Guys,
I am stumped by the erratic behavior of my setup. I have been running this setup for nearly a year now without any changes to hardware with only a single re-install of Windows 7 to a licensed copy version. The problems I describe below have been happening more and more frequently now but I am unable to reproduce them. I have run MEMTEST, and Prime for hours without failure which makes me believe that my memory modules and CPU aren't the problem. I have posted my hardware and driver specs as well. Any and all suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.
Problem:
1. Often times I am unable to even get into Win 7. I lose video output and my keyboard locks before even the login screen.
2. At times when I am watching video (youtube, hulu), I lose video output as if my computer just went into sleep mode. Unfortunately video never comes back and eventually my keyboard locks requiring a hard reboot. Upon reboot at times I run into Problem 1 listed above.
3. There has been instances where I have gotten stuck at the BIOS post and have not been able to get past the discovery of my devices. After a few hard resets, this works, however i feel like I'm kicking a motor to start. Building computers for the past 14 years, this is the oddest behavior I have seen.
4. There were errors in Event Logs which I have addressed by updating the Visual C++ redistributable package and updating ATI drivers and CATALYST Control Center to the latest version. Still no help.
5. I have updated BIOS to the latest published version.
System Specs:
Core i7 920 (no overclocking)
Thermalright U120E-RT-1366 Air-cooled Cooler
Antec Neo HE 500 Power Supply
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R v1.0
6 GB Triple-Channel Corsair XMS3 3 x 2GB dimms (8-8-8-20)
Primary Boot drive OCZ-VERTEX 60 GB (1.41 firmware with TRIM support)
ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series (512 MB) (no overclock 650,1050)
Optical drives (DVD/HD-DVD/Bluray)
28" Hanns-G
BIOS Properties:
BIOS Type Award Modular
BIOS Version F6
Award BIOS Type Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Award BIOS Message EX58-UD3R F6
System BIOS Date 05/11/09
Video BIOS Date 07/22/08
I am stumped by the erratic behavior of my setup. I have been running this setup for nearly a year now without any changes to hardware with only a single re-install of Windows 7 to a licensed copy version. The problems I describe below have been happening more and more frequently now but I am unable to reproduce them. I have run MEMTEST, and Prime for hours without failure which makes me believe that my memory modules and CPU aren't the problem. I have posted my hardware and driver specs as well. Any and all suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.
Problem:
1. Often times I am unable to even get into Win 7. I lose video output and my keyboard locks before even the login screen.
2. At times when I am watching video (youtube, hulu), I lose video output as if my computer just went into sleep mode. Unfortunately video never comes back and eventually my keyboard locks requiring a hard reboot. Upon reboot at times I run into Problem 1 listed above.
3. There has been instances where I have gotten stuck at the BIOS post and have not been able to get past the discovery of my devices. After a few hard resets, this works, however i feel like I'm kicking a motor to start. Building computers for the past 14 years, this is the oddest behavior I have seen.
4. There were errors in Event Logs which I have addressed by updating the Visual C++ redistributable package and updating ATI drivers and CATALYST Control Center to the latest version. Still no help.
5. I have updated BIOS to the latest published version.
System Specs:
Core i7 920 (no overclocking)
Thermalright U120E-RT-1366 Air-cooled Cooler
Antec Neo HE 500 Power Supply
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R v1.0
6 GB Triple-Channel Corsair XMS3 3 x 2GB dimms (8-8-8-20)
Primary Boot drive OCZ-VERTEX 60 GB (1.41 firmware with TRIM support)
ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series (512 MB) (no overclock 650,1050)
Optical drives (DVD/HD-DVD/Bluray)
28" Hanns-G
BIOS Properties:
BIOS Type Award Modular
BIOS Version F6
Award BIOS Type Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Award BIOS Message EX58-UD3R F6
System BIOS Date 05/11/09
Video BIOS Date 07/22/08
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