Strange Crashes

Red Light Cameras Increase Crashes And Insurance Rates - Study

Published on March 12, 2008

Miami (FL) - A University Of South Florida College Of Public Health study says red light cameras actually increase the number and severity of crashes. Read more

British Airways Jet Crashes At Heathrow

Published on January 17, 2008

A British Airways jet has crashed just short of the runway at London's Heathrow Airport today. Flight 38 was a Boeing 777 from Beijing and was on final approach when, according to initial reports, the plane lost all power. The plane crashed several hundred meters short of the runway, but none of the 136 passengers and 16 crew were killed. Read more

2007 Mercedes S-Class to have built-in PC Card slot

Published on January 20, 2006

The upcoming 2007 Mercedes S-Class won't just be stylish and fast, but it will also be smart. For around $80,000 to $130,000, the new model will get you from 0 to 60 mph in 5.4 seconds and have a collision detection system that will help avoid crashes when you are about to crash. Computer geeks can also plug PC Cards into the dash. Read more

Microsoft's security update causes problems

Published on April 18, 2006

Users who installed Microsoft's latest round of security patches may be experiencing some unexpected computer instability and even system crashes. Read more

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Roundup: The Best Overclocking Software

Published on November 06, 2008

Interested in overclocking but not quite sure where to start? We round up some of our favorite software utilities for tweaking processors, memory, graphics, and chipsets. Read more

Tom's Holiday Buyer's Guide 2008, Part 1

Published on November 05, 2008

Welcome to the first installment in our six-part Tom's Holiday Buyer's Guide. In Part 1, two beautiful models help showcase some of our favorite no-hassle hardware gifts for 2008. Read more

Round Up: Five Powerful, Light Ultraportables

Published on November 05, 2008

Executives, road warriors, and gadget geeks all lust after ultraportable notebooks. Five of these amazing machines battle it out in this roundup. Read more

Core i7: 4-Way CrossFire, 3-way SLI, Paradise?

Published on November 04, 2008

For the first time ever, gamers are being treated to a reasonably priced platform enabling the best that AMD and Nvidia have to offer. Is Core i7 a gamer’s nirvana or does the processor serve up more of the same? Read more

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bornking

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01-10-2008 at 05:16:55 AM

I have a strange problem...Please help me experts!

I had a stable system and for some reason there are strange crashes.

c2 e6750
xms2 corsair ram at 4x1GB (4-4-4-12)
ASUS Striker Extreme
BFG 8800 GTS 512
PCP&C 750 Watt PSU
etc.

IE crashes with many tabs open...not with a few open.
Photoshop 7 crashes when it didn't a few weeks ago!

Games and video conversion tools etc. don't crash.
Prime95 runs fine for 6+ hours.

Now what has changed you ask? Here are the details:

I updated through windows update my SATA drivers (mistake?) and my soundblaster XFi drivers...i think that the problems started there. Also, and this could be it as well, when removeing my eVGA 8800GTS 320 to exchange for the 512 BFG I bent one of the capacitors near the PCI-ex16 slot, and quickly bent it back into position...but then again games don't crash so.......ugh.

I hope it is just a driver issue BUT I CANNOT FIND THE STUPID UPGRADES IN THE ADD/REMOVE programs (sata).

Help!

HELP!

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gomerpile

Not today maybe tomorrow
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01-10-2008 at 08:50:38 AM

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you can see the updates by checking the box in the top right corner in the add/remove window.

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WAITING FOR THE NEXT MOMENT TO STRIKE

bornking

Profile: enthusiast

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01-10-2008 at 06:10:37 PM

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I tried that but alas cannot find it...perhaps if I uninstall ALL Nvidia drivers and start again...?

sturm

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01-10-2008 at 07:23:46 PM

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Note to all:
DO NOT UPDATE DRIVERS THROUGH WINDOWS UPDATE!

I have had many problems by doing so. Always update by downloading the drivers from the manufacters website.

To uninstall or rollback drivers: right-click my computer, properties, goto hardware tab then device manager. select the component goto properties and from there you can reinstall or rollback the drivers.

bornking

Profile: enthusiast

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