my M15X system keep crashing, need help.

Hi guys as the above mentioned, I do not know why it keep crashing randomly for example when I opened up games like Modern Warfare2, world of warcraft or even when i leave it there sometimes it the system will just hang and i have no choice but to force reboot it.

Currently I am using Windows 7 home prem and a Intel Gen 2 80gb SSD.

 

Did this issue just start happening? Did you recently upgrade the gpu driver or anything else?

 

yes it started happening recently. The only driver I updated was the Bios thats all.

 

Did it start happening immediately after the bios upgrade? If so, you might want to re-flash

 

Check the event log and see what Windows is reporting in connection with the hang/crash.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/What-information-appears-in-event-logs-Event-Viewer

 

well I am really not sure. but it could be 1 of the suspect, I also did installed a few games and left about 8gb of hard disk space on my C drive. or should i defrag my C drive ?

 

You should check the event log and see what there is to be seen...

Trust me, it very well may nail the crash on the head.

 

HI batboy thanks for ur help, I have already followed the steps. So under which catagory should I look for, for hang/crash related matters like critical error, warning etc.

I m not familiar with all these please have patiences with me thanks.

 

do not defrag your ssd, defraging is only for reg, hdd. you can harm your ssd if you do.

 

How is your ssd working out for you? I'm thinking about picking one up

 

one word they are awesome. only takes me like 10 secs to boot up.

 

been working great, no problems with it ever. highly recommended.

 

Do you have a secondary drive as well? I was reading somewhere that for a ssd to run optimally you need at least 20% free. So in your case you would only want to use 64gb

 

pretty much have to have another backup drive too, even though i have 160gb, it still not enough. i just keep what i use most on my main drive and everything else on my external. but the trouble is still worth it for the speed and performance increase. hopefully the bigger ssd will be cheaper soon.

 

Take a look at this (from our friends @ techtarget):
http://searchsystemschannel.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid99_gci1366796,00.html

This will give you an idea where to start and how to better understand troubleshooting. Google is also your friend.

An Event Error ID search can be found here:
http://www.eventid.net/

Above all, do not download any tool claiming to fix the problem for you.

A last solution will be to abandon your troubleshooting efforts, back up your important data and respawn.