Video / Display

[unfairy]

I purchased my Qosmio X305-Q701 a year ago and it ran just fine. It's 64-bit Vista. A couple months ago it began doing this bizarre number where the screen would go black (still lit) and the sound would loop the same half a second. Eventually it began to do it more often. Now, I'm lucky to run any of my graphic-intense games reliably. Sometimes it's cuts out within minutes, sometimes I can run the games for hours.

I even had to disable Aero Glass, because it would cut out during normal operation. After I disabled Glass, it runs fine in normal operation, but it still is very hokey with my games. Spore is OK usually. It definitely likes to cut out during Mass Effect. I never have a problem with StarCraft or KotOR. I suspect it's a heating issue, the colder the surrounding environment is, the more reliable it is. This is very baffling. I feel like my laptop should be running perfectly fine for longer than a year. The last Toshiba Satellite I had ran fine for about 3-4 years until it began having its overheat problems. What is causing this? What are my options? I can't really afford to pay for repairs that don't work.

Secondly, I have noticed I have a second slot for an internal HDD. However, out of curiosity I removed the master drive and tried to put it in the second slot. I instantly noticed it won't fit. If I bought a second internal HDD, how do I get it in? Also what kind is most recommended?

[Squall_Rinoa89]

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unfairy wrote:

I purchased my Qosmio X305-Q701 a year ago and it ran just fine. It's 64-bit Vista. A couple months ago it began doing this bizarre number where the screen would go black (still lit) and the sound would loop the same half a second. Eventually it began to do it more often. Now, I'm lucky to run any of my graphic-intense games reliably. Sometimes it's cuts out within minutes, sometimes I can run the games for hours.

I even had to disable Aero Glass, because it would cut out during normal operation. After I disabled Glass, it runs fine in normal operation, but it still is very hokey with my games. Spore is OK usually. It definitely likes to cut out during Mass Effect. I never have a problem with StarCraft or KotOR. I suspect it's a heating issue, the colder the surrounding environment is, the more reliable it is. This is very baffling. I feel like my laptop should be running perfectly fine for longer than a year. The last Toshiba Satellite I had ran fine for about 3-4 years until it began having its overheat problems. What is causing this? What are my options? I can't really afford to pay for repairs that don't work.

Secondly, I have noticed I have a second slot for an internal HDD. However, out of curiosity I removed the master drive and tried to put it in the second slot. I instantly noticed it won't fit. If I bought a second internal HDD, how do I get it in? Also what kind is most recommended?

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1) Check Drivers Alot of the newer nVidia drivers are compleate Garbage. I had good luck with 186.91

2) Check the GPU fan, if its dirty turn it on and use a can of air LIGHTLY to blow out the dust and hair that could be in the fan. the GPU loves to pull in animal hair and dust so make sure its clean before use

As for the HD, i'm not to entirely sure tbh, i had one that used to freeroam in the second slot however, i accidently dropped it while cleaning and needless to say its kaput. (Never clean @ 4am)