display adapter causes laptop to shut off?

justjohn

justjohn

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My laptop has been shutting off random times when i do stuff like browse internet or play games but i disabled my display adapter im guessing thats my graphics card it says nvidia geforce gts 360m and i did a lil test by running 3ds max, photoshop , zbrush and multiple tabs open on youtube and my laptop was fine, so does this mean my graphics card is bad? or need update the drivers?
 
You must be running off of integrated video then since you were able to disable the 360. Look at the driver date in device manager and see what it says. I would definitely update driver if its outdated.
 
johnb35 said:
You must be running off of integrated video then since you were able to disable the 360. Look at the driver date in device manager and see what it says. I would definitely update driver if its outdated.
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driver date is 29/1/2016
i also reinstalled windows fresh install with updated drivers from Toshiba website for my laptop model and still had same problem but it works once i disable it
 
My friends laptop had a similar issue, had a dedicated NVidia card crashing and onboard Intel that worked fine. This may or may not fix it but it worked for me after a couple days of trouble shooting. Use DDU to completely remove any and all traces of the driver. Completely clean. Shut the laptop down. Yank out the battery and leave it out for 10 minutes. Put it back in and start it up. If you're on Windows 10 check for software updates and it should identify the card and install the driver. Or go into device manager and tell it to install drivers automatically. It sounds really strange but it worked and was a problem that cropped up after upgrading to Windows 10.
 
Darren said:
My friends laptop had a similar issue, had a dedicated NVidia card crashing and onboard Intel that worked fine. This may or may not fix it but it worked for me after a couple days of trouble shooting. Use DDU to completely remove any and all traces of the driver. Completely clean. Shut the laptop down. Yank out the battery and leave it out for 10 minutes. Put it back in and start it up. If you're on Windows 10 check for software updates and it should identify the card and install the driver. Or go into device manager and tell it to install drivers automatically. It sounds really strange but it worked and was a problem that cropped up after upgrading to Windows 10.
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hmm interesting ok mate ill give that a go will let you know if it works
 
Darren said:
My friends laptop had a similar issue, had a dedicated NVidia card crashing and onboard Intel that worked fine. This may or may not fix it but it worked for me after a couple days of trouble shooting. Use DDU to completely remove any and all traces of the driver. Completely clean. Shut the laptop down. Yank out the battery and leave it out for 10 minutes. Put it back in and start it up. If you're on Windows 10 check for software updates and it should identify the card and install the driver. Or go into device manager and tell it to install drivers automatically. It sounds really strange but it worked and was a problem that cropped up after upgrading to Windows 10.
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hey mate i did it and my laptop auto installed new drivers now i have a standard vga graphics adapter
 
justjohn said:
now i have a standard vga graphics adapter
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The entry in device manager shouldn't say standard vga graphics adapter, that means its just a generic driver to make it work. You won't get any performance out of it or best resolution. You'll need to download the driver directly from Nvidia. If you keep having to disable it, then you have a motherboard issue.
 
johnb35 said:
The entry in device manager shouldn't say standard vga graphics adapter, that means its just a generic driver to make it work. You won't get any performance out of it or best resolution. You'll need to download the driver directly from Nvidia. If you keep having to disable it, then you have a motherboard issue.
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ok mate downloading it now
 
johnb35 said:
The entry in device manager shouldn't say standard vga graphics adapter, that means its just a generic driver to make it work. You won't get any performance out of it or best resolution. You'll need to download the driver directly from Nvidia. If you keep having to disable it, then you have a motherboard issue.
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yea had to disable it again lol didn't work
 
justjohn said:
how would i fix that? replace the motherboard? hmm dont think its worth the trouble and money
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Even with a newer laptop, its not worth the time/money, laptops are what they are - small form factor and proprietary - but if its got a 360M in it..then that machine is definitely ancient and a replacement is most likely the next logical step.
 
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