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Hi dear Vaio fans,
I have bought 10 months ago a Vaio A 117S equipped with a Radeon Mobility 9700. My Vaio is fully up-to-date (latest bios, drivers, ...etc).
The problem started last week : when using a DirectX intensive application (ej : latest games) the notebook auto shut down after 5min!!! I can only think of two reasons :
Hi there, thing is ...the only reason that a laptop (or PC anyways) would shut down unexpectedly would be due to overheating or a short circuit. Overheating is more common on laptops though - especially old laptops.
I have the same model with you and i haven't had any problems.
I have actually overclocked my MR9700 to 450Mhz core and 261Mhz mem speeds (ATi defaults) and i didnt have any problems. OK.. the laptop got really hot but never exceeded temperatures of 69 degrees Celcius EVEN when i was playing Half Life 2 and NFS Underground II for HOURS....
I bought my self a laptop-cooler though just in case...with the laptop cooler the temp. dropped to 45 or so which is perfect for a laptop running such games...maybe you wanna try this link www.vantecusa.com
Maybe you want to try better drivers for your Radeon as well...
www.omegadrivers.net (the best you can get if you ask me).
PS. (I even ran the MR at 504Mhz core and 290Mhz mem respectively just for testing and it stil was ok so it shouldnt be the Radeon's fault...Dont know about the motherboard though..but still there is nothing to mess it up since i've been using the latest BIOS available from vaio-link for months now and again no probs.)
If you decide to underclock ur MR though...there's no way for anyone to find out once you "recover" your laptop to its original state (in case it has to go in for service lets say) - so i wouldnt worry about that.
Make sure you keep the fans and vents clean - so the system can breathe
Make sure you keep the fans and vents clean - so the system can breathe
True
That and lots of compressed air I find works a treat, even better still when used in combination with each other!
Hi there, thing is ...the only reason that a laptop (or PC anyways) would shut down unexpectedly would be due to overheating or a short circuit. Overheating is more common on laptops though - especially old laptops.
I have the same model with you and i haven't had any problems.
I have actually overclocked my MR9700 to 450Mhz core and 261Mhz mem speeds (ATi defaults) and i didnt have any problems. OK.. the laptop got really hot but never exceeded temperatures of 69 degrees Celcius EVEN when i was playing Half Life 2 and NFS Underground II for HOURS....
I bought my self a laptop-cooler though just in case...with the laptop cooler the temp. dropped to 45 or so which is perfect for a laptop running such games...maybe you wanna try this link www.vantecusa.com
Maybe you want to try better drivers for your Radeon as well...
www.omegadrivers.net (the best you can get if you ask me).
PS. (I even ran the MR at 504Mhz core and 290Mhz mem respectively just for testing and it stil was ok so it shouldnt be the Radeon's fault...Dont know about the motherboard though..but still there is nothing to mess it up since i've been using the latest BIOS available from vaio-link for months now and again no probs.)
If you decide to underclock ur MR though...there's no way for anyone to find out once you "recover" your laptop to its original state (in case it has to go in for service lets say) - so i wouldnt worry about that.
Inectaros probably used the built-in overclocking tool inside the Omega Radeon Driver applet.
Please use this with extreme caution. In some circumstances, you will overheat your GPU with this tool and burn it out altogether.
It could end in tears, especially when your warranty does NOT cover damage caused by overclocking a GPU.
Tread very carefully...:smileywink:
I wouldn't overclock a GPU within a laptop.
What program did you use to overclock your video card?
Is the system unstable after the overclocking? Does it freeze in games or stuff like that?