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    ASUS N61J Laptop

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by itskevinnlee, Jan 13, 2011.

  1. itskevinnlee

    itskevinnlee Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys so I got my laptop a little over 6 months ago and I have been experiencing some problems about a month ago. The first problem is that I get logged into a temporary profile a lot. Another problem is that when I start to play games, my laptop heats up ridiculously fast. I don't know if this is normal or not. And lastly, while I am play games, my screen gets really messed up after I've been playing for a while. Sometimes it takes an hour before it starts to get messed up, sometimes 5 minutes. By messed up I mean "shard" like shapes and pixels start flickering around and stuff like that. Does anyone know what's wrong with it? Also, I am in college now so I wont be able to send it back or anything anytime soon. ANY help is greatly appreciated! Thank you.
     
    itskevinnlee, Jan 13, 2011
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    I know the graphics in the N series aren't powerhouse cards, and do get quite hot when you're playing games because they're frequently overloaded.

    Now, whether or not that is the case here is hard to tell.

    Do you have some sort of monitoring tool, like HwInfo32? Perhaps you could tell us your max temperature when playing games.

    Do the shards, shapes and pixels stop flying around when you're not playing games?
     
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  3. itskevinnlee

    itskevinnlee Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey i dont know what HwInfo32 is. Is it a physical hardware that I have to purchase or some sort of program I can download?

    and the shards are only during game. once i exit the game, i get scattered pixel flickerings. if i put the laptop to sleep or restart it, the problem goes away but if i start playing, it will start up again. if i just use my laptop to browse the web or pretty much any activity other than playing games, its fine. its just when i play the games the problem starts
     
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  4. ALLurGroceries

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    Yes check your temps and have you tried reinstalling your graphics drivers?

    Try running a disk check (chkdsk /f c :), you may have some corrupted files or your windows profile may be corrupted itself.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Jan 13, 2011
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  5. itskevinnlee

    itskevinnlee Notebook Enthusiast

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    im sorry but how do you check the temperature and where do i reinstall graphic drivers?
    and also how do u run a disk check? sorry i dont have a lot of knowledge about computers.
     
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    ALLurGroceries, Jan 13, 2011
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    Google is your friend. I'd "l m g t f y" but it gets filtered out by the mods.
     
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    does disk check erase any files?

    This is the temperature. I layed out the before and while im playing game next to each other. is there anything out of the ordinary? Thank you!

    [​IMG]
     
    itskevinnlee, Jan 13, 2011
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    What i think is that you have a defectibe VRAM ( explains artifatcs ). And the temps are fine, I get the same. Don't worry ;)
     
    Phistachio, Jan 14, 2011
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  10. itskevinnlee

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    what can i do to fix taht?
     
    itskevinnlee, Jan 15, 2011
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    Phistachio A. Scriabin

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    RMA the notebook. But first, show it at the local retailer, and confirm that it is a defective VRAM.
     
    Phistachio, Jan 15, 2011
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    okay thank you very much!
     
    itskevinnlee, Jan 16, 2011
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    You are welcome! :) Glad I helped :)
     
    Phistachio, Jan 16, 2011
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