers. It is factory over-clocked but I haven't over-clocked it further.
RAM: 4 GB DDR3
OS: Windows 7 64 bit
Other: Audigy 2 sound card, 3 SATA-II hard disks, 1 IDE DVD drive
I thought it might be a driver issue, especially with regards to nVidia but I have tried 3 different versions and no difference.