Vista 64 - I'm done with it on my current computer

[Multibocks]

Ok I know there's another thread, but I needed to rant. I know there's some diehard Vista fans in here, and I was one of them.

Old computer:
Vista 32, 2GB RAm, 2.1Ghz Cpu, 8800gtx, p5n-e sli mobo
Bought:
Vista 64, 8GB RAm, 2.8Ghz Quad Core

Installed 64(after a gawdawful amount of time)

upgrade to 8GB ram... crashed BIOS
upgrade to 6GB ram... funky system behavior

installed a new bios
upgrade to 8GB ram... still doesnt work
upgrade to 6GB ram... nope

upped RAM voltage in BIOS settings
8gb.. nope
6gb... ok were getting somewhere

installed new CPU
...and we are crashing again
...play with this voltage setting, this ram timing, yada yada yada.... reset the BIOS probably 100 times(I had a sore on my thumb to prove it, lol)

gave up on anything past 4GB

so... 4GB is working fine with new quad core.. or is it. Every day I get a BSOD. Every damn day, no exceptions. Yes I upgraded my GTX to 64bit drivers. Yes my mobo has 64bit bios. Yes this drives me nuts, yes I'm ready to throw this computer out in the street.

In fact while I was writing this rant, guess what? My computer crashed.

Anyone know if XP64 is better? I want 8gb ram and a quad core for my multiboxing damnit.

p.s. again I know I'm not a computer wiz, but sheesh how much should I have to know to get a system thats supposed to be user friendly to work?? I should have been able to just install everything and boot up. Ya dream on I know.

[sedory]

It's not the OS, it's the hardware. You either have a problem with the motherboard or the ram. I work on server hardware w/ 16-32gb ram all the time and most of the issues you describe tend to lead me to troubleshooting the motherboard and/or ram itself.

[Chrysanthe]

I second that... either MB or RAM... but my experience tells me your RAM might have some problems...

[Sam DeathWalker]

I gave up on Vista and went back to win2k ...

I show 3.6 gig ram in task manager (cause I get .5 extra from motherboard rom), good enough.

[Multibocks]

Heh, talked to a pc sales person and asked why they didnt offer xp64 and the response was that xp64 has more problems than vista64. Guess 8GB will be that pie in the sky I never see, well and stability. If it's the RAM, strange that both sets of RAM(2x2GB) crash the BIOS, guess that means both sets are bad?

[Chrysanthe]

[quote='Multibocks',index.php?page=Thread&postID=13 1017#post131017]Heh, talked to a pc sales person and asked why they didnt offer xp64 and the response was that xp64 has more problems than vista64. Guess 8GB will be that pie in the sky I never see, well and stability. If it's the RAM, strange that both sets of RAM(2x2GB) crash the BIOS, guess that means both sets are bad?[/quote][font='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif']Maybe, if you don't handle them carefully enough, but it also could be your MB....[/font]

[Sam DeathWalker]

Or 1000 other possible things that by the time you figure out which one it is windows 7 will be out ...

[thinus]

I picked all my parts and paid the shop to assemble the machine for me. I installed Vista 64. I added another 2x 2GB RAM to bring my total to 8GB. I've had zero problems with Vista. I never crash running 5x WoW for many many hours. I almost never shutdown/restart the PC, only put it into sleep mode when I am not using it.

Maybe I was just very lucky with the components I picked. I would buy a Gigabyte MB again in a heartbeat, been extremely stable for me thusfar but I also haven't overclocked anything.

[Multibocks]

My board is Asus, with vista 32 it was fine. I'm attempting to run memtest on my machine right now, soon as I burn it to CD. Will see if my memory is bad.

[Coltimar]

Vista x64 is the most stable OS I have ran since Win XP Pro. For me, Win XP Pro (fully patched) is becoming very flaky. Before long you will either have to sit at SP2 on XP or move to Vista. I have used every flavor of Vista so far and the only one I can stand is Ultimate x64.