I have an old Dell xps 15 l502x that I've been using for the last few years, for schoolwork and gaming/netflix. In the fall i decided that this laptop had run its course and I wanted to upgrade into a nice desktop. While I didn't have the capital to upgrade to a new system all at once, and the laptop was still functional, I figured I would buy the peripherals that I would need with my new setup right away, that way I could begin using them right away. This has been working fine lately, I have a nice monitor and keyboard and mouse and headset that I just plug into my laptop, and my laptop just functions as a desktop for now until I can replace it.
The problem is that the laptop will crash into a random colored screen; just a solid color, and becomes unresponsive. This has only happened while playing league of legends( I am not sure if this is league specific, since league is the only demanding thing that I do on my computer). I am pretty sure that the problem originates from the GPU because one time it went to the random color screen-- then it recovered and a notification popped up that indicated that the nvidia driver had been unresponsive, but it recovered successfully. I read of a similar issue online that people were having because their computers were overheating, and my laptop was getting hot when this happened, so I looked into it. I took the laptop partially apart to clean out the dust(lots of it, first time I had done it since I got it) and thought that it would help-- The problem kept occurring even though the laptop was not really getting hot anymore. I decided that I would format the computer, to see if anything I had installed on it was giving me trouble. I formatted the computer to factory settings, removed all of the bloatware, and updated my nvidia driver, hoping that the problem would be solved, but alas, it is not. And this is where I am now. I would really appreciate any insight that anyone has on this issue, I can't quite afford the tower that I want just yet, I would like to continue using this laptop for a few more months.
The laptop Specs:
Dell XPS 15 L502X
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30 GHz
6 GB RAM
64-bit Windows 7
GeForce GT 525M
The peripherals that i'm currently using with it(I'm not sure if all of this stuff plugged into the laptop would make a difference or not):
Razer naga
Max Nighthawk x7 keyboard
Dell S2440L monitor
Sony Pulse headset (I do not charge the headset through the laptop, just the USB wireless connection)
Thanks to anyone who made it this far into the post, would really appreciate some help if you think you know what could fix it.
The problem is that the laptop will crash into a random colored screen; just a solid color, and becomes unresponsive. This has only happened while playing league of legends( I am not sure if this is league specific, since league is the only demanding thing that I do on my computer). I am pretty sure that the problem originates from the GPU because one time it went to the random color screen-- then it recovered and a notification popped up that indicated that the nvidia driver had been unresponsive, but it recovered successfully. I read of a similar issue online that people were having because their computers were overheating, and my laptop was getting hot when this happened, so I looked into it. I took the laptop partially apart to clean out the dust(lots of it, first time I had done it since I got it) and thought that it would help-- The problem kept occurring even though the laptop was not really getting hot anymore. I decided that I would format the computer, to see if anything I had installed on it was giving me trouble. I formatted the computer to factory settings, removed all of the bloatware, and updated my nvidia driver, hoping that the problem would be solved, but alas, it is not. And this is where I am now. I would really appreciate any insight that anyone has on this issue, I can't quite afford the tower that I want just yet, I would like to continue using this laptop for a few more months.
The laptop Specs:
Dell XPS 15 L502X
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2410M CPU @ 2.30 GHz
6 GB RAM
64-bit Windows 7
GeForce GT 525M
The peripherals that i'm currently using with it(I'm not sure if all of this stuff plugged into the laptop would make a difference or not):
Razer naga
Max Nighthawk x7 keyboard
Dell S2440L monitor
Sony Pulse headset (I do not charge the headset through the laptop, just the USB wireless connection)
Thanks to anyone who made it this far into the post, would really appreciate some help if you think you know what could fix it.