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is windows update supposed to be able to run in safe mode? when i click Windows Update, nothing happens.
It is possible board is faulty, but I would try with a Linux first - say, Linux Mint MATE. Or windows 10 tech preview if you have an empty hard disk. Remove other drives though.
Did you stress test components by the way? CPU RAM etc
Also try disabling anything you don't use in BIOS, like serial and parallel ports.
ill try what you've suggested in a moment. ive tested the ram on memtest 86+ but there were no errors. i havent tested the CPU yet.
ive just finished updating my windows on a fresh install without raid with the exception of one update. its the same problematic update as before.
Intel Corporation - Graphics Adapter WDDM1.1, Graphics Adapter WDDM1.2, Graphics Adapter WDDM1.3 - Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
this update causes my pc to freeze in the same way that my graphics card does. except this time there is no graphics card inserted.
it seems that whatever is the problem is graphics related.
so instead of installing the WDDM driver suggested by windows update, i ran intel update utility.
It downloaded a package for my onboard GPU and audio drivers.
Intel(R) Iris(TM) graphics, Intel(R) Iris(TM) Pro graphics and Intel(R) HD graphics
after install, the reboot froze my computer on windows login as well.
on a side note, i noticed something unusual. my two SSD's and my HDD is reading in Device Manager as SCSI even though their plugged into intel SATA ports. any idea why this is?
They usually show as SCSI when BIOS SATA operation mode is set to
RAID.
thats weird.. its definitely set to AHCI in bios. the optimised default reverts it to AHCI as well
Don't worry about it, many people has them shown as SCSI.
Are you saying you unRAIDed your hard drives? Did you then unplug all but the target hard drive to redo your install following Clean Reinstall Windows 7.
Just before doing this reset BIOS to defaults again and confirm SATA is AHCI.
Standard VGA is a placeholder driver that needs updating via Windows Update. If that Update still fouls out, then import just the Display driver from Intel's Downloads site, without any bloatware.
Once you get a display card driver installed, try disabling the onboard chip graphics in Device Manager or BIOS setup. It may be interfering as evidenced by the problem recurring even when the card isn't plugged in with that WDDM driver installed.
Last edited by gregrocker; 27 Jun 2015 at 10:19.