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Alienware freezing

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maybe a case of drivers? you can always make a intel diagnostic tool run, install fresh windows maybe

I wasnt sure if this should go in laptops or trouble shooting, but i recently bought my current laptop which is an alienware 15 r3, with a gtx 1070 and 7700hq, at first it would freeze sometimes just doing simple tasks, never during games and i contacted dell and they remote connected and updated my nvidia driver which seemed to work, but now it freezes more often but in games this time, 

i have been told nvidia drivers can cause some trouble but is this what i am dealing with or could something else be wrong?,

mind you this is quite a new machine and i havent had any thermal throttling on it, i run gta v on gsync 60 fps and only until they updated they driver, i had freezing

PC: Alienware 15 R3  Cpu: 7700hq  GPu : 1070 OC   Display: 1080p IPS Gsync panel 60hz  Storage: 970 evo 250 gb / 970 evo plus 500gb

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btw i have been doing stability tests with aida 64 on both the cpu and gpu , cpu cores around 90 and gpu at around 80 ( i live in a hot place) with no signs on throttling or over heating 

PC: Alienware 15 R3  Cpu: 7700hq  GPu : 1070 OC   Display: 1080p IPS Gsync panel 60hz  Storage: 970 evo 250 gb / 970 evo plus 500gb

Audio: Sennheiser HD 6xx  DAC: Schiit Modi 3E Amp: Schiit Magni Heresy

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21 minutes ago, wojtepanik said:

maybe a case of drivers? you can always make a intel diagnostic tool run, install fresh windows maybe

i am trying not to re install windows, i am currently in a place with very slow net, but in a couple weeks when i am not, i will definetly try that, cause redownloading drivers and 200gb of games will take a while, but otherwise i cant be sure what the issue is 

PC: Alienware 15 R3  Cpu: 7700hq  GPu : 1070 OC   Display: 1080p IPS Gsync panel 60hz  Storage: 970 evo 250 gb / 970 evo plus 500gb

Audio: Sennheiser HD 6xx  DAC: Schiit Modi 3E Amp: Schiit Magni Heresy

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