My gut thought would always be power (whether the brick or something internal) or heat with a laptop, then windows update issue because there have been a few I've seen recently associated with the win 10 creators update
lopaka On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 12:12 PM, Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com> wrote: > What I was thinking was that the power adapter is going bad, and just like > a flaky power supply in a desktop, causes weird things to happen. > > > On 7/6/2017 3:06 PM, Bino Gopal wrote: > >> I was wondering if it was Win10...and note I had it from 3/15/17 to >> 5/11/17 with no issues...and it didn't lockup again until 6/4/17 and it's >> been occurring with more frequency... >> >> But I haven't been prompted for the Creators Update which I heard was >> very bad...unless of course it fixed my problem for me...this is so random >> and unpredictable, it's very frustrating! >> >> And note in my case it's definitely a hard, complete lockup and holding >> the power button until it reboots is the only way to recover... >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On >> Behalf Of Winterlight >> Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 11:56 AM >> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com >> Subject: Re: [H] Help! Bino MSI Win10 Pro laptop random lockup issues >> >> >> I have had similar experiences with my Lenovo quadcore laptop. >> Sometimes it goes to sleep even though I have set it up not to go to >> sleep when plugged in. I have to hold the power button to wake bring it >> back to usability . I think you have a Win 10 issue.... I have a lot of >> issues with Win 10 that I am waiting for fixes to show up..... or not. >> >> >> >> >> At 12:49 PM 7/6/2017, you wrote: >> >>> Doubt it's heat-while it has a 1060 in it I wasn't using it for gaming >>> *any* of those times, and there were plenty of times I was running Mad >>> Max at 1080p, and a couple times at 4k even and I could hear the fans >>> spin up and it def get hot, but it never had problems then...in fact, >>> when I had the two issues in quick succession on >>> 6/22 it was in my lap on a tray and I had a fan blowing on it and I >>> thought it was b/c I got it too cold or something like that actually...! >>> >>> Power...it's been plugged into the same third party power block that >>> Xoticpc sold me with the laptop (thing is massive) and it was on my >>> desk the other times...I just leave it plugged in and on so it stays >>> fully charged...are you thinking surges? It's plugged into a strip... >>> >>> Any other ideas anyone? :P >>> BINO >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On >>> Behalf Of Joe User >>> Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 4:45 AM >>> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com >>> Subject: Re: [H] Help! Bino MSI Win10 Pro laptop random lockup issues >>> >>> Heat or Power? >>> >>> >>> On 7/5/2017 7:39 PM, Bino Gopal wrote: >>> >>>> Hey guys, really hoping someone has the trick to solve this here... >>>> >>>> Got a new latest and greatest MSI gaming laptop (GS73VR 7RF) with >>>> >>> Win10 Pro a couple months ago from XoticPC who did a couple >>> customizations for me-received 3/15/17. I thought last month that it >>> started locking up on me-no response except if I hold the power button >>> down and shut it off and then power it up. >>> >>>> It started happening more frequently a couple weeks ago when it >>>> >>> did this 4x in the same week! I contacted XoticPC, who said to just >>> restore the OS-but I haven't really installed that much and would >>> rather figure out the problem (if I can) before I reinstall and run >>> into it again. >>> >>> Interestingly after the second lockup on 6/22 which happened only >>>> >>> 3 mins after the first one that day, the second one on 6/26 happened >>> only 6 seconds after boot if I'm reading these timestamps >>> right...though I didn't notice until the next day, which is when I >>> rebooted. >>> >>>> Anyway, any ideas? Anyone seen this before? Any help or >>>> >>> suggestions much appreciated! >>> >>>> >>>> BINO >>> >> > >
