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[Windows 7 64bit] Constant Freezing , no BSOD , dumps now included
Hello there,
I have a fairly old system here that is constantly freezing. By freezing I mean the video freezes and it just sits there. The image on the screen does not change at all. While this is occurring I can hear the hard drive working. A hard restart is needed to recover the system.
When the system comes back there are never any minidumps being created, and I do not see any odd errors in event viewer. The freezing generally occurs during resource intensive programs, but has occurred while opening up a web browser. The freezing feels really random, it can happen multiple times a day, or only once a week. This has been going on for a few months now.
The only error in event viewer seems to be:
"The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly."
Things I have tried are:
- Replace power supply
- Uninstall any unessential programs or drivers
- Stress test individual components using memtest, prime95 etc.
- Switch memory sticks
- Rebuilt system
- Monitored temperatures
- Clean installed video drivers
As a side note I also experience the dreaded nvidia driver restarts, screen goes black and driver restores itself.
[System Specs]
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64bit
Q6600 ~2.4Ghz
Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L
OCZ XTC Vista Upgrade Edition OCZ2VU8002G 2GB x2
OCZ XTC Platinum Rev.2 OCZ2P800R21G 1GB x2
Asus GTX460 (not oced)
ULTRA 750w
Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio Sound Card PCI
Dumps now Included. Dumps are from C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\WATCHDOG
Last edited by Ryan25; 02 Feb 2012 at 21:49. Reason: Adding dumps