Trying to isolate a freezing problem..

plion

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Not sure how to tell if something is slowing me down so I ran 3dmark06. Can someone tell me if these numbers are accurate with my oc? Got a cpu score of 3300 , here is a link:
3dmark06 scores

-first time oc and first time with vista 64, but I have used vista 32 without the freezing problem.
-I apologize for the length please let me know if I'm not making sense.

system:
E8400 @ 3.6 (9 x 400) (@ 1.25625volts) @
coretemp: (41/39c idle) (56/53c load) Realtemp: (32/30c idle) (46/43c load)
Asus p5q pro (703bios)
2x2gb gskill ddr2-800
8800gts 512mb (175.16) (50c idle 64c load)
vista 64 sp1 (latest patches)
x-fi xtreme gamer
antec neohe 500w
wd 640gb in Ahci mode

-24hrs prime 95 (blend test) stable, memtest86+ 12hrs stable, occt 12hrs stable (mix test)
Using the same bios settings I used to run the tests: here are pics of my bios settings Bios settings screenshots The only thing different is I manually put in 1.25625 cpu voltage to remain 24hrs stable and disabled speedstep.

Currently I have this annoying freeze that randomly occurs and I'm trying to isolate the cause. I get a 1-2second freeze when I do something like close a program, click on a shortcut, pause a video, etc. The mouse and screen freeze, but everything returns to normal after the 1-2seconds. What's weird is it always happens in the desktop I haven't had any games or programs crash/freeze. But I've never had the random freezing problem on my old vista 32 athlon x2 system. I was also getting video driver crashed and has recovered error but it's not happening anymore after downgrading to 175.16 x64 (btw I used drivercleaner). I have reinstalled the xfi drivers x64 whql and logitech x64. I have also disabled antivir and even switched to avg 7.5 which is disabled right now. The video card I have used for months in my old athlon x2 rig with no problems with vista 32. Please help me I'm getting lost here = )
 

airhendrix13

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It may be fragmentation. I would try defragging and see what happens. Another thing that might be worth trying is remove your GPU, start your PC, let your PC fail the post, turn off, put the card back in, then start again. I know this sounds weird, but I had some weird freezing issues while posting and in Windows after switching to 64bit, and doing this solved everything.

Let me know what happens.