ASUS V6V Issues ... loud freezing???

Hi all,

Just wanted to get your thoughts on what's going on with my V6V. It's been to ASUS twice for repair, on the first trip, they replaced the main board, and on the second trip they repaired the LAN connection.

Now I'm experiencing random freezing that I haven't had before ... After a useless session with ASUS tech support, I updated the BIOS and the freezes became less frequent, but today was the kicker ... While I was writing an e-mail, the computer froze and a loud, repeating, buzzing, thumping noise was coming out of the speakers. I had to shut down and noticed that the American Megatrends BIO screen came up ... I booted using default setting and it's settled down.

I'm acutally pretty dissapointed with the overall quality and tech issues I'm having with my V6V. I did considerable research and concluded that ASUS was the best choice for a high-end, quality notebook, but I'm starting to doubt. My cheapo Toshiba Satellite A75 from CompuUSA gave me less trouble -- actually none at all.

Again, just wanted to see what you experts have to say regarding my issue. Any comments or advice is welcomed.

Thanks for reading.

SChoi040

 

I dont know about the loud noise. But as for freezing its either bad ram. or a motherboard problem. are you running a new clean image on the machine? remember anything can break even though most asus machines are geat doesnt mean crappy ones dont come out of the factory now and then just happens. im gonna guess its the main board though.

 

Sorry to hear about your computer, I would also assume it is the main board that could be causing you problems, but you mentioned that it was already replaced previously. It's possible it could be something else. You said that you booted in default setting after you saw the American Megatrends screen. What was your setting before that?

 

Take out one memory module and try it if it still freezes put that back in and take the other out. just to rule out that although using a diffferent module all together would be better.

 

Thanks for your comments.

The tough thing about the freezing is isolating the problem. Since it's so random, I can't really venture to guess what's causing the issue. Could be the motherboard (already replaced once) or the RAM, software conflicts, whatever.

I'll try taking out the RAM module ... better yet, I'm planning to upgrade to 1GB and see if that resolves the issue.

Any other advice? Does ASUS have a lemon policy where they would replace the notebook after so many trips for service?

SChoi040

 

Do this get your 1gig stick of ram take out the others for now. do a complete format and restore dont install anything else. test it out for a few days . if no issues your good try and put more ram in see how it runs. but at least if you have issues after all that its the main board.

 

If more people agreed with you, I'd tell you it's such as life and see how the repairs go..... but just because it "freezes" certainly doesn't make the quality of the system go down and to rank it lower than your hold Tosh Sat is one of the worst things I've ever heard any Asus referred to as...

You honestly might just have really bad luck..... or there's nothing you're missing and Asus isn't responsible for...... IE: virus, spyware, ad ware... etc.

As SRD suggested.. look at your ram and try to rule that out... that's a COMMON thing that may occur if the ram went bad.... hopefully everything will turn out fine, but have a little hope and try to change your luck!

 

My comparison to Toshiba is mearly pointing out the fact that my V6V has given me more trouble than the Toshiba -- that's all, and there's nothing from my experience that suggest Toshiba is a lesser brand. So, I'm not trashing ASUS, in fact, I've become a big fan, but if your $5K Hyundai gets you to work everyday with no issues, but your $50K BMW is always in the shop, then it makes one wonder ... or at least give you enough pause to complain about it.

In any case, I will look into the RAM resolution and see if that works. Thanks for yor help. BTW, I have plenty of hope, and my luck has never been better!

 

haha.... good luck with it then.