I could try that. The backing up wouldn’t be hard. Since I’ve only had it for about a week the only stuff I have on it is Music and a few Pics I already have on my old laptop. Everything else can be reinstalled Via internet or CD/DVD-ROM.
I’d think it was software installed post-purchase, but I haven’t installed anything out of the ordinary.
Yahoo! Messenger, Avast! (which has been uninstalled for testing purposes), Skype, FFXI, FireFox browser, iTunes, and LimeWire. Of which the only ones that had caused a crash to my knowledge is Yahoo! Messenger, and Avast!
My concern is that it COULD be either the Graphic’s Card (cause I have seen brand new cards be bad, it happens w/ Mass Production.) And unfortunately for me, I don’t have anyone close at had to take a look at it. And over Forum, you can only do so much without being able to look at it first hand.
Any other suggestions before I decide to run it back to BestBuy (also, I plan on seeing if they can take a look at it to figure out something perhaps I missed. Since it is under 14 days old. It’s either that or they give me a new one and take a nearly $1300 defect in).
I’d ask for a new one; don’t ask them to attempt any sort of repair, you might get either nothing fixed while they’ll tell you it’s OK, or worse other issues happening with the time. If it’s that new, no question, ask for a replacement. Just be careful you don’t get a refurbished device, check that.
Normally many retailers don’t even bother to check anything when a device is under warranty, they just give you another one. That’s what would have happened with my laptop if I had had a major issue (mine is less than 1 year old).
Again, you can always attempt a new Windows installation before you decide, just to make sure. Avoid installing any third party stuff/crap from the manufacturers, just Windows and drivers either from WinUpdate or manufacturer site (Asus stuff only for components exclusively provided by Asus, ie when the drivers are not available elsewhere).
Yeah, by the way, did you check if you have may be some Asus (windows) software running and controlling the mainboard, fans, CPU/GPU frequency etc…there could also be something wrong set there since you mentioned a CPU limitation issue…check the bios too.
You can also make sure in MSConfig that your CPU cores are in use when booting Windows.
There actually IS something controlling that to my knowledge. There was a preloaded program “Turbo Gear” that can automatically overclock the processor. However, it’s set to standard (I’ve never touched it). I’ve shut this down to see if it helped before, however, the PC still managed to freeze post shutdown. Well, then I suppose I’ll take it back and exchange it this afternoon. Cause I doubt I’ll be up early in the morning.
I returned the other laptop to the store today and exchanged it out for the exact same model. So far I’ve had no issues at all (including original issues I’d had with the previous Wireless Card). I’ve been able to install Avast! and the other programs without a single issue. Guess it was something in the other PC.
