Recent content by Rui Costa

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    Laptop freezing randomly

    Problem NOT solved. Now i really think its my network adapter's fault. Just a moment ago i was palying League of Legends and all of a sudden the signal went down, then the laptop froze like before. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks
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    Laptop freezing randomly

    UPDATE: Seemingly the problem is not completely solved. Downloaded a pdf file and it froze. Gonna try and download a big file to determine if the problem is solved or not.
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    Laptop freezing randomly

    Problem solved. It was in fact the network drivers. Just came up to my laptop which i left on overnight and it was not frozen. So the answer was to roll back the drivers of the adapter to something older. In my case i just uninstalled the drivers, restarted windows and let it install...
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    Laptop freezing randomly

    Ok, i think i narrowed it down to 2 things: network driver or chrome. Just a moment ago i was watching a video in my laptop with the network adapter turned on and the laptop froze in the middle of the movie (rare thing that happens - laptop freezing when watching movie in player). So had to hard...
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    Laptop freezing randomly

    Ok, now i installed fuduntu and im running it from my usb pen drive. I just want to know how can i open exe files from here, since all my problems seem to come when i download some big files. Earlier today i tries gaming for an hour and no trouble at all, even when the laptop began to become...
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    Laptop freezing randomly

    Scottie: No BSOD and my video card temp doesn't go as far as 80-85C when gaming. What do you mean by "reflow"? Pteradox: Going to look at event viewer, but i did that in the past and didn't get any usefull info. Gonna try installing a new OS like you said. As for keeping up with Vista, i...
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    Laptop freezing randomly

    Hi to you all. This is my first time posting the problem but i hope i get some usefull answers anyway. I've got an Asus M51VA (oldie but goldie) for about 8 years and for about a couple of months i began freezing randomly. I've tried everything i remembered: replaced thermal paste, cleaned...