Freezing usually within 5 minutes of boot up

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sportsguy

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I know three different Vista x64 systems with the same issue, all starting within a week or two of each other. . . different boards, different ages, different hardware, but common is Vista x64. . . i built two of them, and a friend built his own. . .

software all tests out fine, memory tests out fine, and anti virus, spy ware does not detect anything. . .


does anyone know of a hot fix or update that is buggy to Vista x64?

when the freeze up happens, everything stops, even the hard drives stop reading, though still spin. the event view does not give an consistent events preceding each freeze up. . . and usually a restart solves the issue, but not every time. .

thanks
sportsguy
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    Core 2 Duo 6600
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5B Deluxe
    Memory
    8 GIGS Corsair C4DH
    Graphics card(s)
    EVGA 8600 GTS
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell P990
    Hard Drives
    WD 250 G DiamondMax 250 WD 500 x 2 Raid 1
    PSU
    Antec 650
    Case
    Thermaltake Armor Full Tower
    Cooling
    Zalman ZNPS 9700
    Other Info
    Office 2007
This procedure frequently helps to determine whether the cause of a complete lockup is software or hardware:

http://www.vistax64.com/general-dis...nd-loop-no-bsod-error-report.html#post1028378

The fact that 3 systems around you are (suddenly?) locking up makes a software cause slightly more likely - you're installing something on all 3 systems and there's a kernel-mode driver which is misbehaving. However, there's absolutely no guarantee at this stage that it's the same problem on all 3 systems.

If this was a general Vista bug, I'd for one be very upset, seeing as how I'm typing this on an x64 Vista installation.
 

My Computer

System One

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