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cheezy102
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24. August 2008 @ 12:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have recently built a new computer:

Antec P182
Asus P5K Premium
C2D E8200
2GB 1066mhz RAM
Radeon HD 4870
Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer
Samsung F1 750GB
Windows Vista 64-bit
All Drivers Up To Date

I am having a few problems with it:

My system keeps crashing when gaming. Call of Duty 4 crashs and the system won't respond. Crysis crashes and returns to the desktop saying the video card driver stopped responding but is now responding again.

Sometimes when I start windows the mouse doesn't work properly. Either the taskbar will respond and the background won't, or the other way round. Sometimes both won't respond. If I press Ctrl + Atl + Del and click once, it starts responding again, so I can just go to cancel and then it works fine. This doesn't just happen after startup.

Sometimes (it has only happened when I have been away from the PC) the computer just stops responding and the monitor shows the letters OSD very small right in the middle off a completey black screen. The monitor light stays green so I assume it is still receiving a signal. I have left the PC for hours and come back and it has been fine, other times I leave it for 10 minutes and when I come back it has the OSD message. I originaly thought this was something to do with the power settings but it is not.

Any help would be appreciated.
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24. August 2008 @ 13:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Are you using Catalyst 8.8?



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cheezy102
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24. August 2008 @ 14:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yes
Phase123
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24. August 2008 @ 15:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Have a look at event viewer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308427
or maybe bootlog might throw up some info http://www.aumha.org/win4/a/bootlog.php

good luck
cheezy102
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25. August 2008 @ 01:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ah I'm just gonna install vista 32-bit instead and hope that solves it. I was warned about the 64-bit version. Should have listened
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25. August 2008 @ 05:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I sincerely hope that's not the root of the problem, I was hoping to use 64-bit Vista at some point soon...



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25. August 2008 @ 09:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You're a much wiser young person, than that, Sam. :)

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25. August 2008 @ 12:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Haha I know, however, my 4870X2 is primarily only supported with Vista not XP, so it may eventually become a reality to get decent support out of the thing... Trouble is I have a Creative sound card, and that's not going to go down well with Vista at all...



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25. August 2008 @ 13:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You'll find that how Vista handles sound, is a way different animal than XP. Vista just isn't user friendly.

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