asus g73jh GSOD ressurection help plz

hi there this is my 2 post i already read this forums since i have the g73 and since day two i had gsod's anyway i tried all i could try safely that i read from these forums and a lot of times the gsod problem seamed to have been resolved but every time it would return after some time (from one day to one weak and in one case one month without gsod's) i updated the bios and that killed my keyboard lights i completely unninstalled all ati drivers and updated them to the newest version at that time it was 10.4 and currently i am at 10.6 that worked for a little hile but not for long. i had all sorts of gsod's from yellow to gray to blue etc... never psod. now i think the problem is the temperature of the gpu. i am in a bar where the temperature is about 25ºc the gpu core is at 77ºc in idle and running the msi kombustor it reaches 99ºc in less then five minutes at that point i turn it off i don't wanna risk damaging my gpu. i am thinking in sending it to RMA but i am working and i dont see my self without my laptop for 2 months.

Notes:
Crashes and i get gsod's playing: Batman Arkham Asylum, Borderlands, Star wars force unleashed, splinter cell conviction, command and conquer 4.

a month and a half ago it crashed and gave gsod's while watching movies it doesn't anymore

the amd gpu clock tool didn't open but it does now i dont know why.

the gsod's and crashes can happen from five to a full hour of playing.

 

I'm using 10.6 as well and no gsods here. I actually never updated my bios. New developments have found that gsods may have to do with changes in v memory speeds that the drivers change which causes gsods.

overclcok your gpu to 704.95/1100 then try playing a couple games. If that didn't work, play with the numbers more like 800/1000 or maybe downclocking.

If you have creative, get rid of it or uncheck the bass.

If the oc didn't work, I recommend reverting back to stock drivers....

Of course, it works perfect for me but I don't play many games atm.

 

You can also try the 10.5 driver set from MSI. I haven't experimented with them yet.

 

first up the creative software has nothing to do with gsods. Secondly, given the fact that the op is having heating problems, setting the core to 800 or the memory to 1100 isnt the best idea. If you absolutely don't want to rma, you can take the laptop to a trusted repair center and have them reapply the thermal paste on your gpu and cpu. As chastity pointed out in another post, the gsod could be due to heating issues. Goodluck.

 

They don't install the last i remembered. Might have to do it using device manager...

 

You are on the high side in terms of temperature, mine is clocked at 705/1100 and in an air conditioned room it sits idle at low 60's. You should get it checked. Or maybe re-apply the paste yourself if you are confident in doing the procedure.

 

Or you could try using 10.1 from the ASUS website.

 

or you can just do what I do, RMA this thing and pray for a better one.

 

lol there is that choice too

 

but that is not made for G73 right?

 

it must be made for the g73, since its listed on the latter's download page as the only available gpu driver. Which btw, does little to improve gaming performance. Trying new drivers isnt going to make the heating problem go away. While a new driver may act as a peacemeal for now, with time the problem will only aggrevate more. Try the thermal paste solution first, if it doesn't work, you might just have to rma.

 

Yea, creative doesn't cause gsod, just freezing. I just threw it in there for the heck of it. Also, I have no issues at 800/1100. Of course, this depends on the user. I'm sure playing a high end game at 800/1100 is probably a risk but since I don't play many high end games atm, I have no issues oc to 800 and my temps stay under 75c

edit - Of course, I don't up to 800 much since I don't need to. I guess its better to say experiment with the oc until it works.

 

Oh and while we are on the topic of new drivers, I finally mustered up enough guts to update my drivers from the stock 9.12 to the 10.6. No GSODs after 2 days of playing GTA IV EFLC.

However, Hwinfo reports that the GPU has been used 100% at some parts of the game with the MemIO going upto as high as 92C. So newer drivers with stock vBios will raise your idle and active temps...it raised mine by around 10C.

 

seems the ati releases use more aggressive memory/clock timings. would explain higher temps and gsod occurrences.

 

ok so i didnt have internet for a while so i couldn't reply. anyway i tried playing starcraft II in my graundmothers house with ambient temp at about 26 to 30 and gsod's would allways happen with diferent play times and then i tried playing at this bar with cooling systems where the temperatures were lower and i could without gsod's so the problem is coming from the heating in gpu at least thats what it look like for me. i dont have the creative stuff i got rid of them when i got the laptop. i might had that sometimes after my pc gsod's my laptop can freeze while entering on vista to insert the password or after insertin the password but it just freezes and then i have to restart as usual. i think i will go to a trusted repairer so i can try to fix this and then if it doesn't work i will rma

 

hi again i was searching again on the internet and i found a guy that said that maybe there is a problem with the graphic card fixing that makes it bend a bit breaking the connection between the memory or something anyway i was watching a movie the night before and my pc crashed without gsod but with the repeating sound pattern and now i am having some doubts if it is really a heating problem because i was in a room with 25ºc and the pc was stable at 58 for the processor and 75 for gpu and this is the temperatures my gpu and processor are usualy on in the desktop so i dont know what is the problem.....

 

it's not a heat problem, per se, however high temps will aggravate the issue, and cause more GSODs.