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Okay, so I'm normally not one to post for OS help, I've been around the block a few times, and my google-fu is usually good enough to back me up. But now I'm at a loss, after countless hours of googling, and many many headaches of troubleshooting later, I'm just plain confused.
My sig rig, which is verified stable 24hr OCCT/LinPack/Prime95 & folding stable (and can still be verified stable even though this issue exists).
The memory checks out fine after 48 hours of memtest86+
The issue persists ONLY in windows, therefore leading me to believe its some sort of software configuration issue.
Basically heres what happens: My computer works. Fine. For any number of hours. Occasional hiccups when I have lots of HDD access going on. But nothing thats not to be expected when utilizing lots of resources.
However, randomly, it will "freeze". Any applications that are open on screen still respond normally, OCCT will keep running, Prim95 stays running, any program OPEN still works fine. But if I attempt to open a new program (even task manager) nothing happens. I get a busy cursor, followed by lots of nothing. I can't even do a soft-reboot, I have to use the power or reset button to get it to go down. System event viewer doesnt show anything sketchy, outside of an Asus utility not starting correctly (I uninstalled it, but it left something behind), and a search indexer incompatibility issue (that is known) with 64-bit xp (is fixed in Vista/7).
I'm completely stumped. I've even reset my clocks to stock on everything. Temps aren't an issue either, its running pretty cool...
I'm not too worried about fixing this, if anybody has some info I'd gladly take it, but if not it won't kill me to reinstall. I'd just like to avoid that if I can.
My sig rig, which is verified stable 24hr OCCT/LinPack/Prime95 & folding stable (and can still be verified stable even though this issue exists).
The memory checks out fine after 48 hours of memtest86+
The issue persists ONLY in windows, therefore leading me to believe its some sort of software configuration issue.
Basically heres what happens: My computer works. Fine. For any number of hours. Occasional hiccups when I have lots of HDD access going on. But nothing thats not to be expected when utilizing lots of resources.
However, randomly, it will "freeze". Any applications that are open on screen still respond normally, OCCT will keep running, Prim95 stays running, any program OPEN still works fine. But if I attempt to open a new program (even task manager) nothing happens. I get a busy cursor, followed by lots of nothing. I can't even do a soft-reboot, I have to use the power or reset button to get it to go down. System event viewer doesnt show anything sketchy, outside of an Asus utility not starting correctly (I uninstalled it, but it left something behind), and a search indexer incompatibility issue (that is known) with 64-bit xp (is fixed in Vista/7).
I'm completely stumped. I've even reset my clocks to stock on everything. Temps aren't an issue either, its running pretty cool...
I'm not too worried about fixing this, if anybody has some info I'd gladly take it, but if not it won't kill me to reinstall. I'd just like to avoid that if I can.