Hello all..
I've the exact same problem!
First W7 install, everything was fine until the, for example, 8th reboot..
Second W7 install, fine until 5 reboot..
Third W7 install, fine untill 10th reboot..
Fourth W7 install, fine until the 1st reboot after the 1st installation part..
After 10 W7 installations, two of them with SP1 (because the artifacts didn't appeared and luckily i was able to install SP1), i gave up and decided to install W8, and.. WOW!! NO ARTIFACTS!!!
I've W8 installed now, and after 3 days, no artifacts!!
I've tried:
* Different nVidia drivers
* Different Intel Chipset drivers
* Different SATA ports, including the Marvell ones
* Install with IDE and AHCI
* Switch IDE/AHCI after W7 install
* Different Bios: F8, F11 and F12c
* EFI and Legacy
* Different DVI ports
* Different PCIE slots
* Different GPUs
* One GPU, and Two in SLI mode
My system:
- Gigabyte G1.Assassin II, that comes with F8 bios out of the box
- Intel Core i7 3820
- 4x2GB Patriot Viper Xtreme at different speeds
- 2x MSI N460GTX Cyclone OC 768MB in SLI
- Samsung P2370 (if someones need to know)
- 1x WD 500GB Caviar Blue i think.