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    M11x freezes while playging games???

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by TCool, Dec 31, 2010.

  1. TCool

    TCool Notebook Enthusiast

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    I had the M11x R1 one month ago.
    It already froze 2 times when I was playing games in the past 30 days.
    It happened after 3 hours of playing. The screen became different colors, and the sound paused and kept repeating.
    I wonder is it caused by overheating?


    PS:I overclocked the CPU.
     
    TCool, Dec 31, 2010
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  2. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    Are you blocking the fan on the bottom?
     
    ejohnson, Dec 31, 2010
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  3. keftih

    keftih Notebook Evangelist

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    There was another thread on this problem of the m11x "locking up". Not really sure what it is, but I suspect it's because of an unstable CPU overclock.
     
    keftih, Dec 31, 2010
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  4. TitanGod

    TitanGod Notebook Evangelist

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    Mine was freezing constantly during games too. LFD2 and in WoW.

    I downclocked down to 150 Mhz, and OC'ed the video card a bit with EVGA precision and im perfect now.
     
    TitanGod, Dec 31, 2010
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  5. Bendak

    Bendak Notebook Evangelist

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    2 crashes in 1 month is nothing to be concerned about, it might have something to do with the game you were playing.
     
    Bendak, Dec 31, 2010
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  6. Benchmade 42

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    It's not overheating, if it is then the gpu performance will throttle and the temp will stop at a specific threshold

    What you are experiencing is probably a driver or bios issue
     
    Benchmade 42, Dec 31, 2010
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