UPDATE:
Still crashes even with bios 203, thought it fixed it but guess not ( just crashes a lot less) ..... will have to RMA it next year when school is done
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******SOLVED ITS SEEMS******
after updating to Bios 203, the driver hasn't crashed under the same or any operating conditions, so it seems it is solved for now (approx 1 week so far)
Running the following important drivers:
- Power4Gear 1.1.43
- ATK 1.0.0013
- Sentelic 9.1.3.5 (dont like the newer version)
- Nvidia 285.38
- Atheros Wifi 9.2
- Bios 203 (Bios 202 doesn't solve this problem, if anything it created the problem to start with)
Anyone having problems like me, try these hope it helps, GL
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Have owned this laptop for about a month, works amazing aside from this one problem.
Problem has occurred 3 times so far:
- GPU is not overclocked ( have only ever overclocked to get a benchmark score, other than that it runs on stock settings... Not a gamer)
- Bios 202
- Nvidia Driver 280.26
Conditions it has occurred in so far:
Browsing Web: Mostly Text, with pictures here and there ( happens on sites I always go on, nothing new)
Problem:
G74SX jumps into a state where:
- the screen setting jumps into the Brightest setting possible
- Taskbar turns from my setting of transparent black to a more classic solid offset white color like from windows classic mode
WORST OF ALL:
- GPU Temperature gets to 63 degrees C in about 1 minute ( at that point i will reset)
- not a glitch in the temperature reading because i can feel the heat coming from the vents
Only way to stop this:
Restarting the computer
Things I have tired to stop it when its happening:
- Closing browser (no effect)
- Toggling between the different Power Gear modes (no effect)
Thoughts:
Hope this doesn't happen to anyone while it is unattended, might not end well
Anyone else have this problem? Chime in
Though it wasn't a big deal, but as it has happened a few times, though ROG should know.
Thanks
GL702VSK / GTX 1070 / M.2 960 EVO
HTPC MINI-ITX / FRACTAL CORE 500 / GIGABYTE GA-AB350N / GTX 1050 Ti Windforce OC 4G / RYZEN 5 1600 3.9GHz / M.2 960 EVO / G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 3200MHz
OLD
ASUS G74SX-XC1 / INTEL 7260 AC / Samsung 850 PRO / TUNIQ TX-4 / BIOS 203 / 335.23