My machine locks up randomly, maybe once a week, once a day...random.
It's my MCE machine, runs 24/7.
It has always happened on 7, although I think 7100 ran fine but I don't remember for sure.
In fact 7100 ran perfect on everything I loaded it on.
Anyway...
Windows 7 had drivers for everything on my machine except 2 pieces of hardware in my machine.
My graphics and storage cards.
The the mfg never released Win 7 driver for, so I'm running Vista drivers.
Yes I know not a good idea but it's for me 90% of the time when I've had to try it.
So here's what I have:
Bad Hardware
The lockups only happen in Windows 7.
I have a known good hdd from this machine with XP.
I've left the machine running on XP MCE and actively used it for 2 weeks. Produced no lockups.
So to me that eliminates any faulty hardware.
Application
The machine has been formatted twice since this started and loaded from two different DVD's.
I also tried shutting down every app and service I could find that MS didn't put there.
I left the machine completely alone for a week and still had a lockup in there.
Question:
Does anyone know of a logging tool I could keep running that I could keep running?
One that might be able to log something just before a lockup that could help me identify which card it is.
I can't afford to replace these both right now and if I leave either one I can't use the machine.
Thanks,
Kenny
It's my MCE machine, runs 24/7.
It has always happened on 7, although I think 7100 ran fine but I don't remember for sure.
In fact 7100 ran perfect on everything I loaded it on.
Anyway...
Windows 7 had drivers for everything on my machine except 2 pieces of hardware in my machine.
My graphics and storage cards.
The the mfg never released Win 7 driver for, so I'm running Vista drivers.
Yes I know not a good idea but it's for me 90% of the time when I've had to try it.
So here's what I have:
Bad Hardware
The lockups only happen in Windows 7.
I have a known good hdd from this machine with XP.
I've left the machine running on XP MCE and actively used it for 2 weeks. Produced no lockups.
So to me that eliminates any faulty hardware.
Application
The machine has been formatted twice since this started and loaded from two different DVD's.
I also tried shutting down every app and service I could find that MS didn't put there.
I left the machine completely alone for a week and still had a lockup in there.
Question:
Does anyone know of a logging tool I could keep running that I could keep running?
One that might be able to log something just before a lockup that could help me identify which card it is.
I can't afford to replace these both right now and if I leave either one I can't use the machine.
Thanks,
Kenny
