Vista 64 Crashing problems

Depravity

Depravity

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Hi,

I bought my pc about a year and half ago. Had an x86 Vista Ultimate edition on it and it all worked fine. 4 GB RAM and a good CPU made it run smooth.
I then decided to upgrade my RAM to 8 GB and also upgraded my Windows with it to an x64 Vista Ultimate.
Ever since I upgraded, my pc has been crashing like mad. When I play games my pc crashes constantly in a timeframe ranging from 20mins to 2 hours. I freezes completely and it ends up in me having to force hard reset my pc.
I don't know what the problem is atm and in all fairness it's driving me mad.
Sometimes I boot my pc, I check mails and whoops, frozen and have to reboot.

Is it possible that there's a compatibility problem with the RAM and my x64 Vista?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core2 Quad Q6700
    Motherboard
    MSI P35 NEO2-FIR
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX GeForce 9800 GX2
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 2243 LW 22" (x2)
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital HD 320 GB Western Digital HD 500GB
    PSU
    Antec Earthwatts EA 650
    Case
    NZXT Hush
    Mouse
    Logitech G9
    Keyboard
    Razer Lycosa
    Internet Speed
    20Mbit Cable
more than likely it is the memory, run the built in memory tester for vista and see if it passes. when it freezes are you getting a blue screen error message? you need to disable restart on errrors and look what error message you are getting to help fix it
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    intel core 2 quad Q9450
    Motherboard
    gigabyte EP45-DQ6
    Memory
    8gb Gskill PC6400
    Graphics card(s)
    Visiontek Radeon 4870x2 2GB
    Sound Card
    X-FI fatality FPS 7.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VG2230wm
    Screen Resolution
    1680X1050
    Hard Drives
    VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM, WD CAVIAR black 750GB
    PSU
    Antec TruePower New TP-750 watt
    Case
    Cooler Master HAF932
    Cooling
    XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler
    Internet Speed
    comcast 16mb\second
Diagnostics passed ok.
When my system freezes, I get no error what so ever.
Sometimes it reboots out of it's accord. Other times it doesn't and I have to hit the reset button.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core2 Quad Q6700
    Motherboard
    MSI P35 NEO2-FIR
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX GeForce 9800 GX2
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 2243 LW 22" (x2)
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital HD 320 GB Western Digital HD 500GB
    PSU
    Antec Earthwatts EA 650
    Case
    NZXT Hush
    Mouse
    Logitech G9
    Keyboard
    Razer Lycosa
    Internet Speed
    20Mbit Cable
Just for the heck of it, can you reinstall your old memory?
If it still screws up, then most likely it's a driver issue.
sfc /scannow
look at Device Manager for errors
look at error logs
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    AMD AM2 6000+
    Motherboard
    Nvidia M2N-E SLI
    Graphics card(s)
    GeForce 7600GT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    WD
    Case
    Cooler Master
    Cooling
    Three fans
    Mouse
    Dell Optical
    Keyboard
    Dell Quietkey
    Internet Speed
    10 MBPS
Please go to Start and type in "msinfo32" (without the quotes) and press Enter
Save the report as an .nfo file
Zip it up, then upload/attach the .zip file with your next post

Also, go to Start and type in "perfmon /report" (without the quotes) and press Enter
Save the report as an .html file
Zip it up, then upload/attach the .zip file with your next post


We'll take a look at them to see what info they can provide.
 

My Computer

System One

SFC Scan seemed to have checked out ok.

Reports and summaries attached as per requested
 

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My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Intel Core2 Quad Q6700
    Motherboard
    MSI P35 NEO2-FIR
    Graphics card(s)
    XFX GeForce 9800 GX2
    Sound Card
    Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung SyncMaster 2243 LW 22" (x2)
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital HD 320 GB Western Digital HD 500GB
    PSU
    Antec Earthwatts EA 650
    Case
    NZXT Hush
    Mouse
    Logitech G9
    Keyboard
    Razer Lycosa
    Internet Speed
    20Mbit Cable
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