Vista 64 hangs at startup

[rive0108]

update drivers: GeForce Release 182

Run:
Futuremark - Benchmarks - 3DMark Vantage - Download
and check your temps.

note-this issue does not normally manifest itself in desktops, But if you are geting excessive temps, It could be the cause. the defective cards were released a year ago, and affected both desktop and notebooks.

The failures are caused by a solder bump that connects the I/O termination of the silicon chip to the pad on the substrate. In Nvidia’s GPUs, this solder bump is created using high-lead. A thermal mismatch between the chip and the substrate has substantially grown in recent chip generations, apparently leading to fatigue cracking. Add into the equation a growing chip size (double the chip dimension, quadruple the stress on the bump) as well as generally hotter chips and you may have the perfect storm to take high lead beyond its limits. Apparently, problems arise at what Nvidia claims to be extreme temperatures.

The defective nVidia chips real issue is a weak die/packaging material set, which may fail with GPU temperature fluctuations. (Fans running on high help to prevent weak die failures by preventing temp fluctuations). If your GPU fails, you may see intermittent symptoms during early stages of failure that include:

• Multiple images
• Random characters on the screen
• Lines on the screen
• No video

Run these and save and attach to your post:
Start>Control Panel>System and Maintenance>Performance Information and Tools>Advanced Tools>

Generate a system health Report

Open Reliability and Performance Monitor>Reliability Monitor

 

[italtazman]

I will test the video card. One thing I tried that cleared one issue. I slowed the memory down (underclocked it) to 667Mhz. It's 800Mhz RAM. Once I did that, the system started booting and rebooting much faster. When I was running it at 800Mhz, it would sit there for a long time during POST.

I now wonder if that may be the cause of all my issues. Would RAM acting up affect video drivers, audio drivers and cause lock ups in Vista and during load?

Thanks,

Rob

 

[rive0108]

I will test the video card. One thing I tried that cleared one issue. I slowed the memory down (underclocked it) to 667Mhz. It's 800Mhz RAM. Once I did that, the system started booting and rebooting much faster. When I was running it at 800Mhz, it would sit there for a long time during POST.

I now wonder if that may be the cause of all my issues. Would RAM acting up affect video drivers, audio drivers and cause lock ups in Vista and during load?

Thanks,

Rob

perhaps you should do a mem test

 

[italtazman]

I did and it checked ok.

 

[stew2]

If your rams working at a slower speed then its probably the settings for it are wrong. Find your RAM specs online then go into your bios and set RAM timings to manual and then set them to what they should be. Then set the RAM voltage to manual and set it to what it should be.

If you fill out your System Specs it will be easier for us to to help you