Vista - VISTA Rc1 Locks up/ Freezes

Hey

I recently installed rc1 and it kepps freezing after 2-3 mins in the OS, My
hardware is fine, if anyone has the solution to this please email
v8holden_378@hotmail.com

My Specs
Pentium 4 3.0Ghz
1GB Ram
80GB Hard Drive
Ati Radeon 9550 256mb ram

Thanks for your time in helping me solve this issue

In message <06639047-2BE0-400F-BED6-620A1611F1DA@microsoft.com>,
rELOAded <v8holden_378@hotmail.com> writes
>Hey
>
>I recently installed rc1 and it kepps freezing after 2-3 mins in the OS, My
>hardware is fine, if anyone has the solution to this please email
>v8holden_378@hotmail.com
>
>My Specs
>Pentium 4 3.0Ghz
>1GB Ram
>80GB Hard Drive
>Ati Radeon 9550 256mb ram

You're just one of many. It appears to be hardware related and there is
no solution yet

Robin
--

Mine doesn't freeze really but for some bizarre reason if I leave my computer
alone for an extended period of time, when I come back and try to access
somthing, the system kind of freezes and I hear the Hard Drive spinning back
up as if it was in some sleep mode. I checked the power settings and its not
set to have the drives shut down after a certain interval. Very bizarre..
anyone else experiencing this?

"Robin G" wrote:

> In message <06639047-2BE0-400F-BED6-620A1611F1DA@microsoft.com>,
> rELOAded <v8holden_378@hotmail.com> writes
> >Hey
> >
> >I recently installed rc1 and it kepps freezing after 2-3 mins in the OS, My
> >hardware is fine, if anyone has the solution to this please email
> >v8holden_378@hotmail.com
> >
> >My Specs
> >Pentium 4 3.0Ghz
> >1GB Ram
> >80GB Hard Drive
> >Ati Radeon 9550 256mb ram
>
> You're just one of many. It appears to be hardware related and there is
> no solution yet
>
> Robin
> --
>

Try the latest build for vista RC1 5728. The issue you are facing is a known
one. The 5728 build takes care of it

"AndrewZ1978" wrote:

> Mine doesn't freeze really but for some bizarre reason if I leave my computer
> alone for an extended period of time, when I come back and try to access
> somthing, the system kind of freezes and I hear the Hard Drive spinning back
> up as if it was in some sleep mode. I checked the power settings and its not
> set to have the drives shut down after a certain interval. Very bizarre..
> anyone else experiencing this?
>
> "Robin G" wrote:
>
> > In message <06639047-2BE0-400F-BED6-620A1611F1DA@microsoft.com>,
> > rELOAded <v8holden_378@hotmail.com> writes
> > >Hey
> > >
> > >I recently installed rc1 and it kepps freezing after 2-3 mins in the OS, My
> > >hardware is fine, if anyone has the solution to this please email
> > >v8holden_378@hotmail.com
> > >
> > >My Specs
> > >Pentium 4 3.0Ghz
> > >1GB Ram
> > >80GB Hard Drive
> > >Ati Radeon 9550 256mb ram
> >
> > You're just one of many. It appears to be hardware related and there is
> > no solution yet
> >
> > Robin
> > --
> >

I am running the 64 bit of rc2 thinking that would help but my computer still
freezes when i sroll too much or too fast using my wheel mouse.
AMD x2 4200+
a8v
620 sata gig
radeon 9550 256mb


"Mufaddal" wrote:

> Try the latest build for vista RC1 5728. The issue you are facing is a known
> one. The 5728 build takes care of it
>
> "AndrewZ1978" wrote:
>
> > Mine doesn't freeze really but for some bizarre reason if I leave my computer
> > alone for an extended period of time, when I come back and try to access
> > somthing, the system kind of freezes and I hear the Hard Drive spinning back
> > up as if it was in some sleep mode. I checked the power settings and its not
> > set to have the drives shut down after a certain interval. Very bizarre..
> > anyone else experiencing this?
> >
> > "Robin G" wrote:
> >
> > > In message <06639047-2BE0-400F-BED6-620A1611F1DA@microsoft.com>,
> > > rELOAded <v8holden_378@hotmail.com> writes
> > > >Hey
> > > >
> > > >I recently installed rc1 and it kepps freezing after 2-3 mins in the OS, My
> > > >hardware is fine, if anyone has the solution to this please email
> > > >v8holden_378@hotmail.com
> > > >
> > > >My Specs
> > > >Pentium 4 3.0Ghz
> > > >1GB Ram
> > > >80GB Hard Drive
> > > >Ati Radeon 9550 256mb ram
> > >
> > > You're just one of many. It appears to be hardware related and there is
> > > no solution yet
> > >
> > > Robin
> > > --
> > >

I'm running the RC2 64 bit too and I'm sadly realizing that the freezing
poblems have NOT been fixed!

