Installing *any* drivers for GTX 280 causes hard freeze on boot. My rig's a custom built machine with an eVGA nForce 780i SLI mobo and a single GTX 280 (1 GB DDR video RAM), running Vista Ultimate x64. A couple days ago, I started to get hard freeze/crashes...

to result in a hard freeze. All ideas for getting the system stable are appreciated! Not looking to overclock, just to stop the freezes. David. Hello all. Thanks in advance for taking a look at my problem and sharing your thoughts. I recently built...

browser seems to be enough to result in a hard freeze. All ideas for getting the system stable are appreciated! Not looking to overclock, just to stop the freezes. I should add that I have a decent aftermarket CPU cooler and idle temps are about 31C,...

64-bit VIsta HARD Freeze/lock ups randomly. I bought a custom made desktop with Vista 64-bit OS, All motherboard drivers, OS patches, and BIOS are updated with the right and current 64-bit updates. Device manager shows no conflicts or anything. We have not...

Hard Freeze up. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support () Okay so the comuter isnt restarting no more it just freezes up UGGGGGG Here are my stats again and it just freezes up hard I was trying to play a game and BAM froze up...

why does my geforce 8800 gtx xxx hard freezes my comp all the time?. i am hoping this is a hardware setting issue. when playing newer fps games like doom 3, quake 4, stalker, prey, and bioshock, my pc does what i believe is called a "hard freeze". everything...

Windows 7 freezes up with graphics acceleration. I'm having problems with my graphics card, system hard freezes and requires reset button to continue. Upon reboot, if I disable graphics driver and run in vga mode these hard freezes no longer occur. But...

Windows 7 freezes up with graphics acceleration. I'm having problems with my graphics card, system hard freezes and requires reset button to continue. Upon reboot, if I disable graphics driver and run in vga mode these hard freezes no longer occur. But...

However, I am now experiencing lots of freezing. I first noticed it during Left 4 Dead - around 3 minutes into playing I would get a hard freeze and be forced to restart. I also got a freeze while loading into Oblivion as well as on my first turn around once...