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    Random reboots

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Bickley, Dec 27, 2006.

  1. Bickley

    Bickley Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am new to the forum and have been reviewing threads to see if they throw light on my problem. I have a new A7JC with an ATI Mobility RadeonX1600 card (I appear to have driver 6.14). The notebook has Power4Gear (P4G). I am experiencing random reboots and have read various exchanges where this has been expeienced by many when on battery power but I am finding this when on the 'mains'. I have heard that P4G can cause this as it may conflict with Windows own power management but am reluctant to uninstall it as presumably Asus think it has a purpose. Also I assume P4G only comes into play on battery, although an impressive sticker on my laptop tells me that it 'intelligently adapts CPU speed according to system load....' Any thoughts?
     
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    MilestonePC.com Company Representative

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    Well this problem has been vastly evident in the W3J, and from my understanding it is PowerPlay that causes this not P4G ;).

    Here's the solution that worked for almost everyone.

    Uninstall Catalyst 6.14 and install 6.8, the reason is that 6.8 seems to be a lot more stable, and most W3J owners don't have the reboot problem once they use these drivers. Also the performance using these drivers are quite good aswell.
     
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    Well that was very quick, thank you, I will try that. Wishing you a Happy New Year
     
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    As ever things are not as straightforward as I thought! I seem to have a number of drivers for my X1600. There is a Driver Packaging Version 8.242 and then three, 2D driver, Direct 3D version and a OpenGL version, all of which are 6.14.10xxxxx, with different numbers. Sorry to be dim but where do I find these drivers on my laptop(cannot immediately see them in my ATI folder) and will the 'new' driver package 6.8 (which I have managed to find!) install all of these 3??
     
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