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Topic: My laptop just acted weird.. (Read 769 times)

b!z
legendary
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October 02, 2013, 09:11:26 AM
#19
This is the downside of windows becoming better.
In the old days this would have meant a blue screen, a restart and the usual curses to microsoft.
Now you are becoming paranoid and ask online if something fishy is going on.

and in the future, your computer will go online and ask if something is wrong :-)
full member
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October 01, 2013, 08:25:54 PM
#18
Buy a new laptop and send me the broken, defective laptop you have.  It is not safe for you to have!
Haha yeah nice try!
A single driver crash is most definitely a (software) glitch and nothing to worry about. But if those crashes start to happen frequently, you have either a severe software problem (that could get fixed by installing a different display driver, using System Restore or ultimately reinstalling the OS) or a hardware problem.

Again, if this happened only once or only during a certain task, don't worry about it.
Thanks. I'll keep that in mind Wink
legendary
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Reverse engineer from time to time
October 01, 2013, 03:54:41 PM
#17
Make sure there is no malicious miner on your system. Other than that, driver crashes while browsing or watching videos are NOT common and could hint at bad or corrupted drivers or a more serious hardware problem.
sr. member
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October 01, 2013, 02:11:28 PM
#16
This is the downside of windows becoming better.
In the old days this would have meant a blue screen, a restart and the usual curses to microsoft.
Now you are becoming paranoid and ask online if something fishy is going on.
full member
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Merit: 100
October 01, 2013, 02:01:44 PM
#15
A single driver crash is most definitely a (software) glitch and nothing to worry about. But if those crashes start to happen frequently, you have either a severe software problem (that could get fixed by installing a different display driver, using System Restore or ultimately reinstalling the OS) or a hardware problem.

Again, if this happened only once or only during a certain task, don't worry about it.
newbie
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October 01, 2013, 11:50:56 AM
#14
Buy a new laptop and send me the broken, defective laptop you have.  It is not safe for you to have!
hero member
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Crypto is King.
October 01, 2013, 11:48:14 AM
#13
fried
legendary
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Thank God I'm an atheist
September 30, 2013, 08:08:39 AM
#12
Your driver is quite ill-mannered, teach it some politeness.
hero member
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September 30, 2013, 07:59:41 AM
#11
Throw away your computer and buy a new one.

lol

driver crash, don't worry about  Cheesy
legendary
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September 30, 2013, 01:15:13 AM
#10
Only happened to me like 781329487 times when initially trying to optimize my 7970s for scrypt. 

You're fine  Cheesy
sr. member
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September 30, 2013, 01:01:52 AM
#9
Throw away your computer and buy a new one.
Preferably an awesome OP tower.
b!z
legendary
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September 30, 2013, 12:59:42 AM
#8
Throw away your computer and buy a new one.
sr. member
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September 30, 2013, 12:07:35 AM
#7
Just make sure your drivers are updated.
sr. member
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Bitcoin will survive
September 29, 2013, 11:51:02 PM
#6
sometime my computer also acted like this but nothing is worry about this   Cheesy
full member
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September 29, 2013, 06:10:14 PM
#5
Alright, thanks guys! Grin
member
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September 29, 2013, 06:08:05 PM
#4
It's fine, no problem to worry about. Just a laptop spasm.
legendary
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Freelance videographer
September 29, 2013, 06:04:30 PM
#3
I don't think you have anything to worry about.  Smiley

Basically,it's a sign that whatever caused the driver to crash,it restarted itself without restarting the whole PC.Your work's safe so it's fine.Enjoy your day Smiley
legendary
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September 29, 2013, 05:57:36 PM
#2
I don't think you have anything to worry about.  Smiley
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September 29, 2013, 05:54:16 PM
#1
I was watching a 50min documentary on youtube and typing in a regular word document when all of a sudden, the screen blacked out for a second and this notification appeared on my screen..
  Huh
Is this something I need to be concerned about, or just my laptop having a little spasm?
I'm pretty dense in the computer subject so any comments would be helpful. Thanks!
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