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    Gateway P-6831FX Notebook Crashes

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by h4hagen, Oct 10, 2008.

  1. h4hagen

    h4hagen Newbie

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    My Gateway P-6831FX has recently started crashing. It completely shuts down, goes black, etc. I am unsure of the cause.
    It only happens when I am playing Call of Duty 4. It doesn't artifact at all. Is there some setting somewhere telling it to shut down at a certain temperature? It does run fairly hot.
    Any help would be great, thanks.
     
    h4hagen, Oct 10, 2008
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  2. Voodoofreak

    Voodoofreak Notebook Deity

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    What are you temps? You can download a small utility like RivaTuner to monitor temps while playing the game. To help with the heat, you can also try lifting the back of the notebook on a book for better airflow.

    Lastly, try updating drivers to see if that is the cause of it. What version drivers are you using?
     
    Voodoofreak, Oct 10, 2008
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  3. h4hagen

    h4hagen Newbie

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    temps are about 66 Celsius idle, 78-80 in game.
    Drivers are 7.15.11.6746, downloaded from gateway.
    Any suggestions for drivers?
     
    h4hagen, Oct 11, 2008
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  4. Johnksss

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    yes...update to some newer drivers and see what happens
     
    Johnksss, Oct 11, 2008
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  5. iaTa

    iaTa Do Not Feed

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    Oh god surely not again.
     
    iaTa, Nov 23, 2008
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  6. Crazy Jay

    Crazy Jay Notebook Consultant

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    Same Issues that you are having h4hagen
    But the Game i was playing was Dead Space Its is the Overheating causes BSOD (Black Screen of Death)

    Used Compressed Air can to blow out the Dust,but not all of it came out so i took it apart half way so i can get to GPU Fan and used Qtips to clean out the Heat sink and fan was over 75C now down to a cool 55 to 57C
     
    Crazy Jay, Nov 23, 2008
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  7. royk50

    royk50 times being what they are

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    it seem these beasts get Cluttered with dust after few months.
    my fx usually sleeps in its bag, i guess thats keeping the dust away.
     
    royk50, Nov 24, 2008
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  8. Mormegil83

    Mormegil83 I Love Lamp.

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    Seriously i wish some people would use the search tool for heat issues. then the Shadowmiester wouldn't be posting the same thing in a thousand threads...
     
    Mormegil83, Nov 25, 2008
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  9. shadowpocalypse

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    Meh. It's not their fault. I found out by luck. I just decided to prop it up and use minimal settings, and noticed it ran for forever. Funny thing is you dont think its heat from just touching it. Well, at least it's been crashing, instead of staying on and melting away the GPU :D
     
    shadowpocalypse, Nov 25, 2008
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  10. madmook

    madmook Notebook Evangelist

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    Wow those are high temps. I think the original stock video driver didn't downclock the gpu when idle or not in-game. Newer versions do, so I suggest you upgrade the driver. I'm running the new 180.48 whql's (download it from laptopvideo2go.com).
     
    madmook, Nov 25, 2008
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