Whats the deal with vista? anyone else with these issues?

Question

Alright , here is the specs on my computer, BTW i built it myself. first time building one so if something isn't compatible please tell me .

Windows Vista Ultimate
M2N32- SLI Deluxe
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual core processor 6000+
2 GB Ram
NVIDIA Geforce 8500 GT
320GB Digital Western HDD

Alright. heres the problem. My system freezes, to the point where Nothing will work except the Power button , or the Reset button on my Case.It happens when Im watching a Movie, Full Screen or not. When im editing in Photoshop, Playing a Game,or when the Screen saver comes on . And sometimes when im just playing music. when any of the above happens these Redish Dots, or lines of dots scatter around my screen and freeze , the sound Repeats the last half second of music or whatever sound was playing for eternity.

I have Updated ALL of my drivers , and even FLashed My Bios.
Im starting to get REALLY pissed off at my computer. I have NO idea whats wrong. can Anyone help me.
Thank you for reading .
~Dom

Answer 1

Read any computer magazine available accept maybe Vista mag if available? You will see Vista is not up to the job and far off. I had to reinstall 2 Laptops purchased with Xp pro due to compatability issues with my hub, not only that they were so slow. Use Xp pro service pack 3 nearly due.



Hope this helps.

Answer 2

It's a shame to see so many bashing Vista.



As long as you check for compatibility, you will be fine running Vista.



The symptoms that you describe suggest that you're running into a hardware compatibility issue, or a failing piece of hardware.



Check the memory especially to see if it's fully compatibile with your motherboard, AND check the BIOS to see if the timings and voltages are set correctly.



Also, make sure you don't have any "turbo" or overclocking features turned on. Software, and/or automatic overclocking features often fail.

Answer 3

no i dont think of its a huge rip off, as an issue of fact its ten situations greater effective than XP, you in basic terms might desire to be ptient and watch for the different companys to capture as much as microsofts progression in technologies. shop working the improve consultant on you rvista gadget and it will help, additionally, pass to the commencing up button and interior the hunt bar in basic terms above it, form in "rel" devoid of the parenthasies, it provide you ll styles of information on you rsystem to help with those issues. another component, vista won't run and serial, or PS2 perefreals, sorry i cant spell, those form are out of date.

Answer 4

You might want to double check the temps in your system and also run memtest86 to verify your memory is good.



This tool will show you system temps:

http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php



I want to say there was a Vista patch for a similar issue in early 2007, but I think it went public and should have been downloaded by your system.

Answer 5

VISTA is too new. too many bugs to work out, go back to XP