I am running a Voodoo Envy a:228 notebook with the AMD Turion TL-60 X2 dual
core processor, 2 GB of high speed RAM, 100 gig 7200rpm HDD, 128MB video
card, integrated sound, etc...
The problem I am having is with Windows Vista Ultimate x64 - when installing
the software, everything ran smoothly until the hardware detection wizard
shortly after having created my user account.  Half way through the detection
process, the machine locked up and refused to respond, but left untouched,
came back to life about 10 minutes later and successfully finished the
process.
I now experience the exact same problem at almost every step of the way when
using the operating system.  After seeing the Microsoft Corporation load
screen on boot, I see a black screen with a movable cursor for 10 seconds
until the screen goes black and locks up for 10 minutes, eventually returning
with the log in screen.  After typing in my password and hitting enter, the
machine locks up again for 10 minutes before coming back and showing my
desktop.  This same process continues as I request any single thing from the
machine, such as opening a folder, program, etc.
I have installed the Vista drivers for my hardware and everything seems to
be running fine in the device manager, but I still have the same problem.  I
can boot into safe mode and use the entire OS perfectly, so I am suspicious
that it is a driver related issue.  If anyone could help me out with this, I
would greatly appreciate it.
-Jesse James