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Norm1320
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I've been struggling for 2 weeks now to get the x64 version of windows to run
properly. It's a clean install with no added software yet. It will run for
anywhere between 5 second and 20 hours after reaching the desktop. When it
crashes, everything stops immediately except for the mouse pointer, which
will continue to function for a few minutes usually. The HD makes no sounds
to indicate that it's trying to do anything. When I hit the reset button and
it loads up again, I check the error logs and there is nothing there for the
time of the crash and no errors leading up to the crash. I have removed all
hardware that is not critical to running the system, I've switched out the
memory, run every test I can think of from UltimateBootCD, and run any
windows diagnostic tool that I can think of.
Since the last image before the crash always remains on the monitor, I have
tried leaving Task Manager open on processes tab (ordered by CPU usage), and
also system monitor with the HD activity expanded. When the crash occurs
both the CPU and the HD are operating at very low stress levels and there are
no apparent activity spikes.
This is a phenom 9600 with 4 GB of OCZ ram, Radeon HD3650 graphics, and a
Gigabyte ma78g motherboard. Al of which worked great with the x86 version of
XP-SP2. All applicable updates and hotfixes have been installed.
Does anyone know of a solution to this? If not, is it possible to exchange
my x64 version of Vista for the x86 version? I'd like to stick with Vista,
but if I have to go back to XP to get the system stabilized, I will.
Thank
properly. It's a clean install with no added software yet. It will run for
anywhere between 5 second and 20 hours after reaching the desktop. When it
crashes, everything stops immediately except for the mouse pointer, which
will continue to function for a few minutes usually. The HD makes no sounds
to indicate that it's trying to do anything. When I hit the reset button and
it loads up again, I check the error logs and there is nothing there for the
time of the crash and no errors leading up to the crash. I have removed all
hardware that is not critical to running the system, I've switched out the
memory, run every test I can think of from UltimateBootCD, and run any
windows diagnostic tool that I can think of.
Since the last image before the crash always remains on the monitor, I have
tried leaving Task Manager open on processes tab (ordered by CPU usage), and
also system monitor with the HD activity expanded. When the crash occurs
both the CPU and the HD are operating at very low stress levels and there are
no apparent activity spikes.
This is a phenom 9600 with 4 GB of OCZ ram, Radeon HD3650 graphics, and a
Gigabyte ma78g motherboard. Al of which worked great with the x86 version of
XP-SP2. All applicable updates and hotfixes have been installed.
Does anyone know of a solution to this? If not, is it possible to exchange
my x64 version of Vista for the x86 version? I'd like to stick with Vista,
but if I have to go back to XP to get the system stabilized, I will.
Thank