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    Vista Freezing Issue

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by alaztair, Sep 5, 2007.

  1. alaztair

    alaztair Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey,

    I recently purchased a new laptop (see sig, a dell 1520) and am experiencing frequent freezing issues. Im not sure if its a GPU driver problem, but i might be (i have the 163.44 drivers). The laptop occasioanly freezes just while idling, usually for 30-40 secs, then resumes operation. It does this ALOT when using WMP especially. It happens most frequently however when playing games, which sucks. It seems that the more graphically intense the game, the more freezes i get. It does it a lot in Bioshock (very annoying), frequently in stalker and occasioanlly in doom. I have all the vista updates and have tried numerous drivers. Other people have similar issues, going by google.

    Anyone know anything about this? got a fix?

    Id really appreciate the help.

    THanks :)
     
    alaztair, Sep 5, 2007
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