Vista Freezes

[Sami Philadelph]

Hi all, I was wondering if you guys could help me with this. I've searched for similar cases and so far I've performed the following to try and solve the problem, all in vain though.

*Uninstalled/Reinstalled Video/Audio drivers
*Rebuilt Index
*Stopped using Aero
*Taken battery out
*Ran a virus scan (I used Kaspersky, it did find some malicious tools and trojans, and it did seem to help a LITTLE, very little)
*Deleted 50gbs of data from a 150gb hard drive (I have 2 150gb hard drives)
*Used PC Decrapifier to delete all those pre-installed programs
*Used CCleaner
*Ran a full scan for disc consistency, and sectioned off the bad parts.
*Tried a "Clean boot"

I even let it sit turned off for 2 weeks...


My specs are...
Windows Vista Home Premium x64
Intel core 2 duo T6400 (2.0GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 Cache)
Intel GMA 4500MHD
4GB Ram DDR2
320 GB HDD
Realtek HD Audio
(I just read it off the little sticker...)



It should be noted that the computer runs fine in Safe Mode and Safe Mode with networking.


The computer freezes randomly into the session, when starting up in normal mode, it freezes within 2-5 minutes. When in diagnostic mode with only microsoft services enabled, it last maybe 10-15,20 minutes. It lasts around 30 minutes with windows audio off, but who knows what thats about.

The freeze usually is sudden, I'll be typing or performing a task like deleting something, or adding a song to my music library and it'll simply stop working, the start menu will work (except in aero, the start menu and task bar freeze also) but I can't open anything, and eventually the blue circular pointer pops up and everything including the start menu and right click stop working.


I use my computer for home recording and music, so I do download alot, although, my virus scanners aren't detecting anything. It should be noted though, that I can never run a full scan, because the computer freezes before it can ever get through.

My laptop screen is broken, it broke perhaps a month after I got it, from my own negligence, but it was working fine after that, I just hooked up an external monitor.

In December my friend gave me a copy of Cubase, upon trying to install it, the computer experienced a serious slow down, so I removed it, and downloaded BitDefender to see if I could find a problem. After installing bit defender and trying to run it the computer ceased to last in normal mode for more than 5 minutes, and I've been in safe mode since then, although, that could be coincidence.

It should also be noted, sound works in safe mode for me?
So, -shrugs-

The plastic lining for my line in and microphone ports are also cracked, but thats just general wear and tear I believe, and shouldn't affect my computer this much should it?

 

[richc46]

If it works in safe mode, you may want to try this to diagnose. You will be able to discover what is causing the problem. You do not test in safe mode.

How to troubleshoot a problem by performing a clean boot in Windows Vista or in Windows 7

 

[Sami Philadelph]

Thanks for your speedy response,
Sadly,my computer freezes with only the microsoft services enabled.

 

[squshinub]

sorry for not posting or starting my own thread

ok so my pc randomly freezes i turned up the voltage on my ram from something like 2.0 to 2.5 and the freezes were gone so i thought i tried to check event viewer but the only reports i get are (The previous system shutdown at 4:34:22 PM on 2/18/2010 was unexpected.)

here`s my specs

OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate
Version 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name WTF
System Manufacturer EVGA__
System Model 132-YW-E179-FTW
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50GHz, 2500 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 7/30/2008
SMBIOS Version 2.4
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume3
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6002.18005"
User Name WTFpownt-PC\WTFpownt
Time Zone Korea Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 8.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 6.33 GB
Total Virtual Memory 9.32 GB
Available Virtual Memory 7.85 GB
Page File Space 1.56 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

i have worked on this problem for a while and since i dont get any other errors i don`t know ware to start i have attached my sys info OH and i have 2 of every component and have 1 for 1 swapped every component except dvd drive, keyboard, and monitor and still the random freezes any help will be greatly appreciated

 

[Mexxi]

I have a similar problem on a desktop machine. Same deal: running in safe mode keeps the comp stable for hours, running in Windows XP freezes it within seconds. With only the mouse working, but nothing reacting until eventually the mouse freezes too.

I know my problem is related to the mainboard and the graphics card. Uninstalling the video drivers and running with Window's native set helps (although in Vista that wouldn't help much, since these already make use of acceleration). Starting a video that uses a DirectX-renderer keeps the computer stable. Same goes for 3D-games. It's a long shot, but may be you could try running a 3D-game or at least a video through a player with support for Direct3D rendering to see if this helps. Of course there could be a million reasons for your problem.

Next time the freeze occurs, try to let your computer sit for half an hour. I did it once and it turned out that Windows was recovering the driver in the background and yes it took ages to do that. May be you will at least get an error message so that you can pin point the source of the problem.