New build keeps crashing

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  1. cheezy102

    cheezy102 Member

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    I have recently built a new computer:

    Antec P182
    Asus P5K Premium
    C2D E8200
    2GB 1066mhz RAM
    Radeon HD 4870
    Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer
    Samsung F1 750GB
    Windows Vista 64-bit
    All Drivers Up To Date

    I am having a few problems with it:

    My system keeps crashing when gaming. Call of Duty 4 crashs and the system won't respond. Crysis crashes and returns to the desktop saying the video card driver stopped responding but is now responding again.

    Sometimes when I start windows the mouse doesn't work properly. Either the taskbar will respond and the background won't, or the other way round. Sometimes both won't respond. If I press Ctrl + Atl + Del and click once, it starts responding again, so I can just go to cancel and then it works fine. This doesn't just happen after startup.

    Sometimes (it has only happened when I have been away from the PC) the computer just stops responding and the monitor shows the letters OSD very small right in the middle off a completey black screen. The monitor light stays green so I assume it is still receiving a signal. I have left the PC for hours and come back and it has been fine, other times I leave it for 10 minutes and when I come back it has the OSD message. I originaly thought this was something to do with the power settings but it is not.

    Any help would be appreciated.
     
    cheezy102, Aug 24, 2008
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    sammorris Senior member

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    Are you using Catalyst 8.8?
     
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    Yes
     
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    Ah I'm just gonna install vista 32-bit instead and hope that solves it. I was warned about the 64-bit version. Should have listened
     
    cheezy102, Aug 25, 2008
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    I sincerely hope that's not the root of the problem, I was hoping to use 64-bit Vista at some point soon...
     
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    You're a much wiser young person, than that, Sam. :)
     
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    Haha I know, however, my 4870X2 is primarily only supported with Vista not XP, so it may eventually become a reality to get decent support out of the thing... Trouble is I have a Creative sound card, and that's not going to go down well with Vista at all...
     
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    You'll find that how Vista handles sound, is a way different animal than XP. Vista just isn't user friendly.
     
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