It might be more than just coincidence that this problem started after updated NVidia drivers.
It happens every 5 minutes now and has become an extreme annoyance, the mouse pointer will freeze in place, or it still show the incorrect mouse pointer, such as a text cursor at the main window bar, etc.
Maybe 1 out of 10 times this happens, it will result in a total system hang and I have to hit the reset button to reboot.
I used Process Explorer to see if I have any strange CPU hogs ... is it normal for the System Idle Process to be using 60%-80% of your CPU?
I seem to be picking up more Spyware than normal lately, too, that would normally be caught by MBAM Pro, Avast! and SUPERANTISPYWARE, junk search engine plugins and the like.
I hesitate to roll back to earlier graphics drivers because ... well I'm enjoying playing BF4 and I really hope that's not the problem.
Any troubleshooting tips would be very much appreciated, thank you
Here are my system specs complete with temperatures:
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD Athlon II X3 450 24 °C
Rana 45nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 801MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASRock 770 Extreme3 (CPUSocket) 32 °C
Graphics
VE248 (1920x1080@60Hz)
767MB GeForce GTX 460 (ASUStek Computer Inc) 35 °C
Hard Drives
298GB SAMSUNG HD322GJ ATA Device (SATA) 29 °C
233GB Seagate ST3250620A ATA Device (ATA) 36 °C
Optical Drives
PWVSV V89YJKT SCSI CdRom Device
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S ATA Device
Audio
High Definition Audio Device
It happens every 5 minutes now and has become an extreme annoyance, the mouse pointer will freeze in place, or it still show the incorrect mouse pointer, such as a text cursor at the main window bar, etc.
Maybe 1 out of 10 times this happens, it will result in a total system hang and I have to hit the reset button to reboot.
I used Process Explorer to see if I have any strange CPU hogs ... is it normal for the System Idle Process to be using 60%-80% of your CPU?
I seem to be picking up more Spyware than normal lately, too, that would normally be caught by MBAM Pro, Avast! and SUPERANTISPYWARE, junk search engine plugins and the like.
I hesitate to roll back to earlier graphics drivers because ... well I'm enjoying playing BF4 and I really hope that's not the problem.
Any troubleshooting tips would be very much appreciated, thank you
Here are my system specs complete with temperatures:
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
AMD Athlon II X3 450 24 °C
Rana 45nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 801MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASRock 770 Extreme3 (CPUSocket) 32 °C
Graphics
VE248 (1920x1080@60Hz)
767MB GeForce GTX 460 (ASUStek Computer Inc) 35 °C
Hard Drives
298GB SAMSUNG HD322GJ ATA Device (SATA) 29 °C
233GB Seagate ST3250620A ATA Device (ATA) 36 °C
Optical Drives
PWVSV V89YJKT SCSI CdRom Device
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7260S ATA Device
Audio
High Definition Audio Device
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