Windows Vista Ultimate x64 crashes!

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Silentz0r

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Hello,
i am using windows vista ultimate x64, and in random times when i am playing some games like worldd of warcraft, oblivion, PES 2009 etc. the computer freezes and the screen becomes full of squares of the last image i saw before the computer crashed (like: if i was casting a spell in world of warcraft i would see that very screen but with little squares, can't really describe it as it's weird). I tried re-installing video drivers and i made sure they are for x64 vista version. My computer spec is:

Graphics Card: ATI RV770 [Radeon HD 4870]
Audio: Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8600 @ 3.33GHz
Motherboard: ASUS P5Q DELUXE
RAM: 4GB (2x2GB) DIMM DDR Synchronous 800 MHz (1.2 ns)

Any ideas?
Thanks
 

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I am having a similar problem when I play Bioshock and Crysis. Pixels just pop up all over the screen as it freezes. I have Vista Business x64, but I have NVidia card.
I hope we can both find a solution..lol
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD 6400+
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA MA-770 DS3
    Memory
    2 x 1 GB Corsair + 2 x 1GB OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX 8800GT 512MB XXX
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 Seagate 320 GB (XP SP3 Drive) 1 WD 500 GB (Vista Business x64 SP1)
    PSU
    Antec NeoPower 650
    Case
    ??
    Cooling
    Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooler
    Internet Speed
    Verizon DSL
A lot of times its a sound issue, believe it or not. You should try configuring your default output. Like COD5 either won't run or runs terrible in vista unless you have your default output set to 44100hz.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer
    CPU
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition
    Motherboard
    Acer F690GVM
    Memory
    G.SKILL 4GB DDR2 800
    Graphics card(s)
    MSI NX8800GT
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Gateway 22" HDMI LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    (2) Western Digital 80GB (1) SimpleDrive 500GB
    PSU
    Antec EarthWatts 500W
    Mouse
    Logitech MX518
    Internet Speed
    6MB
Its artifacting and its usually down to your card overheating or faulty GPU ram , i know this might sound odd but try underclocking your gpu ram just by 5 or 10 mhz and see what happens.

(im assuming you tried the usual , latest drivers for GPU/Chipset etc)
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 4Gig / Titan Fenir
    Motherboard
    XFX 780i
    Memory
    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
    Graphics card(s)
    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
    PSU
    OCZ Modstream 700w
    Cooling
    Titan Fenir
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 Gamer
    Keyboard
    Razer Reclusa
    Internet Speed
    8mb
Hey thanks for the replies!
I am currently trying to test the sound suggested by vistaHater9000.

%archie123:
I don't know how to underclock my gpu ram. Can you help me out a bit? Btw, yes i have updated all drivers.
 

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You can download RivaTuner 2.2. I think it works with ATI video cards. I use it for my NVidia card. You can use this guide to help you out. It shows how to adjust fan speeds, but you will get the idea after reading it.
Vaguetech - Rivatuner v2.07-11 Guide
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    AMD 6400+
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA MA-770 DS3
    Memory
    2 x 1 GB Corsair + 2 x 1GB OCZ Gold
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX 8800GT 512MB XXX
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    1 Seagate 320 GB (XP SP3 Drive) 1 WD 500 GB (Vista Business x64 SP1)
    PSU
    Antec NeoPower 650
    Case
    ??
    Cooling
    Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooler
    Internet Speed
    Verizon DSL
Okay, i reduced GPU Memory (hopefully that's what it was) from 900MHz to 880MHz and still nothing. I tried changing sound to 44.1KHz as well, no luck! Freezes again. I even increased the fan speed but still nothing.
 
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If you guys are getting freezes then usually Ram is the problem. You have Ram settings that aren't stable or if your system was once stable and began to randomly freeze up then you have Ram that is failing.

If it only happens when the system is hot then your GPU may be overheating.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    E8600 4275Mhz 24/7 Prime12hours 48C
    Motherboard
    EVGA 780i
    Memory
    G.Skill PC2 9600 1200Mhz
    Graphics card(s)
    GTX280 756/1566/1296
    Sound Card
    Asus Xonar D2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680X1050
    Hard Drives
    2WDRAID0
    PSU
    ThemalTake 1000Watt Modular
    Case
    ThemalTake XaserV
    Cooling
    Xigmatek S1283
    Mouse
    Logitech G9
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Internet Speed
    Fast
I would reset your CMOS timing to default and run memtest86 on your memory. What power supply do you have?
 

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  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
Hey again! I reset my CMOS (my bios is back to default too) and i did a mem test using memtest86+ , it gave no errors, but it still freezes. Should i try nd remove a memory stick and just have 2 GB of RAM ?
 

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yeah sound like graphic card overheat problem, check your card temperature, make sure you don't have dust in your video card fan, if is not maybe, driver is corrupted, try to reinstall the latest driver it in safe mode.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    costume
    CPU
    intel core 2 Quad q9550 2.8 ghz
    Motherboard
    EVGA NFORCE 790i ULTRA SLI
    Memory
    4 GB ocz
    Graphics card(s)
    nvidia 8800 gts 640 MB
    Sound Card
    xfi xtreme gamers
    Monitor(s) Displays
    sceptre x24
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    seagate 1000 GB
    PSU
    pc power & cooling
    Case
    HAF
    Internet Speed
    2.5 mbit
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