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    G2S locking up

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Brycer64, Jul 12, 2008.

  1. Brycer64

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    Hi, I'm sorry if someone has already brought this up, but my Asus G2S seems to lock up while playing graphically intense games (like Supreme Commander). I turn it off by holding down the power button and then when i go to turn it on again it refuses to boot up (it turns on but nothing happens). The only thing that seems to fix it is unplugging it and taking out the battery for 5 min. It also does this every now and then when i restart.

    It has done this ever since i got it (almost a year ago) but I didn't act on it then.

    I bout it from xotic PC and I have the latest video drivers from Asus.
    oh and I run Vista 32.

    any help would be appreciated.
     
    Brycer64, Jul 12, 2008
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    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Try and update your bios if there's a new version out.
    Also check your temperatures - it may be an overheating issue and if that's the case try and clean your fan/grill and/or purchase a laptop cooler.
     
    David, Jul 12, 2008
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    Thanks Il give that a try.
     
    Brycer64, Jul 13, 2008
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    No good, updated to the newest bios, raised my computer up, and had 2 fans on it and it still locked up 20 min into supreme commander. Any ideas? Is this something that i should take up with asus?
     
    Brycer64, Jul 14, 2008
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    Check your GPU temps with RivaTuner.
    Also, try using drivers from laptopvideo2go instead since some of the drivers are better than the ones Asus provided.
     
    David, Jul 14, 2008
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    Thanks for all your help that seems to have fixed the problem.
     
    Brycer64, Jul 16, 2008
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