Very frustrating... I disabled the hard disk write cashing, as suggested by
Mufaddal, disconnected all the usb devices (except keyboard and mouse), kept
the system very clean (except for Vista compatible Pc-Cillin version), but it
freezes!

It's still freezing and crashing after few minutes of working, with no
apparent reason, forcing me to re-install the OS for the 4th time now! Yes,
because after few re-bootings, the file system corrupts and I have to do a
fresh installation...

RC2 too is totally UNSTABLE on my PC... what a sad discovery... I'm aware
that the release candidate of a software is not a definitive version, but I'm
also convinced that the major problems, such as these described above, should
have fixed long before... In other words I expected little bugs and
compatibility problems, not radical crisis of the entire system!!

I don't know what will expect to us...

Heywood.

"ketzazu" wrote:

> I am running the 64 bit of rc2 thinking that would help but my computer still
> freezes when i sroll too much or too fast using my wheel mouse.
> AMD x2 4200+
> a8v
> 620 sata gig
> radeon 9550 256mb
>
>
> "Mufaddal" wrote:
>
> > Try the latest build for vista RC1 5728. The issue you are facing is a known
> > one. The 5728 build takes care of it
> >
> > "AndrewZ1978" wrote:
> >
> > > Mine doesn't freeze really but for some bizarre reason if I leave my computer
> > > alone for an extended period of time, when I come back and try to access
> > > somthing, the system kind of freezes and I hear the Hard Drive spinning back
> > > up as if it was in some sleep mode. I checked the power settings and its not
> > > set to have the drives shut down after a certain interval. Very bizarre..
> > > anyone else experiencing this?
> > >
> > > "Robin G" wrote:
> > >
> > > > In message <06639047-2BE0-400F-BED6-620A1611F1DA@microsoft.com>,
> > > > rELOAded <v8holden_378@hotmail.com> writes
> > > > >Hey
> > > > >
> > > > >I recently installed rc1 and it kepps freezing after 2-3 mins in the OS, My
> > > > >hardware is fine, if anyone has the solution to this please email
> > > > >v8holden_378@hotmail.com
> > > > >
> > > > >My Specs
> > > > >Pentium 4 3.0Ghz
> > > > >1GB Ram
> > > > >80GB Hard Drive
> > > > >Ati Radeon 9550 256mb ram
> > > >
> > > > You're just one of many. It appears to be hardware related and there is
> > > > no solution yet
> > > >
> > > > Robin
> > > > --
> > > >

Sad to know that issue still exists. Once your system freezes does it restart
by itself. If it does you are facing a differnt issue. however try this. Go
to power management and disable everything. That is make everything never
whereever possible. This should work. Whatever happens if you are using beta
builds make sure you do sned bu reports as amny times as possible to
microsoft so these isseus can be resolved

One more thing dont forget this is still BETA. Yes it is RC. If you would
have tested Beta versions of Windows XP it was much much worse(even RTM
builds) than this but when they realeased final it was all fixed. Major
cause of problems are the addon apps we install and the drivers
incompatibility.

"Heywood" wrote:

