Vista 64 bit Lock-ups

[Martinriggs]

<p>quad core 2.4 OC 3.0</p><p>64bit vista</p><p>4gigs ram</p><p>8800 gtx</p><p>Creative sound blaster x-fi Xtremegamer</p><p>Any info let me know.</p><p> When my system locks its a hard lock I cannot do anything except power off the system and restart it.  This can happen anytime anywhere.  Sometimes I go for a few hours sometimes minutes.  EQ2 is the game it does this on.  I have let my system over night with nothing running no lock-ups.  I have ran Battlefield 2142 for hours nothing.  I have ran Americas Army for hours not lock-ups.  I am going to check all my software updates when I get home today.   I would like to know any other suggestions I can try or if anyone else is having this problem.</p><p>Thanks  </p>

[Beghauns]

I'll take the logical approach did you prime95 test it on all cores for at least 12 hrs, or occt test it.  I know i've run a lot of things fine on my e8400 oc'd to 4ghz but it would fail prime so I backed things down.  Will also tell if you have a cooling problem.

[Martinriggs]

<p>So I have ran Prime test for 9 hours  so far everything has passed.  My cpu temp is just below 30 degrees C.  A friend suggested I take out 2 of the 4 gigs amd see if I have the same problem.  Then keep swapping to see what if any problems might occure.</p><p> Any other suggestions.</p><p>Thanks</p>

[Wingrider01]

<cite>Martinriggs wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>So I have ran Prime test for 9 hours  so far everything has passed.  My cpu temp is just below 30 degrees C.  A friend suggested I take out 2 of the 4 gigs amd see if I have the same problem.  Then keep swapping to see what if any problems might occure.</p><p> Any other suggestions.</p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote>try pulling the sound card. Creative Labs drivers are a little wonky. If it stops locking up then look to see if there are any decent drivers. Hard lockups like this are primarilly hardweare caused.

[Martinriggs]

<p>So I re=installed vista SP1 my system has ran EQ2 fine for 2 days now.  I think that was it.  </p><p> Thanks for the help and suggestions </p>