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Well my laptop will be 5 yrs old in January. Lately had some problems with BSOD's, black screen crashes, and failure to POST. Two new ram memory sticks fixed most of that. But now there's a weird problem. I set the volume for the speakers beyond about 66% it invites a random black screen crash in windows, the kind where the speakers then crackle and pop and the only way out is a hard power-down.
I've updated video and sound drivers to the most recent versions, no joy.
If I keep volume below that 66% or so, it runs like a champ through everything I mess with including Medal of Honor and Crysis 2. I mean it will run those games pretty smooth frame rate at high detail in the game setup options and the fan will be whirring like a blow drier throughout game play, but it runs stable... Until I crank up the audio volume past about 66%.
I'm thinking it's a power supply problem?
Specs: HP DV7-2270us: 4 gb ram, Intel Quad Core @ 2.0Ghz, ATI HD4650 w/ 1gb discreet vram, 500gb 7200rpm ibm drive, Win 7 SP1. On board IDT HD sound.
I've updated video and sound drivers to the most recent versions, no joy.
If I keep volume below that 66% or so, it runs like a champ through everything I mess with including Medal of Honor and Crysis 2. I mean it will run those games pretty smooth frame rate at high detail in the game setup options and the fan will be whirring like a blow drier throughout game play, but it runs stable... Until I crank up the audio volume past about 66%.
I'm thinking it's a power supply problem?
Specs: HP DV7-2270us: 4 gb ram, Intel Quad Core @ 2.0Ghz, ATI HD4650 w/ 1gb discreet vram, 500gb 7200rpm ibm drive, Win 7 SP1. On board IDT HD sound.