I am having a chronic system crash only when I play games with my laptop.
This is how it happens:
I start up a game I want to play, play it for around 5 minutes to 20 minutes and then it crashes. When it crashes, the screen instantly turns black (like it was turned off) and I hear a half-second sound fragment looping indefinitely until I turn it off.
I have tried to CTRL+ALT+DELETE, ALT+TAB, and ALT+F4 to try to get out of the program but my system is unresponsive to these after the crash.
The laptop I own is a Qosmio X305 Gaming Laptop
http://laptops.toshiba.com/laptops/qosmio/X305
The games I have had the crash happen to me are:
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Fallout 3
Combat Arms
World of Warcraft
Atlantica
Sid Meier's Civilization IV
The games I have not had the crash happen to me are (most are RTS games):
Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
Warcraft III
Starcraft Broodwar
Diablo I
Diablo II
I have sent my computer to the Toshiba Repair Depot because of overheating problems (this was what I originally thought was causing the crash). I told them what was happening to my computer and they did fix the overheating problem.
A day or so after I got the system back from repairs I had the same exact crash reoccur and it has been reoccurring ever since.
I'm thinking that one of the components in my computer is damaged and that is why it is still crashing in this certain manner. I was wondering if anyone has any experience in a similar crash or has the knowledge to tell what component is damaged just by knowing the circumstances and the type of crash.
Other things that might be important to know:
1. My battery will lose charge even if it is plugged in and charging while playing games (only on High Performance mode).
2. Changing the battery to "Balanced" or "Power Saver" seems to delay the crash by a few minutes.
3. Running the game on lower setting seems to delay the crash by a few minutes.
4. Every time the computer crashes it happens exactly the same, every time.
5. This system was working perfectly fine for the first six months I owned it, this problem hasn't been happening since the purchase.
This is how it happens:
I start up a game I want to play, play it for around 5 minutes to 20 minutes and then it crashes. When it crashes, the screen instantly turns black (like it was turned off) and I hear a half-second sound fragment looping indefinitely until I turn it off.
I have tried to CTRL+ALT+DELETE, ALT+TAB, and ALT+F4 to try to get out of the program but my system is unresponsive to these after the crash.
The laptop I own is a Qosmio X305 Gaming Laptop
http://laptops.toshiba.com/laptops/qosmio/X305
The games I have had the crash happen to me are:
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Fallout 3
Combat Arms
World of Warcraft
Atlantica
Sid Meier's Civilization IV
The games I have not had the crash happen to me are (most are RTS games):
Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
Warcraft III
Starcraft Broodwar
Diablo I
Diablo II
I have sent my computer to the Toshiba Repair Depot because of overheating problems (this was what I originally thought was causing the crash). I told them what was happening to my computer and they did fix the overheating problem.
A day or so after I got the system back from repairs I had the same exact crash reoccur and it has been reoccurring ever since.
I'm thinking that one of the components in my computer is damaged and that is why it is still crashing in this certain manner. I was wondering if anyone has any experience in a similar crash or has the knowledge to tell what component is damaged just by knowing the circumstances and the type of crash.
Other things that might be important to know:
1. My battery will lose charge even if it is plugged in and charging while playing games (only on High Performance mode).
2. Changing the battery to "Balanced" or "Power Saver" seems to delay the crash by a few minutes.
3. Running the game on lower setting seems to delay the crash by a few minutes.
4. Every time the computer crashes it happens exactly the same, every time.
5. This system was working perfectly fine for the first six months I owned it, this problem hasn't been happening since the purchase.