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Laptop (Asus Republic of Gamers G7V5) has been dying randomly, it's done this in the past but usually months apart, now it's done it three times in the past week, Hibernate was already disabled when the problem started ![]() I'm not usually doing anything particularly intensive on it either. Thoughts?
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![]() How do you feel about taking it apart?
Laptops are finicky buggers. Often times, fans will fail or perform sub-optimally because dust and lint and hair creeps in, and isn't easily removed. The only way to clean it is to open it up. You also may want to check to see if things like the RAM and hard drive connections are firmly seated. What you describe doesn't sound like a software error, but I fear there may be an issue with your system board, which means you're shit outta luck unless you have warranty. |
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EDIT: To be fair though, I checked the fan a few months back and there was zero dirt there, so I'm not sure that's the issue either...
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But checking the other connections seatings is a good idea as well. |
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![]() What does "dying" mean in this case? Overheating? Random restarts with no error messages? Blue screens (assuming some flavor of windows)? OS freezes require hard restart?
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![]() Finally, someone else over here has computer problems!
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![]() Forgive me for necroing this thread, but I have a very strange problem. The moment when I click play on the Swtor launcher, my entire system freezes, and I have to restart the PC. No error message, no black screen, not even a blue screen of death.
And I can't even get help from Bioware, because I can't yet post on the forums. Last edited by CoDimus the Staunch; 08-14-2013 at 06:34 AM.. |
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![]() Maybe your PC can't handle the graphics and such? Do you run newer games like Bioshock Infinite without problems?
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@CoD1: There's a guy who had the same problems who posted on their forums, they gave him the standard response to check if he had the latest graphics-card driver installed. Do you? (I doubt that that is the issue, though. ![]() |
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http://www.game-debate.com/games/ind...%20Scrolls%20V And also, my graphics card is apparently 14% better than the minimum card required for SWTOR. http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index...vs-geforce-205 What's frustrating is that my pc just stops. Just like that. I can't get into the game, there is no blue screen of death, there is no black screen, there is just the desktop. I can't move my mouse, I can't click. Complete freeze. Last edited by CoDimus the Staunch; 08-14-2013 at 06:52 AM.. |
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![]() Trade Baroness - Moderator Join Date: Oct 2006
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![]() SWTOR was able to make my graphics card overheat after some sketchy patches despite running smoothly on maxed settings most of the time. That's why I maintain that it's EA's fault.
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![]() I even tried windowed mode. Didn't work. Same result.
Apparently according to Game Debate, I do have minimum system requirements for the game. So, why doesn't it work? And I can't even post on their forums. Last edited by CoDimus the Staunch; 08-14-2013 at 06:56 AM.. |
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![]() I have updated my drivers. And I have also ran FixLauncher.exe.
And Rename which folder? Local, or InstallSWTOR? Not a very nice start to the game, if I ever manage to play it. ![]() Suppose that I shall have to call a computer expert to my house. And buy a new driver. |
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![]() Trade Baroness - Moderator Join Date: Oct 2006
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![]() The one in AppData\Local\SWTOR\SWTOR it's called settings.
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![]() It's not there. All I have in that folder is InstallSWTOR, and in that, I have a bunch of files. But no settings folder.
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![]() I'll install the game again one of these days, let's see if I get the same errors. ![]() |
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![]() Try running the launcher as administrator if it's not already doing so?
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![]() So this is a really strange problem affecting my mother's and my own laptops. As I've said before, we're in France, and our laptops are plugged in via adapters. That's pretty much the only commonality: I'm using a computer running Windows 7, she's using a macbook pro on mountain lion. But we both have problems with our laptop touchpads that both really only started flaring up today. They're just... erratic. Mine is clicking places I don't intend to and hers is acting kind of "sticky". Unplugging our computers and having them run on battery power seems to fix the problem, so I'm guessing this has something to do with the European plugs or the current they use in europe, maybe? Has anyone ever heard of this, and can give us some advice on the matter?
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Easy test. Plug in a USB mouse and see if you still have the problem when using the mouse. Trackpads are notorious for acting up with dirty power. |
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![]() Didn't bring any USB mice with me.
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![]() Then without further testing, I'm going to go with dirty power. It's a known issue track pads have, it's happening under specific circumstances on multiple units.
The only other real test I can suggest is plugging the laptop in somewhere else and see if you get the same problem. It could be that your adapters are not working properly, but I think it's a bit of a specific problem to have both go bad in that specific way at the same time. Uhhm.. I don't know about newer models because I just don't work on laptops like I used to, but heavy magnetic interference would mess with a track pad as well. Last edited by Ruinshin; 08-18-2013 at 04:05 AM.. |
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![]() Used a can of compressed air to clean out my laptop fan and now it's stopped working. Unfortunately, my laptop's fan isn't easily accessable and I'd have to basically take it apart entirely. Any ideas? Are there any quick fixes I can do without disassembling it? Should I do it anyway? How much would a laptop repair place charge for this?
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General out-of-my-ass-heads up, though: feel free to correct me, i'm probably wrong. I picked that up when my clone set up my PC. edit: found this promising thread on google: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums/1/...snt-work-help/ Same problem. Last edited by Commander Rotal; 10-10-2013 at 07:00 PM.. |
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It's not that difficult. Small screwdriver and a clean table is all you need. I'll bet someone even has a YouTube walkthrough for your laptop model online. Figure on about $80 for GeekSquad to do it. Just a wild guess. |
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