Damnit, everything was working fine until today. I got a freeze, again within the first 10 minutes after boot. No BSOD, no sound stutters, just boom freeze.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bitIntel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHzNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte EP45-UD3R
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Hard Drives
Drive: C:
Total Space: 305.1 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: WDC WD3200AAKS-00L9A0 ATA Device
Drive: D:
Total Space: 305.2 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: WDC WD3200AAKS-00L9A0 ATA Device
Soundcard driver, Video driver, motherboard chipset, LAN, SATA, AHCI drivers, logitech mouse driver. All Windows updates and all programs are updated as well.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bitIntel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHzNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte EP45-UD3R
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Hard Drives
Drive: C:
Total Space: 305.1 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: WDC WD3200AAKS-00L9A0 ATA Device
Drive: D:
Total Space: 305.2 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: WDC WD3200AAKS-00L9A0 ATA Device
Okay, the only programs you will need at boot are: Microsoft Security Client (that's MSE); JMB36x IDE Setup; CTXfihlp and you may want the Logitech Setpoint enabled, if you have made any personal shortcut keys etc.
It's been a week now and I'm happy to announce that everything works fine. I don't get any error messages in windows log files any more right after startup. I think that last freeze might have been MSE because that was giving an error at startup in logs (Microsoft Security Client OOBE stopped working) but I fixed it by reinstalling.
I guess the issues where: wrong BIOS settings and lack of drivers?
Thank you all for the support. I hope hope not to see you again under these circumstances!
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bitIntel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHzNVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte EP45-UD3R
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Hard Drives
Drive: C:
Total Space: 305.1 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: WDC WD3200AAKS-00L9A0 ATA Device
Drive: D:
Total Space: 305.2 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: WDC WD3200AAKS-00L9A0 ATA Device