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| Thread ID: 122423 | 2011-12-20 07:59:00 | PC Freezing, Hard Drives Not Detected On Reboot | andrew_k (16411) | Press F1 |
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| 1249815 | 2011-12-23 18:02:00 | Question, why the need for XP? I only ask as you mentioned that you use both, but need Win 7 for music. What is XP required for? Also: personally I wouldn't touch the BIOS unless it became absolutely necessary; which at this stage it does not appear to be |
Myth (110) | ||
| 1249816 | 2011-12-23 19:54:00 | I use the Windows XP partition for work (I'm a software developer) and general mucking around. Hence have a few apps installed that run in the background. For the Windows 7 installation I have nothing installed except the music recording application and support software. As well all non-essential Windows services have been switched off (Firewall, security etc). This means nearly all the system processing power is available for recording music. I forgot to add that I ran Prime95 for nearly an hour on the Windows XP partition the other day. This maxed the CPU's and used around 2gb RAM. CPU core temps got to the low-mid 50's (celsius) - which I thought was absolutely fine. However the interested thing was the system didn't randomly re-boot. ie. this test obviously didn't stress whatever currently has an issue. |
andrew_k (16411) | ||
| 1249817 | 2011-12-23 20:18:00 | Just in case, are you using any sort of molex extension cable , 1 into 2 power splitter etc etc on the hard drives power cables ?? No, thanks for your input though - much appreciated. |
andrew_k (16411) | ||
| 1249818 | 2011-12-23 20:19:00 | Windows 7 with Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer and CCleaner open ran through the night just fine. | andrew_k (16411) | ||
| 1249819 | 2011-12-23 21:19:00 | Sounding more and more like XP issue only. All drivers updated? Antivirus run on safe mode? Any other anti-malware apps installed? Get superAntispyware, install update and run that in safe mode too Incidentally - with drivers - I have always been told to never use the graphics or sound drivers offered by Windows update. Always use the correct drivers from the manufacturer's site |
Myth (110) | ||
| 1249820 | 2011-12-23 21:41:00 | Just ran MBAM and SpyBot. The former found a couple of registry security settings that had been switched off (by me, so no worries there). Spybot found a couple of browser cookies it didn't like (eg. DoubleClick) plus a couple of entries like the following: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\S haredAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\StandardProf ile\GloballyOpenPorts\List\21:TCP However I have port 21 open as I regularly use FTP for work. ie. in theory I am malware free. I'll update the chipset drivers and see if this makes any difference. |
andrew_k (16411) | ||
| 1249821 | 2011-12-23 22:45:00 | Installed the latest Intel chipset drivers and flashed the BIOS (to v1103). Will leave a few things running and check what happens... | andrew_k (16411) | ||
| 1249822 | 2011-12-24 05:01:00 | It happened again. I had Windows Explorer and Google Chrome open, and then left the computer to go and do a few other things for several hours. When I got back... Just installed Chrome under Windows 7. Will see if I can get this to happen with this OS. | andrew_k (16411) | ||
| 1249823 | 2011-12-27 20:18:00 | I think this is a hardware issue. Under Windows 7 the wait cursor repeatedly pops up, even when doing mundane things (and it was doing this prior to the Google Chrome install). Darn, might have to take it into a shop to find out where the actual fault is. | andrew_k (16411) | ||
| 1249824 | 2011-12-28 00:46:00 | Crappy and overloaded PSU? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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