Satelllite L350 freezes in games

I know this aint a gaming Laptop but was enough to run minor games. All was well when i purchased with no problems to report, but recently when i play the game will run fine one min (FPS and smooth running great) but then all of a sudden it freezes and i cant do anything and then returns to normal. I have tried many things... turning all setting low on the game itself, updating drivers changing priorites on the game to no joys.
Running on
AMD athlon64x2 TK-57 1.90ghz
2gb memory
ATI radeon x1250
Any assistance would be appriecated

What do you mean with it returns to normal?
Its not easy to say what is the reason for this problem but you should try to update the display driver. Check the Toshiba website for an update:
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com => Support & Downloads => Download Drivers
Dont forget to update the DirectX version and Windows. Therefore visit the Windows update website.
Maybe the notebook gets to hot. Make sure that there is enough free space a round the notebook and clean it with compressed air spray. This could blow out the dust from the cooling ventilators.
Can you hear the fan?
Have you checked the system requirements of the game? Compare this with the notebook hardware.

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As far as i know, i did nothing to trigger this. I did not overclock. Didn't wash my mainboard with water or something... no beer spilled... I'm running out of ideas to try, so any suggestion at all would be welcome! Thanks in advance

i let orthos test my machine for almost 3 hours, didn't seem to find any errors, so...
i copy-pasted the report. i think that we can decide that the temp is not the problem here... so basically, what's left? it's not temp, probably not too little psu, maybe too much? Is that possible? And what can i do about it?
I know there must be a solution, and i know it's close... now just reach out and grab it please
Type: Blend - stress CPU and RAM Min: 8 Max: 4096 InPlace: No Mem: 767 Time: 15
CPU: 2210MHz FSB: 200MHz [200MHz x 11.0 est.]
23-9-2007 22:18
Launching 1 thread...
Using CPU #0
Beginning a continuous self-test to check your computer.
Press Stop to end this test.
Test 1, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19922945 using 1024K FFT length.
Torture Test ran 2 minutes 39 seconds - 0 errors, 0 warnings.
Execution halted.
Type: Blend - stress CPU and RAM Min: 8 Max: 4096 InPlace: No Mem: 767 Time: 15
CPU: 2210MHz FSB: 200MHz [200MHz x 11.0 est.]
23-9-2007 22:22
Launching 1 thread...
Using CPU #0
Beginning a continuous self-test to check your computer.
Press Stop to end this test.
Test 1, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19922945 using 1024K FFT length.
Test 2, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19922943 using 1024K FFT length.
Test 3, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19374367 using 1024K FFT length.
Test 4, 4000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M19174369 using 1024K FFT length.
Self-test 1024K passed!
Test 1, 800000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M172031 using 8K FFT length.
Test 2, 800000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M163839 using 8K FFT length.
Test 3, 800000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M159745 using 8K FFT length.
Test 4, 800000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M157695 using 8K FFT length.
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Test 1, 560000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M212991 using 10K FFT length.
Test 2, 560000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M210415 using 10K FFT length.
Test 3, 560000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M208897 using 10K FFT length.
Test 4, 560000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M204799 using 10K FFT length.
Test 5, 560000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M200705 using 10K FFT length.
Self-test 10K passed!
Test 1, 4500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M17432577 using 896K FFT length.
Test 2, 4500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M17432575 using 896K FFT length.
Test 3, 4500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M17115073 using 896K FFT length.
Test 4, 4500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M16815071 using 896K FFT length.
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Test 1, 5300 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M14942209 using 768K FFT length.
Test 2, 5300 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M14942207 using 768K FFT length.
Test 3, 5300 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M14155777 using 768K FFT length.
Test 4, 5300 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M14155775 using 768K FFT length.
Self-test 768K passed!
Test 1, 460000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M250519 using 12K FFT length.
Test 2, 460000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M245759 using 12K FFT length.
Test 3, 460000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M245281 using 12K FFT length.
Test 4, 460000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M243713 using 12K FFT length.
Test 5, 460000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M235519 using 12K FFT length.
Self-test 12K passed!
Test 1, 380000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M291913 using 14K FFT length.
Test 2, 380000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M286719 using 14K FFT length.
Test 3, 380000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M282625 using 14K FFT length.
Test 4, 380000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M280335 using 14K FFT length.
Test 5, 380000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M278527 using 14K FFT length.
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Test 1, 6500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M12451841 using 640K FFT length.
Test 2, 6500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M12451839 using 640K FFT length.
Test 3, 6500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M12196481 using 640K FFT length.
Test 4, 6500 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M11796481 using 640K FFT length.
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Test 1, 7800 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M9961473 using 512K FFT length.
Test 2, 7800 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M9961471 using 512K FFT length.
Test 3, 7800 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M9837183 using 512K FFT length.
Test 4, 7800 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M9737185 using 512K FFT length.
Test 5, 7800 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M9537183 using 512K FFT length.
Self-test 512K passed!
Test 1, 340000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M339487 using 16K FFT length.
Test 2, 340000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M335393 using 16K FFT length.
Test 3, 340000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M331681 using 16K FFT length.
Test 4, 340000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M329727 using 16K FFT length.
Test 5, 340000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M327681 using 16K FFT length.
Self-test 16K passed!
Test 1, 270000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M420217 using 20K FFT length.
Test 2, 270000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M409601 using 20K FFT length.
Test 3, 270000 Lucas-Lehmer iterations of M401407 using 20K FFT length.
Torture Test ran 2 hours, 55 minutes 25 seconds - 0 errors, 0 warnings.
Execution halted.

