Fix for random Win7 lockups

[loskings]

Alltho not directly related to the G73 i for one have had these random win7 lockups and freezes on my G73 (havent experianced it on my other laptops tho). I have been running this fix since it was made public and no more lockups so far.

Might be wort a try:

Fix Windows 7 Randomly Freezes and Stops Responding - KezNews.com

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[Jody]

That's interesting. I have experienced lockups coming out of hibernation but not every time. Over the weekend I had a lockup coming out of hibernation. Monday morning it came out of hibernation just fine. I don't know if others have had this issue. It hasn't been discussed much in the G73 threads but it's not really a G73 issue anyway. It's a Windows 7 problem.

[jeprira]

Oh wow! I have not had any of the GSOD or PSOD, I can game forever (with peaks at 95C though) BUT... sometimes I get what feels like what you describe!

I had come to a partial conclusion that it seemed to be when the GPU changed "gears" with Powerplay and there was sound being played... I'm testing this hypothesis and so far no lock ups.

I'm trying the out the KB tonight.

[loskings]

Oh wow! I have not had any of the GSOD or PSOD, I can game forever (with peaks at 95C though) BUT... sometimes I get what feels like what you describe!

I had come to a partial conclusion that it seemed to be when the GPU changed "gears" with Powerplay and there was sound being played... I'm testing this hypothesis and so far no lock ups.

I'm trying the out the KB tonight.

GL & HF

[escrowley]

Just installed it. I wasn't sure what was causing my lockups. I thought it was the 10.7a drivers or something. I would just be idling at desktop and total freeze with a hardboot to fix the only solution. This just started about 2 weeks ago or so. Hopefully this solves that and I won't yell at Asus so much now.

[sean473]

That's interesting. I have experienced lockups coming out of hibernation but not every time. Over the weekend I had a lockup coming out of hibernation. Monday morning it came out of hibernation just fine. I don't know if others have had this issue. It hasn't been discussed much in the G73 threads but it's not really a G73 issue anyway. It's a Windows 7 problem.

i've nver had a lock up from hibernation in windows 7 in my Dv5t which doesn't even officially support windows 7 so it can't be an OS issue... must be something with G73.. anyways , idk .. i'm not using hibernation with my G73 anyways.

[jeprira]

Finally, I didn't test it yet, I wanted to finish testing the other idea before mixing in more parameters.

I played about 3 hours of Mass Effect 2(steam) with no lockups. At one point I got a big scare as the sound stuttered but instead of staying like that (aweful whine and must hard reboot to stop) it moved on.

As I said, I've been setting fixed frequencies to see if the issue comes when powerplay changes them dynamically.

Funny point, is that yesterday I had left 150/300 (my office/browsing frequencies) and played 3 hours like that! Game was a bit sluggish, I thought... but playable! oh... and temps were great ;-)

I'm starting to think that this could be the same problem some people fix by slightly overclocking their card and others by leaving "High performance"... if you set fixed frequencies, lockups and GSOD's seem to be far fewer...

Tonight I'll play again, but perhaps set the frequencies to a more... err..adequate value !

[jeprira]

I downloaded the patch (you have so sign in and they mail a link to you).

Applied and rebooted... and it locked up!!!!!

But since then, no lock ups whether on battery or power, whether on fluctuating frequencies or fixed... knock on wood.

[loskings]

I downloaded the patch (you have so sign in and they mail a link to you).

Applied and rebooted... and it locked up!!!!!

But since then, no lock ups whether on battery or power, whether on fluctuating frequencies or fixed... knock on wood.

Still solid, no more lock ups?

[jeprira]

yes. no more lock ups.

it's been very stable.

how about you?