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Fresh Install, lots of problems, hangs/crashes
Ok, here was my previously stable system:
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775
- MSI P6N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
- COOLMAX CUG-700B 700W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Certified
- Western Digital Raptor WD740ADFD 74GB 10000 RPM SATA
HDD
HDD- NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE/ATAPI Model ND-3550A - OEM
- ADATA 8 GB DDR2-800 (PC-6400) CL5 DIMM 4 x 2 GB
- Syba SD-VIA-5U 5-port (4+1) USB 2.0 PCI Card, VIA Chip
- Zotac ION PCI Express Graphic Card ION-GPU-A-E
- EVGA 640-P2-N828-A1 GeForce 8800GTS KO 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card
I got a shiny new Intel X25M 120 GB SSD and it has been causing me all sorts of problems. I initially tried to use Intel's Data Migration software to clone the main HDD, but this resulted in a system that hung and crashed badly. I didn't really try much to get it to work and just decided to do a clean install.
To facilitate the clean install, I took out all the USB devices, the extra video card, the PCI-e USB hub, and all the HDDs. The install worked ok, but I think it would still take a few minutes to get to the desktop, which was disappointing. Reinstalling the hardware has made things bad. I can get to the desktop somewhat stably, but it might take 30 minutes. I've been messing around with it for awhile, uninstalling and reinstalling drivers, tried resetting the BIOS settings, disabled legacy USB in BIOS. I've tried some other stuff and had some other problems, but I can't really keep track at this point and I'm not sure what's relevant. I'm willing to start from scratch but I've basically already done that, so I'm not sure what that will get me.
Currently I've unplugged anything unnecessary again, but I'm taking forever to get to the desktop. Help please!