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UPDATE: After turning Link State Power Mgmt off, things have stabilized. Watched movies, allowed to sleep then wake up, watched more and games are stable still. I did not mess with sleep settings in bios or switching to integrated graphics bc this seems have done it. If after some time I...

Schmide - re: using the integrated graphics - I will try that and post back. Being that I was having issues when this card was in my old build with the Athlon ii I concluded must be the 7750. It is behaving a little differently in the new mobo so I will check into that ASAP. Ketchup - I...

BTW - sleep is set to 1 hour always. Problem occurs only with netflix even if I just booted up.

LOL. Yeah, this machine does keep me up late playing games normally which is my favorite part. The wife, however, sees the main value of the HTPC as Netflix. That is how I got it into the living room to begin with. Regarding the sleep function, a couple reasons I want it: 1. I spent a lot...

zaydq - thanks. From other info I have read, does seem related to power saving settings. When I get home later I am going to try to disable Link State Power Management and see what happens - will update. Also, maybe I will roll back the drivers and try 12.6 or 12.7.

Hi All, Hope this is the right spot for this - I am certain the issue is with my new HIS HD 7750 (passive hs and stays really cool...) Upgraded from an HD 4550 on my 2 year old very stable HTPC running Win 7 64. No other changes - Gigabyte AM2+ Mobo, Athlon ii X3 435, 2 gb ddr2, HDMI to...