Vista Premium 64 Help please

[Titancom]

Ok i have been getting issues with lock ups in vista, not sure what is causing the issue but suspect its driver related possibly with video drivers.

I am sure this has been talked about previously but have tried lots of other peoples fixes but still get the same problem.

Clean install vista 64 with no problems or event log errors, do a create system restore point.:D

Install crucial updates only restart and check event viewer with no errors, create system restore.:D

Install latest Nvidia mobo drivers restart and check event viewer no errors, create a restore point.:D

Install Nvidia beta drivers restart and check event viewer with lots of errors seemingly appear unrelated to driver so uninstall drivers and do a system restore point to before the install of drivers. Cleaned log of errors and restarted to make sure logs are still clean.

Installed signed Nvidia drivers 177.41 and restarted and checked logs to find i still got some new errors but not as many, during the point of loading video drivers the first time i get errors and random lockups.

I was going to uninstall the drivers again but it locked up so after reboot when i got back to the desktop it was as if i didnt install the video drivers at all only the directory on C:\ was there but no interface or anything wierd?

I then installed the drivers again and restarted, it seem to shut down and boot up much faster this time and seem to work fine at this point but still get random lock ups with no info in event viewer or BSOD? Any idea would be very appreciated guys.

System build is as follows:

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eVGA 790i Ultra mobo
2 x eVGA GTX260 OC SLI
Corsair DDR3-1333 2 x 2gb Dom with Dom cooling fans
SS850 PSU single 60amp 12 volt rail
Antec 900 case
Stock CPU cooler ATM
Seagate 80gb boot drive sata2 and WD 640gb sata2

Sorry if i put this post in the wrong place wasn't sure just frustrated ATM

 

[roy69]

Is there alot of HD activity when you get the lock ups?

 

[fireman604]

Does it lock up in safe mode. Safe mode does not use nvidia drivers. I was having problems with Vista locking up. It would happen when going into an elevated command. When the screen goes gray and Vista asks you if you want to do it. I tried all the Nvidia drivers for my card. I did not have any luck it would work for a period then lock up. I borrowed an ATI card a slow 1900 series agp card problem solved. I have since replaced card with a Sappire 3850 agp card vista rating 5.9 with no problems. Is your card getting enough power. Is the computer over heating and shutting down or locking up.

 

[fireman604]

Just noticed is your video card over clocked, If it is restore to normal and try. Vista is very particular from what I have found.

 

[Titancom]

Well its been funny like that the HDD did show a lot of activaty when it did lock up, i have tried lots of different things from bios tweeks to loading and unloading drivers of different versions and finally maybe a combination of everything i have tried so far seems to be rock solid.
Have reinstalled and slowly checked on every boot to see if event veiwer showed any errors was good until i loaded nvidia video drivers then i started to get errors that didn't even appear to be directly relate to the Nvidia driver but none the less they started after i loaded them.
I uninstalled them and tried a different version driver, after stuffing around with different things people found that helped them it seemed to sort it self out. Been running for nearly 3 1/2 hours pushing it and hasn't errored or faultered yet so going to try some gaming soon to see how it performs.

Even my benchmarks have improve a lot too so maybe its all good from here lol fingers crossed, thanks for your replys all if crap hits the fan will let you know.

Well i ran it for a good 6 hours yesterday and it didn't miss a beat so i can only guess that a bit of everyones experience with this issue seemed to work well.

Now to catch up on some gaming and fun again