Vista Freezes

I bought a new Dell Dimension 9200 a few weeks ago, with Vista
pre-installed, and ever since I have had frequent freezes. The mouse stops
working, the keyboard stops working, and the screen freezes. I simply wait
for 30 seconds to a minute and suddenly everything is working again.

On one of the freezes I got a message that the display adapter had stopped
working and then recovered, so it seems that it is a display driver problem.
I have just installed the latest nVidia driver, 100.65, but it is still
happening.

Has anyone else had this problem?

Rodger-B

If you check the Technical Support forum on www.worldofwarcraft.com they have
a list of devices that have issues and the known work arounds.

"Rodger-B" wrote:

> I bought a new Dell Dimension 9200 a few weeks ago, with Vista
> pre-installed, and ever since I have had frequent freezes. The mouse stops
> working, the keyboard stops working, and the screen freezes. I simply wait
> for 30 seconds to a minute and suddenly everything is working again.
>
> On one of the freezes I got a message that the display adapter had stopped
> working and then recovered, so it seems that it is a display driver problem.
> I have just installed the latest nVidia driver, 100.65, but it is still
> happening.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem?
>
> Rodger-B
>
>

Nvidia just recently posted an updated "beta" driver (101.41) which fixed
quite a few issues. I would check to see if it covers your particular issue
(http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_101.41.html).

"Rodger-B" wrote:

> I bought a new Dell Dimension 9200 a few weeks ago, with Vista
> pre-installed, and ever since I have had frequent freezes. The mouse stops
> working, the keyboard stops working, and the screen freezes. I simply wait
> for 30 seconds to a minute and suddenly everything is working again.
>
> On one of the freezes I got a message that the display adapter had stopped
> working and then recovered, so it seems that it is a display driver problem.
> I have just installed the latest nVidia driver, 100.65, but it is still
> happening.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem?
>
> Rodger-B
>
>

"Rodger-B" <rodger->'s wild thoughts were
released on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:16:38 +1100 bearing the
following fruit:

>I bought a new Dell Dimension 9200 a few weeks ago, with Vista
>pre-installed,

We bought two identical Dells, one was left with the
preinstalled version the other was wiped and had a fresh
install.

The preinstalled version suffers from the display adapter
problem, the other doesn't.


J

>and ever since I have had frequent freezes. The mouse stops
>working, the keyboard stops working, and the screen freezes. I simply wait
>for 30 seconds to a minute and suddenly everything is working again.
>
>On one of the freezes I got a message that the display adapter had stopped
>working and then recovered, so it seems that it is a display driver problem.
>I have just installed the latest nVidia driver, 100.65, but it is still
>happening.
>
>Has anyone else had this problem?
>
>Rodger-B

That is interesting Jan. I telehoned Dell Support who got me to disable the
USB Controller in the BIOS, but that did not help. Another person has
suggested I disable the RAID Controller in the BIOS, but I haven't tried
that as I get a warning message that my computer may not boot and may
require a reinstall. I think that it is a display adapter fault. There is
quite a bit of discussion on the nVidia forum about it.

Rodger-B



"Jan Hyde" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "Rodger-B" <rodger->'s wild thoughts were
> released on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:16:38 +1100 bearing the
> following fruit:
>
>>I bought a new Dell Dimension 9200 a few weeks ago, with Vista
>>pre-installed,
>
> We bought two identical Dells, one was left with the
> preinstalled version the other was wiped and had a fresh
> install.
>
> The preinstalled version suffers from the display adapter
> problem, the other doesn't.
>
>
> J
>
>>and ever since I have had frequent freezes. The mouse stops
>>working, the keyboard stops working, and the screen freezes. I simply
>>wait
>>for 30 seconds to a minute and suddenly everything is working again.
>>
>>On one of the freezes I got a message that the display adapter had stopped
>>working and then recovered, so it seems that it is a display driver
>>problem.
>>I have just installed the latest nVidia driver, 100.65, but it is still
>>happening.
>>
>>Has anyone else had this problem?
>>
>>Rodger-B
>

Try the March 07 release of the nVidia SATA driver.
"Rodger-B" <rodger-> wrote in message
news:...
> That is interesting Jan. I telehoned Dell Support who got me to disable
> the USB Controller in the BIOS, but that did not help. Another person has
> suggested I disable the RAID Controller in the BIOS, but I haven't tried
> that as I get a warning message that my computer may not boot and may
> require a reinstall. I think that it is a display adapter fault. There is
> quite a bit of discussion on the nVidia forum about it.
>
> Rodger-B
>
>
>
> "Jan Hyde" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> "Rodger-B" <rodger->'s wild thoughts were
>> released on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:16:38 +1100 bearing the
>> following fruit:
>>
>>>I bought a new Dell Dimension 9200 a few weeks ago, with Vista
>>>pre-installed,
>>
>> We bought two identical Dells, one was left with the
>> preinstalled version the other was wiped and had a fresh
>> install.
>>
>> The preinstalled version suffers from the display adapter
>> problem, the other doesn't.
>>
>>
>> J
>>
>>>and ever since I have had frequent freezes. The mouse stops
>>>working, the keyboard stops working, and the screen freezes. I simply
>>>wait
>>>for 30 seconds to a minute and suddenly everything is working again.
>>>
>>>On one of the freezes I got a message that the display adapter had
>>>stopped
>>>working and then recovered, so it seems that it is a display driver
>>>problem.
>>>I have just installed the latest nVidia driver, 100.65, but it is still
>>>happening.
>>>
>>>Has anyone else had this problem?
>>>
>>>Rodger-B
>>
>