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I installed Windows 7 in a 3-year-old machine. It installed successfully, took all drivers and running great, but every 5-6 minutes it freezes for a few seconds... 30 seconds to 1 minute, and then it comes back alive.
I checked Event Viewer, but nothing matched the frozen timeline.
I would appreciate any help on how to detect what is causing it, service or hardware.
After it comes alive, everything runs normal. I did run Task Manager and checked CPU usage, at the time it freezes just before and after that no task took more CPU or memory. It was like an idle machine.
There aren't any external USB drives or devices. It is an on-board Intel desktop board with SATA HDD, and the SATA HDD is running in absolute good mode.
Try my answer here, it helps troubleshoot freezes related to drivers. – Tamara Wijsman – 2011-08-18T02:05:32.930
I have the exact same thing. But not as often...maybe only a couple times per day. But it is quite frustrating.
Not only that, but Windows 7 bluescreens every 2-3 days. I think I'm going back to Vista, which was actually quite stable for me. – davr – 2009-09-18T16:31:07.090
Also what does it mean for a HDD to run in 'absolute good mode' ? – davr – 2009-09-18T16:31:44.593
@davr: I used to have the bluescreen problem as well, but it turned out to be a RAM issue on my end where raising the voltage to the RAM fixed the problem. I've been running the RC of Win7 since it came out and have never had a single crash yet (on a new Core i7 build) – Will Eddins – 2009-09-18T16:56:13.357