Sorry about the les-than-informative topic - but it is actually the best description I can think of. I have a Windows 7 64-bit setup installed clean on an ASUS Maximus IV Gene Z motherboard (with the latest BIOS), the hard drive is an OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid. Here are some of the strange behaviours I observe.
The machine boots with an active application (Garmin's ANT manager - not the background service reported on the right-hand side of the task bar but an actual desktop/minimized icon) which is not to be found in the startup group - I have to either kill it or just leave it be (it is minimized so it doesn't bother me much). Interestingly a previous install of Windows 7 on a different machine - and with a different SSD setup from OZC - did the same, but with a different application - that time it was Textpad and it opened expanded.
The display card is a Sapphire HD 6870. The Screen Resolution tab on the right-click desktop popup insists that the screen is set to 1920 x 1080 when in fact it is at the monitor's maximum resolution of 1920 x 1200. I can change the resolution to the correct value but the only change is that circles stop being ovals (as they are while the screen is wrongly reported). After the next boot everything is back where I started - screen is reported at 1920 x 1080 while being 1920 x 1200 and circles are back to being ovals.
Speaking of rebooting, I can't get the system to shut down properly, it keeps the power light on, turn on the "sleep" light (a feature of the case I am using - definitely a suspect in this part of the whodunnit) and stays there until I press the power button - which causes a reboot. I have checked all the "power management" options in device manager and set the power button (though it isn't really involved - I use a software shutdown command) to do a proper shutdown.
I can't help suspecting that the registry is involved in all this - but hesitate to grab a registry cleaner of doubtful usefulness - not to speak of the risk of it making matters even worse.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Regards,
Leifur
The machine boots with an active application (Garmin's ANT manager - not the background service reported on the right-hand side of the task bar but an actual desktop/minimized icon) which is not to be found in the startup group - I have to either kill it or just leave it be (it is minimized so it doesn't bother me much). Interestingly a previous install of Windows 7 on a different machine - and with a different SSD setup from OZC - did the same, but with a different application - that time it was Textpad and it opened expanded.
The display card is a Sapphire HD 6870. The Screen Resolution tab on the right-click desktop popup insists that the screen is set to 1920 x 1080 when in fact it is at the monitor's maximum resolution of 1920 x 1200. I can change the resolution to the correct value but the only change is that circles stop being ovals (as they are while the screen is wrongly reported). After the next boot everything is back where I started - screen is reported at 1920 x 1080 while being 1920 x 1200 and circles are back to being ovals.
Speaking of rebooting, I can't get the system to shut down properly, it keeps the power light on, turn on the "sleep" light (a feature of the case I am using - definitely a suspect in this part of the whodunnit) and stays there until I press the power button - which causes a reboot. I have checked all the "power management" options in device manager and set the power button (though it isn't really involved - I use a software shutdown command) to do a proper shutdown.
I can't help suspecting that the registry is involved in all this - but hesitate to grab a registry cleaner of doubtful usefulness - not to speak of the risk of it making matters even worse.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Regards,
Leifur
My Computer
- OS
- Vista Home Premium 32bit
