"jemaho" <no.DeleteThis@spam.invalid> wrote in message
news:134u3jdqfs1tl0f@news.supernews.com...
> Here's my problem, I have upgraded my system to a more Vista Conform
> one:
> New parts:
> - MSI motherboard AMD S-AM2 K9VGM-V (north: Via K8M890, South: Via
> VT8237a) See website for all details.
> - Graphic Card ASUS EN6200TC 512MB
> - AMD Athlon S-AM2 XP3500+ 64 Bits BOX
> - DDR II 1024mb CL4 533mhz -PC2-4300 AENON
>
> [u:60318e9b65]Parts from the old config left:[/u:60318e9b65]
>
> Alimentation 350 Watts (Q-TEC PSU 350w ATX 2.0)
> - Disque Dur Seagate 200 gigas-7200RPM (on IDE 0 as master)
> - DVD Pioneer 106-D (on IDE 1 as master)
> - DVD Pioneer 110-D (on IDE 0 as slave)
> - CD-Burner Samsung (on IDE 1 as slave)
>
> The all is turning on Vista Ultimate 32bits (which might be important
> to say)
> The base of the problem is that my system is now randomly freezing,
> really randomly, no matter if a program is open or if the system is in
> idle state.
> What I've been doing until now is the following:
> -Go back to the reseller who mounted the new parts as they are on
> guarantee, he benchmarked all new parts and didn't see problems.
> -I've updated all drivers to the newest ones straight from MSI's
> website.
> Still, randomly it freezes.
>
> The weird thing is that I tested for 2 days the 64bits of Vista
> Ultimate (which has an outstanding driver package built-in) and never
> encounter one single freezing).
>
> Maybe someone with more knowledge then me will be able to help me out,
> 'cos I'm kinda regretting this update now.
>
> PS: a superPI mod32 failed once after the third loop, but then
> succeeded in 00h 40m 02s for the 24 loops, if it can help to seek the
> problem.
> Also my processor is not correctly recognized by Windows Vista= Model
> Unknown
Do you have the whole hard drive partitioned and formatted? I ask because
that was a freezing broblem sourse for me one time. I installed Windows XP
on a 200 gig drive and it only used the first 120 something and left the
rest twisting in the wind.
>
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