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Re: Vista Slow/Locks
Originally Posted by gwmeek View Post
The mild overclock never happened. I just set the multiplier back to where it was supposed to be at 9. I never messed with the multiplier before so I'm not sure how it got set to 8. After updating the BIOS and resetting to defaults it kept the multiplier at 9 where it should be but the computer still loads Vista extremely slow and eventually locks. I tried to reinstall Vista but it freezes on the screen linked in my first post.
Try setting the multiplier back to 8 for chits and giggles and see if it stops freezing up.
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