Random Freezing

kingturbofox

New Member
Messages
12
I purchased Win 8 Pro the day it came out for a ridiculously cheap price from Microsoft, and free Media Center upgrade. I held on to the disc but never used it. The other day I read that they would stop updating win 7 or something to that effect. I figured I would fire up my win8 cd and see what the hype was about. Install went pretty fast and problem free. I installed 8.1 from the store and then all hell broke loose. My computer would be doing nothing, just idling at the desktop or whatever. I would try to open a program or windows explorer, then for no apparent reason... Frozen, cant click on anything. If i click on the taskbar, it crashes and restarts explorer. but it wont re-load all my icons in the notification area. Any ideas? Should I go back to 7 and count the 14$ that I gave to M$FT a wash?

I used win 7 for over a year with this machine and never a hiccup. 2 days with win 8 and I'm pulling my hair out. WTH?

Maximus V Formula mobo
i7 3770k O/C to 4.4Ghz
16GB 1600 Mhz Corsair Vengeance RAM
256GB Samsung EVO SSD w/ RAPID mode enabled
ASUS Radeon 7870 GHz edition
All current 8.1 drivers from Asus and AMD installed.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1 Pro with Media Center/ 7 Home Premium
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built - Republic Of Gamers
    CPU
    i7 3770k
    Motherboard
    Maximus V Formula
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus Radeon HD 7870
    Sound Card
    ROG SupremeFX
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sony 46" 3D LED
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    2x Seagate 2 TB
    1x Seagate 4 TB
    Samsung EVO 256GB SSD
    PSU
    Corsair AX860i
    Case
    Zalman Z11
    Cooling
    Corsair H80i
    Keyboard
    Logitech Illuminated Keyboard K800
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless Trackball M570
    Internet Speed
    Bell Fibe 50/10
    Browser
    Torch
Back
Top