Win 7 crahsing

[Hoboclese]

ok so i have been using win 7 since it first released into beta and then changed to the RC when that came out but just recently, as in the past few weeks, i have been getting completely random crashes. It doesn't BSOD and iv'e looked in the event manager and it isn't giving me an error report so i am clueless as to what may be causing it. :confused:

Has anyone had a similar problem and fixed it or is there some completely obvious thing im missing? Any help would be much apreciated

[rogard]

You look to be the only one :(

I would start by uninstalling any recently installed software or downgrading drivers...then try retesting with prime/occt/memtest etc

[Hoboclese]

the strange thing is it doesn't occur when necessarily the system is under any load, sometimes it will just hang when it is running idle after i start it up and walk away for 10 minutes

[enteon]

then i guess it's a part of the os which starts only in idle. get a list and disable them one by one? or simply reinstall^^ whatever takes more time.

[Hoboclese]

ive given up im just gonna back up what i can given how much time i get before it crashes and then reinstall

[chuck4456]

What makes you think that it is the operating system at fault?

[Hoboclese]

because when i run my ubuntu partition it works flawlessly

[JessicaD]

Hoboclese,

Microsoft does have an official Windows 7 Support Forum located here http://tinyurl.com/9fhdl5 . It is supported by product specialists as well as engineers and support teams. You may want to check the threads available there for additional assistance and feedback.

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team

Edit By Mod: There was some question as to whether this link was legit (due to it being a tinyurl). I loaded up a VM and gave it a shot - it is a redirect to an actual Microsoft site, full URL: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro/

- Serra

[rogard]

Damn you serra..you beat me to it :)

Hoboclese: Are you overclocking at all? and what devices (usb etc) and internal cards do you have?

[Mr.Guvernment]

a realtek giga PCIe drive on 3 intel boards i have , have caused random BSOD's using the drive that was installed, i updated to a more recent one on windows update and so far no BSOD's