Advice please I think my G53 may have a problem =(

Its only happened a few times, which has been remedied by a restart.

What the issue is while in a game the screen displays "muddled" graphics, not quite what ive seen in the past from a graphics card artifacting, but motion becomes slow, graphics become stretched or not "proper" and then the screen flashes blank. After that happened for 10-15 seconds the windows has one of those little messages from taskbar, saying first your graphic card drivers may be out of date, try get new ones, windows has recovered from a serious issue. And locking up the laptop.

I tried to take a screen shot of the message both times it has happened but for some reason where the message is doesn't seem to come out when I paste it into a jpg.

Any advice? this machine is less than 2 weeks new.

How long does asus normally take to RMA, and do you think they would just replace the VGA, or issue a new machine?

Just got this W7 setup nicely, didn't want to have to do it again any time soon. lol

Thanks in advance

 

Does it happen for specific games or all games and are you overclocking?

 

seems like the gpu is overheating its a hardware problem so you'll have to rma it. i dont know how long it willrake

 

No OCing, everything with the system is default.

I literally received the laptop < 2 weeks ago, haven't done anything to it than uninstall some default software and install a few pieces of software, including League of Legends and LOTRO which to me, would seem uncontroversial to such an issue anyway.

Admittedly the issue has only been noticed in LoL, but I don't play LOTRO as much, so its possible just coincident

I wrote to Asus, my response was to reinstall the OS. seriously, is this acceptable response for a OS < 2 weeks old?

Anyone had any experience?

=( always damn problems....

I'd like to avoid RMA if someone can suggest a possible known cause, but if this is left field, so to speak. I may as well get it sorted while the laptop is still brand new.

Major =(

What would you do?

Thanks

 

@Psteiny: TBH, from the point of view of a tech, if it's only happening in one game, it's caused by the game.

 

have you tried to track the temperature?
looks like overheat problem but try to tune the graphics to lowest possible and see if it works after playing for a few hours

 

ok. I don't understand why it would be caused by the game, I've played the game on numerous other computers for longer periods of time with no side effect like this.

I'll do a post in LoL forums to see if anyone else has had this issues. Its not constant either. Since the first time it happened a few days ago. Out of the 10 odd games I've played in the last few days, its only done it twice. And out of the 40 odd I've played in the almost 2 weeks I've had the laptop this is the second time I've seen it. And as I mentioned a reboot seemed to clear the issue. I'll leave the machine on for the next 24 hours and see if I can replicate the issue.

What's a good application to monitor some temps?

The back of the laptop is well ventilated and playing on the wsad keys, the laptop doesn't feel hot to touch.

Thanks for advice.

 

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You're welcome to try 263.00 WHQL. Grab the modded INF to install, and replace in driver package.

 

Hmm, well just downloading the drivers, have other g53 owners used this?

also any idea why CPUID would list my CPU as different to Win7? is this anything to be concerned over?

http://home.exetel.com.au/psteiny/hardware.png

these were temps just after I had a game of LoL.

Not unreasonably high - http://home.exetel.com.au/psteiny/hardware after.png

 

You cant compare two computers with a different specs. Want 100% reliability with games? Buy a console.

 

in wich folder do I place the modded inf, and why is it needed to use the modded one?

consoles are for kids, and other people who can't afford a computer.

Well I got them installed, will let you know how it goes. =)

ty

 

Is it apparent only in a certain game?

 

I currently only play LOTRO (just started though) and League of Legends. I've only seen it in LoL. But I haven't played LOTRO much to make a certain call on that or not yet. One toon is 9 other is 7.

I just installed the drivers posted above, and I've had a few games today, nothing bad to report yet. Hopefully it was just a driver issue.

 

Try a couple of more games and see.

It could be just a particular game issue.