IMac freezes during games

Hi,
I am knowledgable about Macs (used them since '84 and Apple II before that) - well, I was enjoying another insomniac session with the excellent Redline racing game when suddenly the machine locks up. Freezes, completely. I didn't get the kernal panic screen... just a still image of my current car skidding around some corner... frozen solid. Command-Option-ESC does nothing... I couldn't see what was happening but hoped I could Force Quit somehow. I needed to do a hard restart.
This happened several more times after rebooting each time. The machine would lock up after about 5 or 10 minutes of play. So, I reset the SMU... no luck. So, I reset the PRAM. No luck. Then, I reset the NVRAM (open firmware)...still no luck. I wrote to Ambrosia and asked for support figuring it was Redline. No luck.... The problem showed up while playing another game as well (Star Wars Battlefront)...
Long story short... after taking it to my local Apple Store (no luck there) and doing a clean reinstall of Tiger (still no luck)...
After a few minutes of playing any graphics-intensive games my iMac locks up.
Oh, and I used the hardware test that came with the iMac... all systems checked out normally... logic board, RAM, everything.
Thanks,
Jon W. Barto
PS - No new hardware added recently. Games ran fine until this past month... machine is 1 and 1/2 years old. Not an extended warranty issue... it's a revB iMac.
PPS - Follow up to my own post: This morning I removed one of the two 512 MB RAM modules and was able to play my Star Wars game for about 4 levels... 2 to 3 times longer than before. It still froze however, but after a long while. My friend who is one of those alpha-geeks told me that it may have been because most of the RAM was allocated to the OS while the game was running off the hard drive (virtual memory). This makes sense. I am running Rember on the installed RAM right now (the Apple RAM that came with the iMac) to see if it really is defective. Then I am going to install my 3rd party RAM by itself and see if it locks up with just that installed.
I'll let everyone know how it goes.
Still, any advice would be helpful if I am missing something. Thanks.

