I’ve run Linux and OS X my entire life. Now I am having to learn windows for school, or just have it for VB and gaming.
So I built a new computer for school with;
Gigabtye GA-870A-UD3 Motherboard
Nvidia 570 GTX (evga) Graphic card
AMD 970 CPU
Corsair AX1200 power supply.
WD HDD
G.Skill RAM
Zalman CNPS a9900 heat sync with arctic silver 5
Installed a copy of 64bit windows 7 pro that I DLed from my schools MSDNA free software thingy/junk.
It’s crashing randomly. Sometimes after 3 hours of use. Sometimes after 3-5 Minutes. Sometimes I can get on and game for Hours and then as soon as I quit the game (well <2 mins after) it crashes. The kind of crashes I am talking about are; Number lock + Caps lock freeze can’t toggle them. Can’t move mouse. Cant Ctrl+Alt+Del. Cant Ctrl+Shift+Escape. Only thing that works is pressing reset on my Tower.
So I got fed up with windows and trashed it. Installed Ubuntu 10.10. Everything is more then fine. 3 Weeks of up time, hard drive is a lot quieter, temps are cooler, takes WAY less ram to do nothing, i.e., sit on the desk top. I’m a linux pro so I can install drivers manually, do w/e. Fixed a no audio over HDMI issue off the top of my head ect…
3 WEEKS UP TIME AND NO PROBLEMS!!!!
Today I shrank a partition, reinstalled Windows 7, which was a mistake because windows wrote of the MBR so I had to reinstall grub, but any way now my HDD is dual booting Ubuntu and W7.
Guess what. Fresh install. Installed video card drivers, wireless card driver, ran updates. Tried to install Fallout New Vegas, and it crashed again. Same kind of crash. I checked the event logger and all it says are things like, windows was improperly shut down. I’m guessing this is from me having to press the reset button.
But anyway here is where I need help. I am not a windows pro, this is the first time I have really used windows other then on a school computer. So I have to clue what I should be checking/where I should be looking.
As much as I dont wan’t to use windows I have to use it for school and for games that wine can not install on Ubuntu.
I am guessing this is a software issue as Ubuntu 10.10 Hauls @$$ and never freezes, lags, locks up, or crashes.
Thanks in advance.
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