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    [Alienware M17x R3] Serious crashing problem! Please help.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by cktran, Jul 8, 2016.

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    cktran Notebook Guru

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    Radeon 7970M
    Hi there, I'm not sure what the deal is, but it *seems* that my laptop only crashes only when playing Dota 2 after a certain unknown period of time. It occasionally happens. I have updated my drivers recently already for the graphics card. I've also recently repasted both GPU and CPU.

    When it happens, the screen would flicker for a second, and then turn off by itself along with audio.

    My CPU under load (playing Dota 2) is 141.6F, and GPU is 142.8F.
    In Celsius, thats 60.89 C, 61.56C.

    My CPU on idle temps is 129.2F, GPU is 132.8F
    In Celsius, thats 54C, 56C.

    Is there something wrong with this? If not, what else could it be?
    Please help, thank you.
     
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    No one knows? :c
    I know that my GPU fan is working, but I am thinking that it may not be running as it should as I have heard that fan profiles get messed up within time from Alienware.
     
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    cktran, Jul 9, 2016
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