Hi, Jon W. Barto
just two remarks:
a) the hardware test of apple does not find all
problems; it frequently tests hardware good, which
isn't. so it is ok, if it tells you about a hardware
problem, but it might be not ok, if everything tests
fine.
b) you are certainly aware that you can check the
memory use with the system monitor. thsi might help
you to identify whether you freezing problems are
caused by a shortage in RAM.
My iMac was running with 1 GB of RAM... I don't think there was a shortage. Also, I cannot use System Monitor (you mean Activity Monitor) while I am playing a game.
c) (I apparently cannot count: a, b, c is more than
2)
could it be a logic board problem? How old is your
iMac? you are certainly aware as a long user of macs,
that the iMac G5 had some bad batches, and there is
an extended garantee, if you machine falls into these
batches. check the Apple pages for mor info about
this.
Mine is a rev B iMac... my RMS (I think that's what it's called) did fall under the Power Supply extended warranty agreement, but it is not a power supply issue. The lady at the Apple Store said that it might be the logic board also.
please, report back with the outcome.
Thomas
BTW, does anyone know if replacing the logic board will solve the problem permanently, or is it a temp. solution until it craps out again?
iMac G5 2Ghz 1 GB RAM, iBook 600, 3G iPod Mac OS X (10.4.8) 250 GB LaCie FW HD
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K7N2-Delta, 6600gt 8x speed freezes in games

Just upgraded my 5700 ultra to a 6600gt, and I am now getting random freezes when playing games, More often when overclocked, I have tried all kinds of fixes, like disabling fastwrites, driver cleaner, a number of differant driver versions, have tried card in another system with no problems, increased agp voltage, reduced cpu overclocks to default speeds, the only thing that has any affect is running it at 4x agp speed, but I would like it to be running at 8x speed, like it was design to. could this be a compatability problem with my motherboard?.
Core temps are 40c at idle, 68 under load, Any ideas please

Hello,
Clear your CMOS for 10 minutes.
Move the CMOS jumper to the clear position when the PC is off.
Leave it there for 10mins
Move the jumper back to the default position
Power the PC and rry reinstalling windows + quick format.
Install in this order,
SP2 <if its not part of the CD
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en
Nvidia chipset drivers
http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_udp_winxp_5.10.html
GFX card drives
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_81.85.html
Also make sure your GFX card have a power connector plugged in if it requires one.
If this does not work, if might be the power supply.
Or a compatibility issue.

Help Please MSI 6600GT Freezing In Games

hi i have a pentium 1.8 1g ddram 120 gig HDD and iv recently bought this card yesterday and its been freezing alot mainly in games iv updated to latest drivers but it still freezes and i get a error blue screen file nav_display or something like that error and i had to reboot by pressing button and windows gave me these links
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/response.aspx?SGD=1ff62710-32d7-456b-9cea-c54fc9e2706e&SID=11
can anyone help please ? fustrating buying a brand new card and it crashing like this ..

Please read this first
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Windows 7 frequently freezes during games & (end of) videos w/ bootcamp 3.1

Hi,
when running Windows 7 via bootcamp 3.1 on my new iMac (i5, 27", ATI Radeon 4850 HD) it keeps frequently freezing (completely!) when running videos (e.g., at the end of 5-10 youtube videos) and especially when running 3d games (e.g., while switching to an in-game menu after 10-20min gaming). Even though, the Windows event logging unfortunately has no entries before the freeze, I'm certain its an ATI driver issue. Hence, I tried all drivers available or suggested in discussions, but without any success. Concretely, I tried:
- ATI 8.661.0.0 (driver date 23-09-2009, bootcamp 3.0) => freezing
- ATI 8.681.0.0 (driver date 24-11-2009, bootcamp 3.1) => freezing & color banding
- ATI 8.732.0.0 (driver date 04-05-2010, www.ati.com, mobility driver) => freezing
Does anybody has a working solution, a workaround, or another idea what else I could try?
Thanks in advance,
Mario

Don't know about the earlier poster, but that is exactly what I did. I don't know if you can download the ATI drivers from ATI without also installing Catalyst. I definitely got it as part of my download, and even tried fiddling around with the settings in there, but my systems still freezes randomly

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