> I'm running the RC2 64 bit too and I'm sadly realizing that the freezing
> poblems have NOT been fixed!
>
> Very frustrating... I disabled the hard disk write cashing, as suggested by
> Mufaddal, disconnected all the usb devices (except keyboard and mouse), kept
> the system very clean (except for Vista compatible Pc-Cillin version), but it
> freezes!
>
> It's still freezing and crashing after few minutes of working, with no
> apparent reason, forcing me to re-install the OS for the 4th time now! Yes,
> because after few re-bootings, the file system corrupts and I have to do a
> fresh installation...
>
> RC2 too is totally UNSTABLE on my PC... what a sad discovery... I'm aware
> that the release candidate of a software is not a definitive version, but I'm
> also convinced that the major problems, such as these described above, should
> have fixed long before... In other words I expected little bugs and
> compatibility problems, not radical crisis of the entire system!!
>
> I don't know what will expect to us...
>
> Heywood.
>
> "ketzazu" wrote:
>
> > I am running the 64 bit of rc2 thinking that would help but my computer still
> > freezes when i sroll too much or too fast using my wheel mouse.
> > AMD x2 4200+
> > a8v
> > 620 sata gig
> > radeon 9550 256mb
> >
> >
> > "Mufaddal" wrote:
> >
> > > Try the latest build for vista RC1 5728. The issue you are facing is a known
> > > one. The 5728 build takes care of it
> > >
> > > "AndrewZ1978" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Mine doesn't freeze really but for some bizarre reason if I leave my computer
> > > > alone for an extended period of time, when I come back and try to access
> > > > somthing, the system kind of freezes and I hear the Hard Drive spinning back
> > > > up as if it was in some sleep mode. I checked the power settings and its not
> > > > set to have the drives shut down after a certain interval. Very bizarre..
> > > > anyone else experiencing this?
> > > >
> > > > "Robin G" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > In message <06639047-2BE0-400F-BED6-620A1611F1DA@microsoft.com>,
> > > > > rELOAded <v8holden_378@hotmail.com> writes
> > > > > >Hey
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I recently installed rc1 and it kepps freezing after 2-3 mins in the OS, My
> > > > > >hardware is fine, if anyone has the solution to this please email
> > > > > >v8holden_378@hotmail.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > >My Specs
> > > > > >Pentium 4 3.0Ghz
> > > > > >1GB Ram
> > > > > >80GB Hard Drive
> > > > > >Ati Radeon 9550 256mb ram
> > > > >
> > > > > You're just one of many. It appears to be hardware related and there is
> > > > > no solution yet
> > > > >
> > > > > Robin
> > > > > --
> > > > >

Just one more thing..after going thu your issue it seems its more like a
file corruption issue. Please do a BIOS default

1. Load BIOS setup..in most systems it is repeatedly tapping the DEL key as
soon as te system starts up.(if using intel board try F2)

2. Next step is to load BIOS defaults that is to revert to factory defaults.
You will find this option somewhere in BIOS(refer to manufacture manual)

Do remember that if you have made any previous changes they would be lost.

It seems like that your hard drive has been manually configured under BIOS
"Heywood" wrote:

> I'm running the RC2 64 bit too and I'm sadly realizing that the freezing
> poblems have NOT been fixed!
>
> Very frustrating... I disabled the hard disk write cashing, as suggested by
> Mufaddal, disconnected all the usb devices (except keyboard and mouse), kept
> the system very clean (except for Vista compatible Pc-Cillin version), but it
> freezes!
>
> It's still freezing and crashing after few minutes of working, with no
> apparent reason, forcing me to re-install the OS for the 4th time now! Yes,
> because after few re-bootings, the file system corrupts and I have to do a
> fresh installation...
>
> RC2 too is totally UNSTABLE on my PC... what a sad discovery... I'm aware
> that the release candidate of a software is not a definitive version, but I'm
> also convinced that the major problems, such as these described above, should
> have fixed long before... In other words I expected little bugs and
> compatibility problems, not radical crisis of the entire system!!
>
> I don't know what will expect to us...
>
> Heywood.
>
> "ketzazu" wrote:
>
> > I am running the 64 bit of rc2 thinking that would help but my computer still
> > freezes when i sroll too much or too fast using my wheel mouse.
> > AMD x2 4200+
> > a8v
> > 620 sata gig
> > radeon 9550 256mb
> >
> >
> > "Mufaddal" wrote:
> >
> > > Try the latest build for vista RC1 5728. The issue you are facing is a known
> > > one. The 5728 build takes care of it
> > >
> > > "AndrewZ1978" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Mine doesn't freeze really but for some bizarre reason if I leave my computer
> > > > alone for an extended period of time, when I come back and try to access
> > > > somthing, the system kind of freezes and I hear the Hard Drive spinning back
> > > > up as if it was in some sleep mode. I checked the power settings and its not
> > > > set to have the drives shut down after a certain interval. Very bizarre..
> > > > anyone else experiencing this?
> > > >
> > > > "Robin G" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > In message <06639047-2BE0-400F-BED6-620A1611F1DA@microsoft.com>,
> > > > > rELOAded <v8holden_378@hotmail.com> writes
> > > > > >Hey
> > > > > >
> > > > > >I recently installed rc1 and it kepps freezing after 2-3 mins in the OS, My
> > > > > >hardware is fine, if anyone has the solution to this please email
> > > > > >v8holden_378@hotmail.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > >My Specs
> > > > > >Pentium 4 3.0Ghz
> > > > > >1GB Ram
> > > > > >80GB Hard Drive
> > > > > >Ati Radeon 9550 256mb ram
> > > > >
> > > > > You're just one of many. It appears to be hardware related and there is
> > > > > no solution yet
> > > > >
> > > > > Robin
> > > > > --
> > > > >

