Recent content by graybeard1948

I suspect that something different is going on since I really never got a BSOD when I tried to wake up the system. I could do directory listings via the command line even though the system was otherwise partially frozen. The knowledge base article was interesting, but I am not convinced...

Update: During a discussion with Gigabyte, the technician suggested that the problem might be in the BIOS that controlled the hardware RAID. He suggested that I upgrade to version FD for rev 2.0 of the motherboard. When I updated the BIOS to version FD and retested, the problem still...

I am using the South Bridge SATA3 connectors for the RAID 1 pairs and the driver (version 10.5.0.1015)(most recent) Intel SATA RAID Driver downloaded from Gigabyte. I suppose that this problem could be the result of a three-way issue between the Gigabyte motherboard (since I am using hardware...

The drives are Western Digital Enterprise level drives meant as I understand their rating for use in RAID applications. Their description on newegg is: "Western Digital RE4 WD5003ABYX 500GB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive" and the overview staement contains...

Only twice did I get blue screens which occured when I forced shutdown. Since other changes and symptoms appear to be controlling behavior I don't think that would be the best use of your time. Thank you for the offer however.

Update for thread: I have tried different memory i.e. Kingston KVR1333D3N9K3/12G with no change in the symptoms. The system still freezes. I did find a setting within the Advanced features of the Power Options part of Control Panel, that changes the behavior. I modified the “Turnoff hard disk...

Reply to kaos and Saltgrass: The video driver is version 270.61 downloaded from NVIDIA and running on other systems I am using, I doubt that is a culprit. Because I have at least achieved a workable system with the changes I made listed above: After reading your message I delved a...

My next test is to try a different model of memory i.e. Kingston KVR1333D3N9K3/12G to see if that makes any difference. Also note that CPUID HWMonitor has been running with no temps at idle of over 50 degrees C.

Response to kaos: I have run Memtest86 on all combinations fo memory DIMMs and slots for twelve hours about 7 passes each with no errors.

Response to cybercore: CPU-Z images the RAMMon html RAMMon v1.0 Build: 1002 built with SysInfo v1.0 Build: 1006 PassMark (R) Software - PassMark Software - PC Benchmark and Test Software Memory Summary For SPLCSECRETARY Number of Memory Devices: 3 Total Physical Memory: 12286 MB...

Response to Saltgrass: The time things freeze with the system idle is variable, sometimes as little as 15 minutes and sometimes as long as 90 minutes. When running Prime95 i.e. under heavy CPU load the system ran for over 24 hours with no problems. After reading your message I delved a...

I am experiencing a problem with Windows 7. When the system is not heavily loaded it seems to freeze after 10 minutes to an hour, primarily observed with the Up Time clock in Task Manager stopping. Other symptoms include no response to keyboard or mouse clicks and having the cursor lock to a...