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    Acer 6920g graphic driver causes blue screen

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by vimalan, Jan 12, 2009.

  1. vimalan

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    Hi guys.

    My acer 6920g restarts itself frequently after showing blue screen. The error in the blue screen is "driver_irql_not_less_or_equal" each time. I tried updating my driver to the new one but still the same problem. Help greatly needed. Thanks.
     
    vimalan, Jan 12, 2009
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    when i used unoffical drivers i had bsod...are you useing offical or unoffical drivers download offical drivers from acer europe...let me get u a link...
     
    Awake, Jan 12, 2009
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    I tried both official and unofficial ones from laptopvideo2go.com. Anyway going to try again from the link you gave.

    There are two drivers..

    VGA_nVidia_8PGS_8ESE_v7.15.11.7451_Vistax32
    VGA_nVidia_9PGS_9PGE2_9EGE_v7.15.11.7561_Vistax32

    Which one i must download and what does 8PGS n 9PGS stands for?
     
    vimalan, Jan 12, 2009
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    I think you can pick the two, but the lattest one is the 9pgs. I'm not sure what it means though
     
    matmat07, Jan 13, 2009
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    do not get 9pges....that gave me tons of errors....use 8ese...

    VGA_nVidia_8PGS_8ESE_v7.15.11.7451_Vistax32
    sorry took a while.
     
    Awake, Jan 13, 2009
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    there techinally not offical :p....your nvidia dirver is modded by acer so acer has only the offical ones.
     
    Awake, Jan 13, 2009
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    But isn't this is the default driver that came with the laptop which is the reason why i updated my driver in the first place.. :rolleyes:
     
    vimalan, Jan 13, 2009
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    you say the drivers I say to download are the ones that are default, I Don't Think so....cause ACER support gave me that 1 to download when i asked for an advanced Driver....@_@.
     
    Awake, Jan 15, 2009
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    I was getting exactly the same problem with my 5920 (8600M GT) and I thought the problem was on nvidia drivers. But then I reinstalled vista without the Acer software or any other software that came with the laptop and since then I haven't seen any BSOD or any problem that can be related to Vista crashing. Additionally, my laptop is now much quicker, more responsive and much more stable. My total processes from all users are 39-45 depending how many programs I have opened. Finally, I have installed many drivers from laptopvideo2go without any problems. Currently, I have the nvidia drivers 181.20 with Dox mod.
     
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    You had a vista installation cd??
     
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    It is because the default driver is 174.51 and the one you asked me to download is also 174.51. Anyway, i will give it a try though.
     
    vimalan, Jan 15, 2009
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    No. Acer didn't give me the vista dvd but kept it in a hidden partition inside the laptop itself.
     
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    your...ummmm joking right? they lied :O, anyways, maybe thats an upgraded version of it, try it anyways. For me im getting a lot less errors. with that version.
     
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    What is the normal temp range for laptop gpu? Maybe the BSOD is caused by overheating?
     
    vimalan, Jan 15, 2009
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    gpu? overheating is at 95c,
     
    Awake, Jan 17, 2009
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    I rolled back to the default driver and so far no BSOD. Hope it won't happen again. I thank everyone who helped me and appreciate your time and help. I'll post again if the BSOD happen again.
     
    vimalan, Jan 19, 2009
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