My system would freeze too. Are you running PC-Cillin Internet Security 14?
Do you you have 2 firewalls? You need to turn off Vista firewall if you are
using another firewall.

I unistalled PC-Cillin Internet Security 14 and no more freezing.

"Mufaddal" wrote:

>
> Just one more thing..after going thu your issue it seems its more like a
> file corruption issue. Please do a BIOS default
>
> 1. Load BIOS setup..in most systems it is repeatedly tapping the DEL key as
> soon as te system starts up.(if using intel board try F2)
>
> 2. Next step is to load BIOS defaults that is to revert to factory defaults.
> You will find this option somewhere in BIOS(refer to manufacture manual)
>
> Do remember that if you have made any previous changes they would be lost.
>
> It seems like that your hard drive has been manually configured under BIOS
> "Heywood" wrote:
>
> > I'm running the RC2 64 bit too and I'm sadly realizing that the freezing
> > poblems have NOT been fixed!
> >
> > Very frustrating... I disabled the hard disk write cashing, as suggested by
> > Mufaddal, disconnected all the usb devices (except keyboard and mouse), kept
> > the system very clean (except for Vista compatible Pc-Cillin version), but it
> > freezes!
> >
> > It's still freezing and crashing after few minutes of working, with no
> > apparent reason, forcing me to re-install the OS for the 4th time now! Yes,
> > because after few re-bootings, the file system corrupts and I have to do a
> > fresh installation...
> >
> > RC2 too is totally UNSTABLE on my PC... what a sad discovery... I'm aware
> > that the release candidate of a software is not a definitive version, but I'm
> > also convinced that the major problems, such as these described above, should
> > have fixed long before... In other words I expected little bugs and
> > compatibility problems, not radical crisis of the entire system!!
> >
> > I don't know what will expect to us...
> >
> > Heywood.
> >
> > "ketzazu" wrote:
> >
> > > I am running the 64 bit of rc2 thinking that would help but my computer still
> > > freezes when i sroll too much or too fast using my wheel mouse.
> > > AMD x2 4200+
> > > a8v
> > > 620 sata gig
> > > radeon 9550 256mb
> > >
> > >
> > > "Mufaddal" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Try the latest build for vista RC1 5728. The issue you are facing is a known
> > > > one. The 5728 build takes care of it
> > > >
> > > > "AndrewZ1978" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Mine doesn't freeze really but for some bizarre reason if I leave my computer
> > > > > alone for an extended period of time, when I come back and try to access
> > > > > somthing, the system kind of freezes and I hear the Hard Drive spinning back
> > > > > up as if it was in some sleep mode. I checked the power settings and its not
> > > > > set to have the drives shut down after a certain interval. Very bizarre..
> > > > > anyone else experiencing this?
> > > > >
> > > > > "Robin G" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > In message <06639047-2BE0-400F-BED6-620A1611F1DA@microsoft.com>,
> > > > > > rELOAded <v8holden_378@hotmail.com> writes
> > > > > > >Hey
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >I recently installed rc1 and it kepps freezing after 2-3 mins in the OS, My
> > > > > > >hardware is fine, if anyone has the solution to this please email
> > > > > > >v8holden_378@hotmail.com
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >My Specs
> > > > > > >Pentium 4 3.0Ghz
> > > > > > >1GB Ram
> > > > > > >80GB Hard Drive
> > > > > > >Ati Radeon 9550 256mb ram
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You're just one of many. It appears to be hardware related and there is
> > > > > > no solution yet
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Robin
> > > > > > --
> > > > > >