Windows 7 crashes

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  1. Posts : 7
    Windows 7
       #1

    Windows 7 when not ingame.


    Hi....

    I have a small problem with windows 7 after i upgraded it from build 7200(i think). Now i have the latest RTM(x64) installed. Formatted my hard drive and installed it. It works for about a day and then it crashes and after that it crashes randomly. PC might run well for about an hour and then crash. Sometiems it crashes as soon as it boots up. But sometimes it dosent crash at all for a day or two.

    However it never crashes when im playng something. If i dont want my pc to crash i just open a pc game alt tab out and it dosent crash. Never.

    This might be a wrong section where to post but it might be releated to video card drivers. However i have tried using windows 7 default drivers and newest drivers from ati.com

    Maybe someone here can help me how to resolve this problem. And i hope its not a repost. My PC specs should be in my profile.
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  2. Posts : 7
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #2

    Really? nothing?
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  3. Posts : 2,111
    Win7 Build 7600 x86
       #3

    Goodwin said:
    Really? nothing?
    Do you get BSOD or other message?

    What does it say?
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  4. Posts : 8,398
    ultimate 64 sp1
       #4

    hi Goodwin, welcome to the forum,

    probably no-one has answered because your problem seems so odd.

    are you saying your computer never crashes if you have a game running, but randomly crashes if not?

    my ati card boots up in 2d mode, running at a low clock-rate and low voltage (to save power/fan speed) - when i start a game, the card switches itself to a much higher clock speed, then switches itself back down when i exit the game.

    maybe your problem is linked with this.

    are you able to monitor your graphics card's gpu and memory speeds? i don't have catalyst control centre installed, i'm not sure if you can check using that...

    personally i use ati tray tools to take full control of my card's voltage, speeds, fan -but i don't want to bother you with this if you can use catalyst control centre instead.
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  5. Posts : 8,870
    Windows 7 Ult, Windows 8.1 Pro,
       #5

    Maybe give this thread a read and see if it relates to your problem.
    https://www.sevenforums.com/general-d...tml#post162766

    When in doubt always try a reinstall Win7 and see if the problem persists. Then install one program-driver at a time to try and figure out which one might be causing the problem.
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  6. Posts : 716
    XP Pro & Vista Home Premium (x86); Windows Ultimate 7600 x64 Retail
       #6

    Goodwin said:
    I have a small problem with windows 7 after i upgraded it from build 7200(i think). Now i have the latest RTM(x64) installed. Formatted my hard drive and installed it.
    Pardon if it is an obious question but just to get it out of the way...

    So you have a clean install of the RTM, yes?
    Did you install the latest chipset driver for your MOBO as well?
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  7. Posts : 7
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Thanks for replyng. It dosent give me a blue screen of death. It just locks up. Nothing moves... ctrl ald del dosent work.... nothing. Only way is to restart.

    I didnt have this problem when i used Build 7200 (could of been older build and i upgraded to 7200 dont remember) but when i upgraded to newer version this thing started to happend. I have allmost tried every build and i allways have the same problem. I have upgraded all my drivers.... dosent work.

    And yes... it never crashes when im running a game. It really dosent matter what game... right now i have the first half life running and it havent crashed for 3 days. Im pretty sure if il close it it will crash in about an hour or two.

    my ati card boots up in 2d mode, running at a low clock-rate and low voltage (to save power/fan speed) - when i start a game, the card switches itself to a much higher clock speed, then switches itself back down when i exit the game.
    This might cause the problem. Have to check it out. Dont have a clue how to fix it thou...
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  8. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #8

    Goodwin said:
    Thanks for replyng. It dosent give me a blue screen of death. It just locks up. Nothing moves... ctrl ald del dosent work.... nothing. Only way is to restart.

    I didnt have this problem when i used Build 7200 (i think) but when i upgraded to newer version this thing started to happend. I have allmost tried every build and i allways have the same problem. I have upgraded all my drivers.... dosent work.

    And yes... it never crashes when im running a game. It really dosent matter what game... right now i have the first half life running and it havent crashed for 3 days. Im pretty sure if il close it it will crash in about an hour or two

    This might cause the problem. Have to check it out.
    Goodwin
    What does event viewer say? Just type event viewer in search and check the app tab for errors

    Ken
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  9. Posts : 716
    XP Pro & Vista Home Premium (x86); Windows Ultimate 7600 x64 Retail
       #9

    Have you tried isolating the startup apps?

    If not, you can use MSCONFIG to disable all startup apps. Re-boot and see if the problem continues to occur.

    If it is DOES NOT, then you can begin enabling each startup app until the problem can be replicated.

    If it does continue to occur then the focus switches to Windows OS/drivers/hardware or any combination thereof.

    I may have missed the answer but are the MOBO settings stock or are they OCed?
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  10. Posts : 7
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #10

    There are lots of events ("Information") but dont see much errors. TV tuner has some errors but thats not the problem. Allready checked that. Il close the game and see when my pc crashes and check the logs then. But i have checked them before and well.. atleast I dont get any useful information from them.

    Sorry for my english. Not my main language.
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