Just recently, my standard 240W PSU keeps tripping (i.e. stops working and the blue light on the power chord goes out) when gaming on my m17x r3. I've turned off all overclocking, but it still happens. Skyrim barely lasts a couple of minutes until the frame rate drops dramatically because the PSU has tripped and the laptop is running on battery. My m17x r3 has been upgraded to a 2960XM CPU and a 4GB 680M GPU (both power hungry). The PSU works again if I unplug it from the mains electricity for...
Using a m18x 330W PSU with a m17x R3: What's the worst that could happen?
Using a m18x 330W PSU with a m17x R3: What's the worst that could happen?