RC1 64bit Not Responding

[cwiz]

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I have since done another Clean install using 7127.
The Not Responding problem remains

Do you have a SSD ? A X58 ? An Intel chipset ?

If you have a Intel chipset, try downloading these drivers, unpack to a directory of your choosing, open a command prompt then type "setup.exe -OVERALL". Needs a reboot.

That seems to have fixed it all for me.

 

[anykey]

Do you have a SSD ? A X58 ? An Intel chipset ?

If you have a Intel chipset, try downloading these drivers, unpack to a directory of your choosing, open a command prompt then type "setup.exe -OVERALL". Needs a reboot.

That seems to have fixed it all for me.

Chipset is AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+

Umm, not sure what is SSD - is it the HDD, if so no SSD. I have Dell pc with SCSI disc.

Thanks for trying cwiz, I am pleased to hear you are sorted

 

[bum]

You may have to wait for W7 to be released and OEMs offer the proper support. Right now, MS Upate seems to be the only source of W7 specific drivers and such. There's also a program out there that fixes MLC related problems. It supposedly works great, but it too is still in a 32-bit only, beta stage.

My main problem with MLC is that while SLC SSDs already have had a good track record with use in servers, the problematic MLC SSDs are being cobbled together with cheaper parts and patches to be sold to the public guinea pigs. It may get perfected some day, but right now they're not recommended for use as system drives, especially not for high end systems. You might save a few bucks but you get what you pay for.

 

[Night Hawk]

The SSDs are all too new at this time and seeing quite a few problems on the typical desktop. As for the Aero themes changing back to basic with WMP that's also seen with any media player and tv tuner card applications as well. That's part of 7's new energy saving feature for conserving video power while redirecting things to the video portion of the player itself to meet demands there.

 

[Uber Philf]

Chipset is AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+

Umm, not sure what is SSD - is it the HDD, if so no SSD. I have Dell pc with SCSI disc.

Thanks for trying cwiz, I am pleased to hear you are sorted

SSD is Solid State Drive, judging buy your earlier statement, sounds like you dont have one

Enzo.

 

[anykey]

SSD is Solid State Drive, judging buy your earlier statement, sounds like you dont have one.

You are right

However, The Not Responding problem remains

 

[Uber Philf]

I think this is beyond my knowledge.. :S, hope someone can help you.

Enzo.

 

[anykey]

I think this is beyond my knowledge.. :S, hope someone can help you.

Enzo.

Sorry Enzo, that wasn't addressed to you personally
It was meant as a global statement

Oh it is sooo frustrating.
I am usually pretty good at resolving my problems, but with the system behaving like it is, it is unworkable coz of the lag between clicking a button and the response. Grrhh

Thanks for trying.

btw did I say The Not Responding problem remains, ha ha

 

[bum]

I have Dell pc with SCSI disc.

Do you mean SATA and not SCSI?

 

[modelt]

I had the none responsive system after install Windows 7 7100 64 bit. I found the trouble to be the Claro sound card drivers and program. The system would go into a IRQ loop. I installed the Claro drivers three times and got the system to finally let all the drivers install. Still problem with the Claro control panel, if I open it I get the hang and non response, again it is an IRQ problem with the control panel trying to interface to the audio card. So I gave up using it and just use the Windows 7 audio control panels successfully. I also get the non response but for shorter period when I connect an eSata external drive (again a IRQ loop). Not sure if this will help or not. But wanted to make you aware of the IRQ loops that I experienced.

 

[brian5]

modelt,

An IRQ conflict does seem like it could be causing this problem -- I haven't had to deal with IRQ conflict for about 15 years though I wonder why Win7 would be any having IRQ issues while Vista did not.

How did you determine there was an IRQ conflict with your sound drivers?

 

[modelt]

Was not a conflict but the drivers software were not servicing the IRQ's properly that the board was sending out. Therefore the audio board would send out a new set IRQ's repeatedly because it was not getting the response it wanted, and the system would 'hang' while trying to service all the IRQ's that were being generated. Same thing for my external drive when I turn it on, for some reason takes about a couple minutes for all the IRQ's to settle down and the drive to be recognized properly. But alas this drive did the same thing when I run Windows XP 64.

 

[djroberts]

I've now run into multiple people who have the same problem. All of which have a Core i7 920 on an x58 chipset. This is the common thread from what I can tell. No clear solution for fixing it yet. Could be CPU or chipset.

 

[brian5]

I spent so much time doing research, trying different settings, installing BIOS's, drivers, uninstalling programs, monitoring logs, monitoring processes, removing startup programs, etc. It was a really frustrating experience.

I eventually gave up and, last Friday, installed Vista x64 and all my software there. After four days, everything is running fantastically and there are zero "Not Responding" issues. I don't think I'm going to spend any more time on Windows 7 until the final release No guarantee that this particular problem will be fixed so I might be on Vista for a while...

Unfortunately, I don't seem to have dual boot even though I installed Vista onto another drive -- I think there's utilities that I can run to enable that though.

 

[anykey]

brian5, your findings are most interesting to me
Like you I have been forced to give up on Win7 coz of apps Not Responding. The situation is unworkable.
I had dual boot with XP Pro and Win7. I never touched vista.
I have had to remove/delete the win7 partition and carry on as I have been for years with XP.
However, unlike you I am now getting Not Responding issues with my XP programs. Esp those that run as small batch such as adding Album Art to mp3 tags. The process hangs, or it takes 2 or 3 mins to do what it used to do in a matter of seconds.
I am not in a postilion to do a complete re-install of XP Pro and all my work programs.
I am not a happy bunny.

 

[brian5]

I've now run into multiple people who have the same problem. All of which have a Core i7 920 on an x58 chipset. This is the common thread from what I can tell. No clear solution for fixing it yet. Could be CPU or chipset.

Yes, I have seen posts on other forums for this combo too.

FYI. I have tried AMI BIOS 1.5 and 3.4 (SLI). Also tried the "supported" Intel Chipset (as supplied by Win7 update) and the latest one from Intel (which is labeled a "beta") too.