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    G73 Out of The Blue Stability Issues....

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Almost Tactful, Oct 3, 2010.

  1. Almost Tactful

    Almost Tactful Notebook Consultant

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    Hey everyone, my rig has been running flawlessly until this morning and more so tonight. I'm getting wicked lock ups and Windows crashes and I haven't changed a thing....any idea what may cause such random issues?
     
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    Quadzilla The eye is watching you

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    Could be a bad stick of Memory..

    You may want to run Memtest .. Download and burn the ISO then set your Dvd to boot at startup..

    http://www.memtest.org/#downiso
     
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    Almost Tactful Notebook Consultant

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    Awww crap.....I hope not....I'm going to bed lol will run it in the morning and post results
     
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    Almost Tactful Notebook Consultant

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    Alright, couldn't wait...ran memtest and came back clear...any other ideas?
     
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    Beyond the basic stuff like running virus scans etc i would back up my current OS partition and restore the factory image..

    Its not always easy to troubleshoot issues so i try to rule out software first... Get back to basics and go from there.. I would also avoid Windows updates for a day or 2 if you restore the factory image just to play it safe.. Some of them have been causing people issues but again its hard to tell ...
     
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    Almost Tactful Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah I'm stumped, it passed memtest and is currently about an hour into both LinX and FurMark at the same time and passing without a problem. Currently the CPU is at 83*C and the GPU is at 95*C and it's running just fine and of course both fans are at full bore.
     
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    Computers are just flaky sometimes and a simple answer you will not find ..

    You can run all the stability tests and pass with flying colors then open a web page or just move your mouse and the whole machine freaks out lol... Yeah
     
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    Maybe it just had a long day and got moody....and now it knows not to screw with me because I just sent it through hell and back lol
     
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    Yeah that could go both ways and it might be 2 times as angry since you just tortured it for a couple hours.. I know i would certainly retaliate lol..
     
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