Recent content by mnkymatt

Hi guys I finally figured it out!!! It was my crappy 8500GT!!!! I so regret buying it.... But hey i thought it would be better than the 7100GS i was running:eek: Anyway i just disabled all the visual intensive features in vista and changed the themes to windows classic. It's been running...

as far as i know im still having problems just havnt been able to do more testing since im away from home for ten days. will update soon

OK I ran memtest for a few hours on each stick while at work. 1 in the morning and changed them on lunch break. Still passed... Also im not sure if i mentioned earlier, but while playing games the pc runs fine, no freezing. But when im in windows... Opening folders, Mozilla, Copying files etc...

i will run it again for longer while im at work. No i have not checked for a bios update. but im not too keen on flashing the bios. I have never attempted it and people i do know that have, have almost always screwed up.

I ran memtest86+ 2.01 on each stick, Pass no errors

i started with vista ultimate. then installed xp 64bit in dual boot with vista. xp 64 did not support my printer but did support my old ms office. vista supported my printer but not my old ms office.after all that my hdd crashed replaced with a 500gb seagate barracuda for my OS's(3 partitions)...

Thanks i will check the RAM when i get home tonight. I really wish i could upgrade the RAM and card... but money is really tight at the moment and cant afford to do any upgrades for a while. This exact pc ran vista ultimate 64bit fine the last time i had it installed.

Q6600 reset to stock speed XFX n680i sli board 2GB Corsair XMS2 ddr2 800 8500GT 512mb Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 Just last night i ran prime95, within 5 seconds it froze up. Restarted, ran it again. Prime95 ran perfectly for over an hour

Hi i have been battling for a few days now... I installed vista ultimate x64 and its freezing quite often, randomly, even on the desktop with nothing open. first all the programs and windows freeze, then the taskbar, and finally the mouse after a few seconds. other times i have been browsing the...