Mike wrote:
Quote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently purchased a HP a6200n which works relatively well. The only
> complaint is that frequently (at least once daily) the system will lock
> up. When this occurs the only way out is to hold the power button down
> and reboot.
>
> When the system locks, the screen will actually freeze the contents and
> make it appear somewhat 'snowy'. This happened on a factory system OUT
> OF THE BOX. So I know this wasn't due to application software I loaded
> on top and I doubt very much it was a virus the system picked up.
>
> Since this started I have done a full virus scan and also have reviewed
> the event logs after each fail and nothing in there is obvious. There's
> an 'unexpected reboot' message there from my forced power down.
>
> I've gone to nVidia to download the latest nForce 430 drivers which has
> not helped. It seems ahead of what MS is pushing as the version I have
> is dated 12/07 and the auto updates are telling me to pick up a 7/07
> version.
>
> I've also loaded SP1 and all of the HP/MS updates a person can handle.
> Has anyone experienced this or have any suggestions on what might be the
> next thing to look at?
>
> Thanks!
Apparently one of the things that Vista does after it is installed is to
index all of the files on all of the hard drives. It does this without
telling you its doing it. I've had Ultimate x64 installed for about 4
days and have been having terrible hangs and waits when starting Media
Center. So finally I let it sit in a hung state. After a coupleof hours
everything started working again and Media Center now comes up without
the wait time. When I go back to XP I can see all the index files that
Vista created in my media folders.