Windows 7 Freezes After A Period Of Inactivity
Jun 29, 2011
I have this problem with Windows and it's getting really annoying. At first I thought it only happened when recovering from sleep mode but I have since been proved wrong. I have gone into Power Options and set my laptop to never go into sleep, never dim the screen and never turn off the display. I then went into advanced power settings and set the hard drive to never turn off. I have since realised that Windows 7 will only freeze after a period of inactivity whether there is an open program or not.
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Aug 22, 2011
I'm hoping someone could give me some pointers on how to go about investigating my PC switching itself off after approximately 10 minutes of inactivity (not sleeping, as Windows is configured to do after 30 mins). The PC is used as a media centre with xbmc running as the frontend.If I leave the computer unattended whilst in XBMC. the computer will switch off after approximately 10 mins. I haven't (yet) checked if it happens outside of XBMC, though I suspect it will.The eventviewer shows: The previous system shutdown at <time> on <date> was unexpected.But nothing else of significance.The reason I'm convinced this is software related is because the shutdown always occurs around about 10 mins after leaving the PC alone, with no input. I havent timed it precisely, but will do so when I next get a chance.If I am using the PC in any way, or watching a film, it does *not* shutdown. There are no errors apart from that in the eventviewer log - i.e. no boot menu when you power back on to recommend safe mode, no message on starting windows to say it shutdown unexpectedly. I havent actually observed the shutdown myself yet, so Im not sure if there is a bluescreen or not.
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I disabled the screen saver and I disabled the option of the OS turning off the screen. Yet, the screen will still turn itself off after a period of inactivity. I'm currently using a Asus Monitor 19'
my pc is:
7 3770k 3.5 ghz
Asus Gtx 680
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2x4gb ram DDR3 Corsair Vengeance White 1600 LP Arctic
Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 1000W
drivers
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Code:
Diagnostic Report (1.9.0027.0):
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Windows Validation Data-->
Validation Code: 50
Cached Online Validation Code: 0x0
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ASUS M4A77TD Pro
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Feb 15, 2011
hey guy so i just built a new computer last week! brand new everything. The problem that i am getting is when i go to install windows 7 64 bit its gets through the windows loading files fine, but then goes to the next screen that says "starting windows" and it freezes then! it doesnt bring up the colorful balls or anything it just freezes. I have not been able to figure it out and still have no idea if it is a hardware defect or whatMy computer specs are:MSI 870A-G54 motherboardAMD phenom 2 x4 955 black edition quad core600 watt psu DDR3 PC3-10666 PNY 4gb Ram (two 2 gb sticks) @ 1333mhz750 GB Seagate Barracude 7200 rpm Serial ATA Hard DriveEvga GeForce GTS 450 Video cardAsus Sata dvd driveUpdates:- updated my bios and have one ram in there..have used both rams individually..except now it goes a little farther.. ic the colored balloons! but still not working.....- Hooked my new hard drive up to my old computer and ran windows 7 with that attempting to see how far i can go on that computer with it, and i get past the starting windows
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Jul 10, 2012
so i just installed a LEGAL version of windows 7 HP x64 oem (i did have ultimate illegal for a few months) it was working fine for a week or so and then occasionally it would freeze 'desktop first and then a few seconds later the mouse would stop moving'.i can into safe mode without a problem that's how im posting this.when i had ultimate it worked fine and didn't freeze but i have upgraded the cpu and mobo.OLD asrock n68c ucc with phenom x3 720 be @2.8ghzNEWgigabyte ma-ga790xt ud4p with phenom x4 955 be @ 3.2ghzthe asrock only used a 4 pin cpu lead but the 790xt uses a 8pin cpu lead so i made a 4pin and 1molex to 8pin, i even had this when i had ultimate and didn't have a problem.a few things it could be ram or psui have 4gb ddr3 1333hz ram and 2gb ddr3 1060hz ram and i dono if that would be an issue as it hasn't before and the other could be a cheap psu alpine 550W and i have a 2 fans on a speed controller using 1 molex a temp gauge using another molex a another molex for a hdd (not an ssd) and 1 more for the CD-Rom DVD-Rom drive, im thinking its not psu issue because if it was it would freeze in safe mode and i have disabled all the start-up programs and still froze.
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Apr 24, 2012
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AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
M4A89GTD-PRO
6GB A-Data DDR3 RAM
ASUS EAH5770 CUcore
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
I never had freezing issues before my new installation.
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