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    GX640 Freezing

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by rsd717, Dec 13, 2010.

  1. rsd717

    rsd717 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was just wondering if anyone could help me with this issue. I purchased my gx640 in July with the i7-640m processor, upgraded ram, and an upgraded thermal compound.

    Just recently it's started having small freezing episodes where it will freeze for about 15-30 seconds and then act like it's fine. I made sure the graphics drivers are up to date and everything is normal other than that. I'm guess it could possibly be heating issues, though it happens even when I just surf the web for a while.

    I'm going to clean it out soon also. I just realized the room it's been in is pretty dusty :D , so I'm hoping that's the problem. Is that a reasonable solution?

    Thanks!
     
    rsd717, Dec 13, 2010
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  2. NotEnoughMinerals

    NotEnoughMinerals Notebook Deity

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    you might just have a horribly unoptimized program running thats slowing everything down
     
    NotEnoughMinerals, Dec 13, 2010
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  3. rsd717

    rsd717 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hm...I don't think I do. I don't have that many programs, mostly just basic stuff and a few games. And it just randomly started a week or so ago and I didn't download anything prior to it starting.

    Also - no viruses.
     
    rsd717, Dec 13, 2010
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    rootkit? spyware? driver issues? could be a buncha things
     
    NotEnoughMinerals, Dec 13, 2010
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    Septimus_DSX Notebook Consultant

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    Run in "gaming" mode via the Eco touchpad and see if it freezes up. This enables Turbo and if it is CPU clock related, it should disappear with Turbo enabled.
     
    Septimus_DSX, Dec 13, 2010
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