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Repeated freezes at Starting Windows screen, "Startup Repair" no good
I've been working on this problem with people on the BleepingComputer forum for over two months, and while all of their advice has seemed slightly sensible at the time, after replacing EVERY SINGLE PART OF THE COMPUTER save the Seagate-tested, Seagate-passed Seagate hard drive, the CPU, and two of four RAM sticks (which have passed over 80 hours of Memcheck testing)...
...I'm beginning to wonder if the problem isn't at least in part with the advice I've been getting over there.
So, Seven Forums, here's the deal: constant freezing of the "Starting Windows" screen on a relatively fresh install of Windows 7 Pro x64, SP1. "Relatively" fresh in that I've installed all the Windows updates, the newest driver for my graphics card, Chrome, Sublime Text II, Speccy, Dropbox and Keepass.
The BIOS for my motherboard (brand new!) is updated to the latest version.
I have unplugged my Delta 44 sound card on the off chance it is the problem child, but the problem persists, so I'm guessing not.
Here's Speccy:
http://speccy.piriform.com/results/z...tIGFNkAulcqUFt
I used to have hobbies. I'd go for walks with my wife, try to learn to play the banjo, cook stuff. Make small batches of wine.
Now, all I do is work on this infernal box of stinking misery. All I do is run Memtest, run Seagate drive diagnostics, reinstall Windows and occasionally think about taking a sledgehammer to this ******* son of a thousand PETs and just buy a Mac.
So: new forum. Computer from hell. Any advice?