I have a HP DV7-1130US running W7 x64.
About every 10 mins, (30 mins if it has been sitting for a while), the screen starts to flicker then the laptop freezes. Couple of seconds later the screen goes black. I have to power the laptop down by holding the power button for 5 seconds.
So I feel confident the issue is with the GPU since there are obvious signs of the display acting up every time this happens. It happens also to the external monitor when I have it plugged in to the vga port on the laptop.
I cleaned and reapplied some Artic Silver to the CPU and GPU and used a shaved down pre-1982 penny for the GPU. Yet the laptop still does the same thing, so at this point I’m lost as to what could still be contributing to this. I wanted to check the temperature of the GPU but apparently this model does not have a sensor gauge for the GPU. I have tried GPU-Z and HWMonitor but no temperature results, only clocks rates etc.
I performed a clean installation Windows 7 and it went through the whole process without issue, but within about 10 mins of using the desktop, it started again. I hadn't even installed any drivers yet. So I don't think its a driver issue. There are no errors reported when it happens or when I power it back on afterwards.
Any suggestions?
Thank you
Mike
About every 10 mins, (30 mins if it has been sitting for a while), the screen starts to flicker then the laptop freezes. Couple of seconds later the screen goes black. I have to power the laptop down by holding the power button for 5 seconds.
So I feel confident the issue is with the GPU since there are obvious signs of the display acting up every time this happens. It happens also to the external monitor when I have it plugged in to the vga port on the laptop.
I cleaned and reapplied some Artic Silver to the CPU and GPU and used a shaved down pre-1982 penny for the GPU. Yet the laptop still does the same thing, so at this point I’m lost as to what could still be contributing to this. I wanted to check the temperature of the GPU but apparently this model does not have a sensor gauge for the GPU. I have tried GPU-Z and HWMonitor but no temperature results, only clocks rates etc.
I performed a clean installation Windows 7 and it went through the whole process without issue, but within about 10 mins of using the desktop, it started again. I hadn't even installed any drivers yet. So I don't think its a driver issue. There are no errors reported when it happens or when I power it back on afterwards.
Any suggestions?
Thank you
Mike