Nissan 370Z Forum - View Single Post - Computer is irritating the piss out of me

370Zsteve · 12-20-2011, 02:20 PM

I recently had an issue with my Windoze gaming PC. It worked OK except when I played videos (youtube,etc) then it would randomly freeze.

Now, I've been an IT tech since 1973. Mainframes to PC's, I know WTF I'm talking about.

I did everything under the sun. Drivers, card swaps, registry cleaning, better cooling, you name it. Everything would have pointed to a hardware issue, except that even when gaming (which uses more HP than just about anything) the computer worked fine. It was only with video that I would get completely random lockups.

I finally threw in the towel last week and did a complete reinstall, which was a biatch because the computer had tons of software on it. You can back up data, but you can't backup and restore apps (bare metal) and expect a clean install.

Everything is fine now. Windows Blows. And don't even get me started on spyware, virus, rootkit, and malware BS.

12-20-2011, 02:20 PM	#21 (permalink)
370Zsteve A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Gold Coast CT Posts: 10,599 Drives: 2019 Corvette G.S. Rep Power: 43	I recently had an issue with my Windoze gaming PC. It worked OK except when I played videos (youtube,etc) then it would randomly freeze. Now, I've been an IT tech since 1973. Mainframes to PC's, I know WTF I'm talking about. I did everything under the sun. Drivers, card swaps, registry cleaning, better cooling, you name it. Everything would have pointed to a hardware issue, except that even when gaming (which uses more HP than just about anything) the computer worked fine. It was only with video that I would get completely random lockups. I finally threw in the towel last week and did a complete reinstall, which was a biatch because the computer had tons of software on it. You can back up data, but you can't backup and restore apps (bare metal) and expect a clean install. Everything is fine now. Windows Blows. And don't even get me started on spyware, virus, rootkit, and malware BS. __________________ SOLD MY Z MARCH 2018 - another Core OG moves on - new ride 2019 Z Corvette Grand Sport - no mods necessary but already have eyes on HFC and intakes LOL IT NEVER ENDS.