Dammit, really pissed with N45SF random gaming crash@@(the one that u halfway play games, then everything hangs, then distorted sound from the speaker, only way to cure is to pull the plug@@). Should we notify ASUS about this?

danm this problem@@ was halfway playing dead island so happily then suddenly hangs and everything gone@@

aiya, hardware got problem la. Bios 218 only like tweaking the thing only. ASUS just simply don wanna admit their hardware got problem coz they scare need to recall back all N45SF which will cost some lost

i think its time to spam ASUS facebook page again xD. Tmr i'll go spam. But i need backups ya xD

This post has been edited by htpkevin: Jan 12 2012, 05:22 AM

I tried to monitor the temperature i played. If i recalled correctly this i5 core will throttle at 95C right? Coz i use hwmonitor when i played and the max temp i go for cpu is 94C. Probably the cpu throttle and caused the stupid crashing? I used throttlestop ady but still same@@

ya still bios 218. Some games are still doing great. But recently coz i played dead island, then N45SF always crash. Its like halfway playing it, then suddenly the whole danm thing hangs and distorted sound coming out from the speaker and the whole thing just freeze. THen only way is to cut off the power. Sometimes other game also will have this problem, but the one i find the problem occur the most is dead island and WARCRAFT III(dota). Dammit, even dota also this problem>.<

yes, of course if we are on ac only without battery then if blackout surely we might lost some files that are currently in work(and probably didn't save of what), but with ac and battery to be used together, and if running on high demanding things(such as gaming), it will damage ur laptop even more. So if there is a plug or power source, normally i would prefer to take off the battery, so ur battery won't spoil so fast.

as for the maximum performance thing, don worry about the temperature. If u are just using for web browsing, movies, songs and all that ur temperature won't go very high one. The only moment u should worry about it is gaming. And so far this series's temperature quite ok, even extreme stress test also around 90+, and so far i don think any games can push the laptop til that extreme. For the 3d settings, it depends on u. For me i pick let my programme decide. And for the power plan, u just change from the power plan settings there, probably there are some settings overlap. Try check and see. And if me i would prefer to use high performance when on ac adapter and balanced/power saver when on battery only so that the battery can last longer

Hope this help

most i put application controlled also. Power4gear entertainment i'm not really sure that power plan(i don use power4gear lol, uninstalled it straight away), but i think is a balanced plan rather than high performance

question, do u face the problem me and nuttyking91 facing? Its like u half way play games, then suddenly the whole screen freeze and distorted sound starts coming out from the speaker non stop. Only way to stop it is to cut the power. Its totally random, but somehow i discovered if i play dotA(warcraft III) sure crash one

did u set the game to run on high performance graphic card in the nvidia control panel?

lol hope it helps. And btw, NFS the run locks the game fps at 30 only, no matter what settings. I dunno whether this is coz i play *ahem* or what lol, but the fps just fixed at 30 only

mind describe it more detail? Its like u halfway playing then suddenly *poof* and like blackout like that? Or it hangs/freeze/crash then u have to manually cut the power?

If is the first case most likely is overheated, but me myself a N45SF users also never had that problem at all. Maybe u should try 285.62 instead of 290.53, coz last time i tried somehow 285.62 still more stable. My driver keep crashing when i play games with 290.53

nope, i didn't patch it to latest 1.4. But i never had overheat problem with it

no harm register since asus also 2 years warranty. But if the shop covers delivery cost and all that then its better u send back to the shop. Anything they will handle for u

physX should be included in the driver itself normally. But if not then u can go nvidia official site and download the latest one.

i feel 285.62 the most stable one also, the latest 290.xx that one i crash a few times when playing games

yes driver wise, of course 285.62 is old, but our GT555M are always the left out ones. Other cards can use any new driver no problem and all that but not our card. Our card depends on the driver, some driver may be new but it always crashes with our cards. and btw, physX is basically something that helps in calculating things in our games, so that our game can go smoother/more beautiful. Its not like games have to support it only it works, its something in Nvidia card that helps in calculating

http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx-9.11.1107-driver.html

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Added on January 26, 2012, 10:55 pmlol, mine one was first batch, comes with 2410 only

This post has been edited by htpkevin: Jan 26 2012, 10:58 PM

i never used it i dunno. U have to try it. So far i only tried 285.62 without any problem.

ya N55SF no problem, N45SF problem everywhere

dammit, just got a call from my fren. He had some 'lubang' can get alienware M14x with a price of just slightly higher than the price i bought this laptop. Dammit, danm regret now

This post has been edited by htpkevin: Jan 26 2012, 11:26 PM

well we still have the random crashing problem@@. Cause unknown, solution unknown, trigger unknown, everything just totally random@@. Just halfway play games, then suddenly all hangs/freeze then distorted sound starts coming out from the speaker. Only solution is cut the power

ya but the problem is, my fren went to the service centre, he played games 3 hours there no problem at all . Dammit, its like this laptop knows. When u go service centre no problem. Normally my fren play dota(warcraft III) 20 minutes then crash ady. Me also the same, dota then keep crashing, dota 2 so far crash one time only. Everything totally random. Then the asus ppl starts giving us driver-not-latest-crap