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    GSOD Only in Furmark?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by shootingblind, Aug 6, 2010.

  1. shootingblind

    shootingblind Newbie

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    Just curious if anyone else has only experienced the GSOD when using Furmark? I only got this laptop yesterday and have played games such as Empire Total War and Day of Defeat Source for hours without any crashing. Yet, Furmark crashed it within a minute. I'm using the latest 10.7 drivers. Am I in the clear from the GSOD otherwise?

    Also, I've had the GSOD experience on my desktop when I had an ATI 5770 card. All my games crashed within 30 minutes to the GSOD. I tried all the ATI drivers and it still happened. It got so bad I couldn't even run streaming video without the computer crashing. I downgraded back to my old 4850 in the end.
     
    shootingblind, Aug 6, 2010
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  2. Secro

    Secro Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nope. While on 10.7a I got a GSOD after 9 hours of gaming and 2 hrs of Furmark :) (over 2 nights!) I'd say you'll get a GSOD while in a game eventually.
     
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  3. HeavenCry

    HeavenCry Notebook Virtuoso

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    Second that. Same thing here - if furmark crashes on me on some driver, so do the games eventually.
     
    HeavenCry, Aug 6, 2010
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  4. column

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    Starcraft 2 and WoW will GSOD on anything but stock drivers.

    Starcraft is really the best tho for the GSOD
     
    column, Aug 6, 2010
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    antisniperspy Notebook Evangelist

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    Second that.
     
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  6. Dkumagai

    Dkumagai Notebook Consultant

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    I've been playing SC2 for the past 2 days on 10.7a and FurMark also runs stably. I'll try a 2+ hour FurMark run over the weekend when I'm not playing any games.
     
    Dkumagai, Aug 6, 2010
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    On the 209 stock bios?
     
    column, Aug 6, 2010
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  8. Dkumagai

    Dkumagai Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, I'm running 209. Although I doubt that has anything to do with my stability.
     
    Dkumagai, Aug 6, 2010
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  9. Chastity

    Chastity Company Representative

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    When you play, are you also recharging your battery, or is it always recharged?
     
    Chastity, Aug 6, 2010
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  10. Dkumagai

    Dkumagai Notebook Consultant

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    It's always charged, I read your post about your experience with FurMark while your battery was charging. Honestly, I think my batch of G73s were winners. However, I'm not happy with my GPU temps so I will be repasting next week when I get my ICD in.
     
    Dkumagai, Aug 6, 2010
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