My apologies if this isnt the right forum.
I finally upgraded to windows7 64bit ultimate with a shiny new vertex3 and I've been having lots of trouble.
I've had issues before with windows xp on this machine but windows 7 is not working at all.
When I bootup cold, windows xp (agilty) usually gives me a random bsod but after a restart it is fine. (sometimes it messes up the registry but usually recovers automatically)
windows 7 (vertex3) hangs on install and when I do get it to boot to desktop, it is only temporary before it hangs completely. Reinstalled several times with every possible configuration but no joy.
I have replaced all components in this machine apart from the CPU and case so before I replace my cpu (and mainboard) Is there anything out there that lets me test my CPU to see if that is the actual problem?
Something like a stress test or something?
Also, this is probably a stupid question but the 12v eatx plug on my mainboard has 2, 4 pin plugs. One of those is covered with a plasic cap. I've got a 4 pin plug inserted into the one without the cap.
I dont need to plug in an 8 pin plug do I? In the manual it refers to 'Attach an 8 pin plug'
Any help much appreciated.
I finally upgraded to windows7 64bit ultimate with a shiny new vertex3 and I've been having lots of trouble.
I've had issues before with windows xp on this machine but windows 7 is not working at all.
When I bootup cold, windows xp (agilty) usually gives me a random bsod but after a restart it is fine. (sometimes it messes up the registry but usually recovers automatically)
windows 7 (vertex3) hangs on install and when I do get it to boot to desktop, it is only temporary before it hangs completely. Reinstalled several times with every possible configuration but no joy.
I have replaced all components in this machine apart from the CPU and case so before I replace my cpu (and mainboard) Is there anything out there that lets me test my CPU to see if that is the actual problem?
Something like a stress test or something?
Also, this is probably a stupid question but the 12v eatx plug on my mainboard has 2, 4 pin plugs. One of those is covered with a plasic cap. I've got a 4 pin plug inserted into the one without the cap.
I dont need to plug in an 8 pin plug do I? In the manual it refers to 'Attach an 8 pin plug'
Any help much appreciated.