Graham
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Okay, so I got my new PC
Asus P6X58D MB, i7-930 CPU (stock), ATI HD 5970 (stock), OCZ Gold Series 8-8-8-24 1600 MHz memory, Corsair 950W power supply, and anything else I need to list list let me know.
This week, I got accepted into the starcraft 2 beta, and upon installing the software, in the middle of the install it crashed my PC and it had to be rebooted. It was a full freeze, unable to move the mouse, no beeps, nothing, fans and LEDs all still lit within the case.
Upon rebooting, the computer acted a little sluggish, took awhile to get in, and several memory errors came up and certain web pages would not load. Yahoo.com would not load, facebook.com was fine, gmail.com fine, cnn.com took me to windows homepage (wtf???).
I decided to do a system restore, and upon finishing that, reboot, and come to the login screen. It took a full minute or more to load, and all I got was a BLACK SCREEN and was able to move the mouse. No sounds would play.
So, I looked up "windows 7 black screen," and got this result from microsoft's home page:
windows 7 black screen after login, no desktop show up
i went to the link provided for this "fix" from PrevX and it seemed to have fixed the issue, claiming to be a registry **** up.
Hence forth, I have been getting an abnormal amount of freezes while using the desktop/OS and during web browsing.
During gaming, IT NEVER FREEZES OR ERRORS. I thought it might be an overheating issue, but if I can play Crysis Warhead for hours without a problem, I have sincere doubts that is the issue.
I have my BIOS set up at default and nothing else has been modified. I'm not sure if I should retry and OS reinstall or if this is fixable... it's really hard to tell if it is hardware/software driven issues.
Does anyone have any idea how to further diagnose some issue I may have or has anyone had a problem like this? I have been building my own PCs for YEARS (this is my fifth build) and have never ever run into a problem like this. I'm pretty confident I know how to set up a PC, especially as it is getting easier and easier.
Anywho, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks all.
Asus P6X58D MB, i7-930 CPU (stock), ATI HD 5970 (stock), OCZ Gold Series 8-8-8-24 1600 MHz memory, Corsair 950W power supply, and anything else I need to list list let me know.
This week, I got accepted into the starcraft 2 beta, and upon installing the software, in the middle of the install it crashed my PC and it had to be rebooted. It was a full freeze, unable to move the mouse, no beeps, nothing, fans and LEDs all still lit within the case.
Upon rebooting, the computer acted a little sluggish, took awhile to get in, and several memory errors came up and certain web pages would not load. Yahoo.com would not load, facebook.com was fine, gmail.com fine, cnn.com took me to windows homepage (wtf???).
I decided to do a system restore, and upon finishing that, reboot, and come to the login screen. It took a full minute or more to load, and all I got was a BLACK SCREEN and was able to move the mouse. No sounds would play.
So, I looked up "windows 7 black screen," and got this result from microsoft's home page:
windows 7 black screen after login, no desktop show up
i went to the link provided for this "fix" from PrevX and it seemed to have fixed the issue, claiming to be a registry **** up.
Hence forth, I have been getting an abnormal amount of freezes while using the desktop/OS and during web browsing.
During gaming, IT NEVER FREEZES OR ERRORS. I thought it might be an overheating issue, but if I can play Crysis Warhead for hours without a problem, I have sincere doubts that is the issue.
I have my BIOS set up at default and nothing else has been modified. I'm not sure if I should retry and OS reinstall or if this is fixable... it's really hard to tell if it is hardware/software driven issues.
Does anyone have any idea how to further diagnose some issue I may have or has anyone had a problem like this? I have been building my own PCs for YEARS (this is my fifth build) and have never ever run into a problem like this. I'm pretty confident I know how to set up a PC, especially as it is getting easier and easier.
Anywho, any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks all.