New
#1
Win7 x64 Random Crashes
For about the past month my machine has started crashing randomly. It may happen after login, after an hour of use or even freeze during boot IIRC.
I have installed WinDbg and looked at the results of my dump files and got varying causes. From this it looks like a mixture of drivers, a USB issue and or a video issue.
My machine was stable and running fine until about a month ago and it was not too long ago that I reinstalled Windows 7 x64. I haven't installed tons of software.
I've updated many drivers, including video, network, audio, webcam and so on ...
I built the machine myself and the parts were good quality at the time of building which was almost exactly 4 years ago now. This is the first time I have had any trouble with it.
I have run MemTest overnight and that was fine too.
I have onboard USB, a PCI Card which is USB 2.0, and a PCI Card which is USB 2 / Firewire. Most USB devices are connected to the onboard USB. The USB PCI Card has a webcam connected and the USB / Firewire card only has a Camcorder connected to the firewire port.
If it helps I will open the case to identify individual components ... but the basics should be in my signature.
Any pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated
Last edited by doa; 21 Aug 2011 at 01:31.