Windows 8 Freezes (upgrade and clean installation)

Tisse

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Hi

First post in this forum, and already with complaints ;-)

I installed the Windows 8 Release Preview Build 8400 on my computer. I first did an upgrade from windows 7, but that gave me some (apparently ramdon) freezes. I decided to do a clean installation on unallocated space. The same happened 3 times till now. I used the W8 File Collector (see attached W8.zip). It gave me a 'Sorry, No Dump Found'-error. You can also find two printscreens in the zip file.

I only installed a new driver for my nvidia graphics card, and the wireless D-Link adapter.

Can anyone help me out? This is driving me crazy ;-)

Thanks in advance!

Tisse
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Build 8400
Have you installed the graphics driver from Weltweiter Marktführer für Visual Computing Technologien | NVIDIA?

Base on my personal experience, the nvidia graphics card driver will conflict with windows 8. We need special edition of the driver.

If you haven't do that, go to the link above, choose driver download, then choose option 2 (automatically detect graphics card). Then follow instructions to install.
 

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System One

  • OS
    windows 8 cp with apps
@wei haw

Thanks for the suggestion! I did install the latest nvidia drivers. All up to date (see the attached jpeg).

The crash feels more like a lack of memory. It's no instant freeze. Everything slows down spectacularly, and a few seconds later, nothing moves.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Build 8400

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win8.1Pro - Finally!!!
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Samsung/NP780
    CPU
    Came with the laptop (i7 of some sort)
    Motherboard
    Pretty sure that it has one, but haven't checked inside the case!
    Memory
    upgraded to 12 gB from 8 gB
    Graphics Card(s)
    has switchable - Intel/ATI - Used wrong drivers, now ATI card is inop :( Will have to fix it soon!
    Sound Card
    I'm nearly deaf, so this isn't used often
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Touchscreen on laptop/32" Toshiba on HDMI (laid the Sharp TV on a mouse and cracked the screen!)
    Screen Resolution
    800x600
    Hard Drives
    One Samsung 1tB drive - 5400 rpm. Gonna switch to a 7200/10000 rpm or an SSD (if I can find $500 for a 1tB SSD!)
    - Switched to 500 gB Samsung 840 series SSD - WOW!!!
    PSU
    Why do we ask this for laptops?
    Case
    Silver with a neat Samsung logo
    Cooling
    sub-par, gotta get around to working on it soon Worked on it - still sub-par! :(
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Natural - the same one I've used since it orignally came out around 1995
    Mouse
    no Mouse - Trackball!!!!
    Internet Speed
    too slow when I'm waiting for a download to finish
    Browser
    Yes, I use this (Firefox mostly, w/IE next most)
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender and Windows Firewall
    Other Info
    I'm handsome and a snappy dresser :0)
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