Vista x64 Lock up, after clean install

Hi,
I have just installed Vista x64 Ultimate on the following hardware:

Maxtor 6Y120M0 SATA disk.
Asus M2N32 - SLI Deluxe mboard
Corsair CM2X1024-6400 (DR2 400Mhz) Ram
AMD Athlon 64 x2 5000+
MSI 8800GT Zilent

I have tried other hardisks, and all combinations of RAM in all slots, but
Vista still locks up after a seemingly random period of time. The lock ups
occur with a fresh install (with no other software installed), and sp1 has no
effect. The starnge thing is XP (both x64 and x32) work perfectly fine.

Where would I be able to get support for this bug (I have Vista x64 Ultimate
OEM).

Cheers

cjreyn wrote:
> Hi,
> I have just installed Vista x64 Ultimate on the following hardware:
>
> Maxtor 6Y120M0 SATA disk.
> Asus M2N32 - SLI Deluxe mboard
> Corsair CM2X1024-6400 (DR2 400Mhz) Ram
> AMD Athlon 64 x2 5000+
> MSI 8800GT Zilent
>
> I have tried other hardisks, and all combinations of RAM in all slots, but
> Vista still locks up after a seemingly random period of time. The lock ups
> occur with a fresh install (with no other software installed), and sp1 has no
> effect. The starnge thing is XP (both x64 and x32) work perfectly fine.
>
> Where would I be able to get support for this bug (I have Vista x64 Ultimate
> OEM).
>
> Cheers

Have you searched for the latest drivers for all your hardware?

"kurttrail" wrote:

> cjreyn wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have just installed Vista x64 Ultimate on the following hardware:
> >
> > Maxtor 6Y120M0 SATA disk.
> > Asus M2N32 - SLI Deluxe mboard
> > Corsair CM2X1024-6400 (DR2 400Mhz) Ram
> > AMD Athlon 64 x2 5000+
> > MSI 8800GT Zilent
> >
> > I have tried other hardisks, and all combinations of RAM in all slots, but
> > Vista still locks up after a seemingly random period of time. The lock ups
> > occur with a fresh install (with no other software installed), and sp1 has no
> > effect. The starnge thing is XP (both x64 and x32) work perfectly fine.
> >
> > Where would I be able to get support for this bug (I have Vista x64 Ultimate
> > OEM).
> >
> > Cheers
>
> Have you searched for the latest drivers for all your hardware?
>
>

I used the Vista drivers off the mboard CD. I've tried with default vista
display drivers and also every version of nvidia forceware drivers... no luck.

cjreyn wrote:

> I used the Vista drivers off the mboard CD.

That's your first mistake. Most drivers supplied with motherboards are
long out of date. Go to your Mobo manufacturers web site and download
the latest drivers, just be careful to download 64-bit vista drivers,
not the 32-bit.

> I've tried with default vista
> display drivers and also every version of nvidia forceware drivers... no luck.

More than likely, once you get the latest chipset drivers for your mobo,
then the latest nVidia drivers should work fine.

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Cjreyn

Since you have the SP1 installed, you can use the free support, if you do
not find a resolution for this problem.

Vista Service Pack 1, Unlimited installation and compatibility support is
available at no charge until March 18, 2009.
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/de...4&gprid=500921


--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"cjreyn" <> wrote in message
news:88F04C82-08A4-4921-9ED3-...
> Hi,
> I have just installed Vista x64 Ultimate on the following hardware:
>
> Maxtor 6Y120M0 SATA disk.
> Asus M2N32 - SLI Deluxe mboard
> Corsair CM2X1024-6400 (DR2 400Mhz) Ram
> AMD Athlon 64 x2 5000+
> MSI 8800GT Zilent
>
> I have tried other hardisks, and all combinations of RAM in all slots, but
> Vista still locks up after a seemingly random period of time. The lock ups
> occur with a fresh install (with no other software installed), and sp1 has
> no
> effect. The starnge thing is XP (both x64 and x32) work perfectly fine.
>
> Where would I be able to get support for this bug (I have Vista x64
> Ultimate
> OEM).
>
> Cheers

"Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:

> Cjreyn
>
> Since you have the SP1 installed, you can use the free support, if you do
> not find a resolution for this problem.
>
> Vista Service Pack 1, Unlimited installation and compatibility support is
> available at no charge until March 18, 2009.
> https://support.microsoft.com/oas/de...4&gprid=500921
>
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>
>
> "cjreyn" <> wrote in message
> news:88F04C82-08A4-4921-9ED3-...
> > Hi,
> > I have just installed Vista x64 Ultimate on the following hardware:
> >
> > Maxtor 6Y120M0 SATA disk.
> > Asus M2N32 - SLI Deluxe mboard
> > Corsair CM2X1024-6400 (DR2 400Mhz) Ram
> > AMD Athlon 64 x2 5000+
> > MSI 8800GT Zilent
> >
> > I have tried other hardisks, and all combinations of RAM in all slots, but
> > Vista still locks up after a seemingly random period of time. The lock ups
> > occur with a fresh install (with no other software installed), and sp1 has
> > no
> > effect. The starnge thing is XP (both x64 and x32) work perfectly fine.
> >
> > Where would I be able to get support for this bug (I have Vista x64
> > Ultimate
> > OEM).
> >
> > Cheers
>

Ok an update. I have tried the disk on differnt sata ports, and also the
latest mboard drivers from Asus. Still locks up. Im now in the hands of the
sp1 support via the link posted previously.

