Few Questions. Shutting down Vs Standby and Crashing problem

Hey all,

I have 2 questions here..i have had my MSI 1039 since the day of release and overall i am content with it. I seem to be having a problem lately and i am looking for some input.
-At random times (usually while watching a video or listening to music) the laptop will freeze and immediately go to a blue screen with writing on it. The jist of it is saying "shutting down" "beginning dump of physical memory" If there is music or sounds, it will usually loop and blare this hideous noise. The only way to turn the laptop off and or stop this horrible noise is to pull the ac as well as pull the battery. Any ideas? Im thinking a driver problem?

-2nd question..Is it better to leave my laptop on 24/7 (weeks on end) and go to "standby" every night, or is it better to shut it down every night and reboot every day? I am only on the laptop from say 6-9pm everyday.
Some concerns i thought of were heat/battery heat etc..

Thanks for the replies

 

Another option would be hibernating as well...but i read this and i have 2Gig of RAM

"Hibernate of course - the best for notebooks.

But beware hibernating with more than 1GB of RAM. Notice that hiberfil.sys on your C cannot be moved - and it is exactly the size of your ram - in my case 2GB.
The other more annoying thing is that you need a patch from microsoft in order to hibernate properly with more than 1GB ram. But once applied everything works fast and fine.

Cheers,

Ivan"

 

No love?

Hibernating is out of the question bc i dont have it. Guess its standby vs shutting down each night

 

right click your desktop -> properties -> screensaver tab-> "power" options button -> hibernate tab -> click enable hibernate.

 

Thanks...so hibernate or standby??

Also i need a driver cleaner but dont know where to get and how to use it

 

I go with Standby, I don't like Hibernate since it seems to take close to as long to come out as it does to just power-up the PC, also the 2GB file (never my preference, large junk files) plus I've left a PC on standby for almost a week and the battery has still had juice, in some regards (to me) it seems like a little use on the battery might be a good thing.

 

If you're away from your computer for a long time go for Hibernate. So in your case I think you should use Hibernate.

 

Thanks. Since i have the laptop on ac power, i have just been leaving it on standby every night (20 or so hours).

I am going to update my drivers and i want to use a driver cleaner after i do this. Whats the best and is it complicated to use? dont want to erase anything i may need