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    Problem with games on newly bought Asus G73

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Params7, Nov 27, 2010.

  1. Params7

    Params7 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Its the 5870 Best Buy version. I was playing Rome : Total War and after 15 mins of play the screen went purple with black strips vertical all across the screen. I thought it was the game. So I installed Company Of Heroes and was playing that, when it too after 10 mins of play the screen blanked out. No stripes, just black. The sound came for 10 seconds then it stopped. I had to hold the power button down for force shutdown for a restart.


    I just bought this laptop 2 weeks ago, and these are the first two games I have installed. The drivers are updated. Any suggestions?
     
    Params7, Nov 27, 2010
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  2. Baka

    Baka (・ω・)

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    Try monitoring your GPU temp while playing a game ._. That sounds like a serious problem. It sounds so much like a faulty GPU problem
     
    Baka, Nov 27, 2010
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  3. key001

    key001 Notebook Evangelist

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    Try more games and see if the same is happening
    Then try different drivers... like 9.12 lol. A lot of ati drivers are fubar'd, especially 10.5-10.7

    Return to bestbuy for replacement or make asus repair it. Don't let bestbuy fix it! they'll probably mess it up
     
    key001, Nov 27, 2010
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  4. hax0rJimDuggan

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    Please check out the ASUS gaming threads. This is a known issue that can be resolved.
     
    hax0rJimDuggan, Nov 27, 2010
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  5. Amnesiac

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    Amnesiac, Nov 27, 2010
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    yes basically that... do a vBIOS update and install 10.11 from AMD site and your problem will be fixed...
     
    Leopard2, Nov 27, 2010
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  7. Syberia

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    Return it. A new laptop should not be experiencing any kind of problems, and you should not have to do any extra work to fix someone else's shoddy engineering/programming.
     
    Syberia, Nov 27, 2010
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  8. mew1838

    mew1838 Team Teal

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    Yup, return it. My G73 is a living proof that a G73 can be GSOD-free without any tweaks.
     
    mew1838, Nov 27, 2010
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  9. Paralel

    Paralel Notebook Evangelist

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    I'll 3rd returning it. I had the same problem with my first MSI GX740, 5870 would constantly crap out on me. I RMAed it and got a replacement. The second GX740 has worked flawlessly.
     
    Paralel, Nov 28, 2010
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  10. DRSR

    DRSR Notebook Consultant

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    This is a pretty easily resolved issue... there are so many threads about the Gsods on the G73... Just a matter of updating the Vbios on the laptop... If and in case you happen to brick the unit (which is very unlikely)... then you should RMA... Why doing the most complicated thing first ??
     
    DRSR, Nov 28, 2010
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  11. Params7

    Params7 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well I updated the vbios, uninstalled the latest Ati drivers and installed the ones on Asus G73 page. No crashes so far, been playing for hours.

    If it Gsod's again I'm definitely exchanging it for another piece. They wouldn't take it now since the problem is fixed lol.
     
    Params7, Nov 28, 2010
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  12. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    Good for you OP, don't let people convince you that installing updates that fix problems to your machine is a bad thing.
     
    rschauby, Nov 28, 2010
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  13. DRSR

    DRSR Notebook Consultant

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    If you updated the the Vbios... you should be fine running the lattest ATI drivers, like Rschauby said, don't let people convince you of not doing updates...


    Glad it worked.
     
    DRSR, Nov 28, 2010
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