Cheers

I have the same issues, pretty much the same setup.

Please let me know if you have any luck!

"cjreyn" wrote:

>
>
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
>
> > Cjreyn
> >
> > Since you have the SP1 installed, you can use the free support, if you do
> > not find a resolution for this problem.
> >
> > Vista Service Pack 1, Unlimited installation and compatibility support is
> > available at no charge until March 18, 2009.
> > https://support.microsoft.com/oas/de...4&gprid=500921
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Ronnie Vernon
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows Desktop Experience
> >
> >
> > "cjreyn" <> wrote in message
> > news:88F04C82-08A4-4921-9ED3-...
> > > Hi,
> > > I have just installed Vista x64 Ultimate on the following hardware:
> > >
> > > Maxtor 6Y120M0 SATA disk.
> > > Asus M2N32 - SLI Deluxe mboard
> > > Corsair CM2X1024-6400 (DR2 400Mhz) Ram
> > > AMD Athlon 64 x2 5000+
> > > MSI 8800GT Zilent
> > >
> > > I have tried other hardisks, and all combinations of RAM in all slots, but
> > > Vista still locks up after a seemingly random period of time. The lock ups
> > > occur with a fresh install (with no other software installed), and sp1 has
> > > no
> > > effect. The starnge thing is XP (both x64 and x32) work perfectly fine.
> > >
> > > Where would I be able to get support for this bug (I have Vista x64
> > > Ultimate
> > > OEM).
> > >
> > > Cheers
> >
>
> Ok an update. I have tried the disk on differnt sata ports, and also the
> latest mboard drivers from Asus. Still locks up. Im now in the hands of the
> sp1 support via the link posted previously.
>
> Cheers
>
>

Timothy,
I had to disable several bios settings to eliminate the problem.

1. PEG link mode: disable
2. AMD Live!: Disable
3. AMD Virtualization: Disable
4. Cool n quiet: Disable
5. nvidia gpuEx: Disable

Hope this helps

"Timothy" wrote:

> I have the same issues, pretty much the same setup.
>
> Please let me know if you have any luck!
>
> "cjreyn" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote:
> >
> > > Cjreyn
> > >
> > > Since you have the SP1 installed, you can use the free support, if you do
> > > not find a resolution for this problem.
> > >
> > > Vista Service Pack 1, Unlimited installation and compatibility support is
> > > available at no charge until March 18, 2009.
> > > https://support.microsoft.com/oas/de...4&gprid=500921
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Ronnie Vernon
> > > Microsoft MVP
> > > Windows Desktop Experience
> > >
> > >
> > > "cjreyn" <> wrote in message
> > > news:88F04C82-08A4-4921-9ED3-...
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I have just installed Vista x64 Ultimate on the following hardware:
> > > >
> > > > Maxtor 6Y120M0 SATA disk.
> > > > Asus M2N32 - SLI Deluxe mboard
> > > > Corsair CM2X1024-6400 (DR2 400Mhz) Ram
> > > > AMD Athlon 64 x2 5000+
> > > > MSI 8800GT Zilent
> > > >
> > > > I have tried other hardisks, and all combinations of RAM in all slots, but
> > > > Vista still locks up after a seemingly random period of time. The lock ups
> > > > occur with a fresh install (with no other software installed), and sp1 has
> > > > no
> > > > effect. The starnge thing is XP (both x64 and x32) work perfectly fine.
> > > >
> > > > Where would I be able to get support for this bug (I have Vista x64
> > > > Ultimate
> > > > OEM).
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > >
> >
> > Ok an update. I have tried the disk on differnt sata ports, and also the
> > latest mboard drivers from Asus. Still locks up. Im now in the hands of the
> > sp1 support via the link posted previously.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> >

Exact same problem here, its so annoying that I am contemplatin
conversion

--
Celestial

Celestial,
Agreed, it is very frustrating. Especially since the lock ups occur after
such a varying amount of time. I left the PC on over night once, with no lock
ups, until i started using it the next morning! "Vista Ready" says the
sticker on the Asus box!

I'm also a little apprehensive about enabling the bios settings in turn, to
find out which one is the problem. I've encountered errors with Vista that
can return after periods of apparent stability (the TDR error). I seem to
only encounter this TDR error with one game (company of heroes), and I have
been through the laborious tedium of downclocking the graphics cards with
RivaTuner, testing the memory/cpu etc. Im a little worried, since Ive heard
horror stories of this error returning through simple desktop use!

What drives me up the wall the most, is that there is no DirectX10 release
for XP. A cheeky ploy to force the upgrade to Vista, with all the headaches
and hours of wasted time trying to sort the issues. I think I'll hold off
buying a gaming PC the next time I upgrade, in favour of a reliable console!
At least I'll spend more time playing on it, than fixing it!

Rant over....


"Celestial" wrote:

>
> Exact same problem here, its so annoying that I am contemplating
> conversion.
>
>
> --
> Celestial
>