Freezing in RC1

Hi all

I have been using Vista since BETA 2 and have recently installed RC1 on my
main system.

The problem i am having is that after a few minutes of using RC1 it just
locks up with no mouse movement and the processor fan starts to work
overtime! I didn't have any major performance issues with BETA 2 except for
the low memory in my system holding the OS back.

My system spec is:-

Pentium 4 3.0Ghz HT (prescott core)
512MB PC (2700) RAM
ATI RADEON 9550 128MB
140GB primary HDD
80GB secondry HDD
Toshiba DVD drive
LG DVD Re-writer.

I have installed it on both HDD's with every possible set up, i think the
memory is causing the issue but i never had this problem with BETA 2?!

Any help would be appreciated.

Paul Hayward

"Paul hayward" wrote:

> I have been using Vista since BETA 2 and have recently installed RC1 on my
> main system.

did you perform a fresh install or an upgrade? Try with a fresh install

Thanks for the reply.

I did a fresh install on my secondary Hard Drive clean format from the
install disk by deleting the partition and formatting it afterwards (FDISK).

This is the way i have always installed an OS on my computer but i tried an
update as well but had the same problem with that install.

I'm sure its the lack of memory and relative low spec of the system but i'm
not sure if it is a hardware incompatability with the motherboard.

Thanks anyway its much appreciated.


"BillD" wrote:

>
>
> "Paul hayward" wrote:
>
> > I have been using Vista since BETA 2 and have recently installed RC1 on my
> > main system.
>
> did you perform a fresh install or an upgrade? Try with a fresh install

Hi,

Solution to your problem is disabling disck caching for hard drives and
disabling all power management features under vista.

"Paul hayward" wrote:

>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I did a fresh install on my secondary Hard Drive clean format from the
> install disk by deleting the partition and formatting it afterwards (FDISK).
>
> This is the way i have always installed an OS on my computer but i tried an
> update as well but had the same problem with that install.
>
> I'm sure its the lack of memory and relative low spec of the system but i'm
> not sure if it is a hardware incompatability with the motherboard.
>
> Thanks anyway its much appreciated.
>
>
> "BillD" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > "Paul hayward" wrote:
> >
> > > I have been using Vista since BETA 2 and have recently installed RC1 on my
> > > main system.
> >
> > did you perform a fresh install or an upgrade? Try with a fresh install