Ok, so a while ago I bought the Pro Studio Laptop from Jim at Studiocat. 3.2ghz i7 950 desktop processor in the Clevo D900F shell, 6gb DDR3, 500gb HD, two 128gb Solid Slate Drives, NVIDIA GTX 1gb, and WIndows 7 x64..Most of the time, the thing is a beast, and works beautifully. The problem is that, now and again, it just totally freaks out and crashes/freezes, sometimes the screen goes haywire for an instant.
Now before I go on, let me just say I am in no way trying to speak ill of Studiocat, Jim, or his products. He has been more than accommodating, helpful, and understanding. We just couldn't pinpoint the issue, and I figured before I bother him again, see if any of you guys have experienced a similar problem that has been rectified, to spare the effort of troubleshooting via telephone (bleh).
From what I have deduced, it happens primarily when playing audio, more times than not in iTunes or Guitar Pro, sometimes while playing a game, so generally when playing audio, although it can happen when just wielding the mouse around. The annoying thing is it's unpredictable, and inconsistent. I've gone a few weeks with no problems, thinking I've solved the issue magically, then I hit the spacebar in Reaper/iTunes/Guitar Pro (after using it for any amount of time) and ::sputter sputter death::. Sometimes the audio will continue to play for a few seconds, sometimes when running through my Liquid Saffire it pops and the FW active flickers.
Did that on two different occasions. Did a Memtest, checked out the drivers, to no avail. Everything checked out. I've been meaning to call Jim back, but I figured I'd see if anyone had a similar experience first, or any ideas as to what the issue may be. Like I said, it is very random, and inconsistent in how it crashes/freezes up. Maddening. Anybody?
Now before I go on, let me just say I am in no way trying to speak ill of Studiocat, Jim, or his products. He has been more than accommodating, helpful, and understanding. We just couldn't pinpoint the issue, and I figured before I bother him again, see if any of you guys have experienced a similar problem that has been rectified, to spare the effort of troubleshooting via telephone (bleh).
From what I have deduced, it happens primarily when playing audio, more times than not in iTunes or Guitar Pro, sometimes while playing a game, so generally when playing audio, although it can happen when just wielding the mouse around. The annoying thing is it's unpredictable, and inconsistent. I've gone a few weeks with no problems, thinking I've solved the issue magically, then I hit the spacebar in Reaper/iTunes/Guitar Pro (after using it for any amount of time) and ::sputter sputter death::. Sometimes the audio will continue to play for a few seconds, sometimes when running through my Liquid Saffire it pops and the FW active flickers.
Did that on two different occasions. Did a Memtest, checked out the drivers, to no avail. Everything checked out. I've been meaning to call Jim back, but I figured I'd see if anyone had a similar experience first, or any ideas as to what the issue may be. Like I said, it is very random, and inconsistent in how it crashes/freezes up. Maddening. Anybody?
