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Windows 7 x64 freezing issues like others have had...any other ideas
I'm having the same freezing issues that alot of people have had. The system freezes randomly, 10ish seconds later the mouse freezes, and you have to reboot the system by pushing reset on the case. The music loops in the background if there was something playing and im getting no BSOD.
All of the hardware in my pc is x64 compatible and is up to date (AMD quadcore cpu, gtx 280...ect)
Ive tried to fix the problem by researching other posts and nothing has worked, basically this is a last ditch effort before I go back to XP and give 7 another try when SP1 comes out. The problem started when I put windows 7 x64 on my system.
Things ive done/observed...
All drivers are updated and correct.
scanned memory overnight twice (memtest86) - no errors
scanned HDDs - no errors
took out individual components and tried w/o them (sound card, video card)-nothing
BIOS is up to date
adjusted power setting to max- seemed to help but still freezes
no helpful errors in even viewer...only critical is unexpected shutdown
it seems to work better in safe mode but will still freeze.
Freezes are random put they seem to happen more often it alot of data is being transferred or if im doing a lot on my pc at one time. Like if im just playing online poker or on the net it wont freeze as often, but if im trying to listen to music at the same time it will freeze. When I tried to transfer a large amount of music from an external HDD to my pc it would freeze up very quickly.