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    AW 17 r5 + eurocom 980M GTX constant BSOD

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by punchybda, Aug 25, 2015.

  1. punchybda

    punchybda Newbie

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    I bought a eurocom 980M GTX (8GB) hardware IDs as follows:

    PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D7&SUBSYS_05AA1028&REV_A1
    PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D7&SUBSYS_05AA1028
    PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D7&CC_030000
    PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_13D7&CC_0300


    If I install their modded driver (v353.06 onto a clean system - I used DDU) I get BSOD any time the nvidia GPU tries to render (e.g. gaming). I'm getting VIDEO_TDR_ERROR (STOP 0x116) every time.

    I've tried various other modded drivers from the usual places (laptopvideo2go etc.) and also a couple from these forums (thanks to "Mr. Fox") but nothing works. Symptoms vary from failure to login, to system freezes and the aforementioned BSOD.

    Has anyone else had success with this particular revision of the 980M and a 17 R5?

    I'm running win7 x64 (ultimate) and my bios is A14. Chipset and intel gfx drivers are at the latest available from Dell.
     
    punchybda, Aug 25, 2015
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  2. Flaick

    Flaick Notebook Evangelist

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    What PSU do you have? 240w?
     
    Flaick, Aug 25, 2015
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  3. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    how is the GPU configured: are you trying to run it in dedicated mode or optimus mode? last i checked you can't run this card in dedicated mode with windows 7, you need to move to 8.1 at minimum to use dedicated mode.
     
    thegh0sts, Aug 25, 2015
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  4. punchybda

    punchybda Newbie

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    The issue was win7: I had to upgrade to 8. Once I did that, the drivers were fine and the card worked. It's a very nice card :)
     
    punchybda, Aug 26, 2015
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  5. Ramzay

    Ramzay Notebook Connoisseur

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    Thought as much. I bought a 980M from them and used it in the R1. No issues whatsoever.

    Only problem might be Eurocom's modded 120Hz drivers - they weren't done correction and they modded the wrong file. But this is only the case if you're running in dedicated mode.
     
    Ramzay, Aug 26, 2015
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  6. Flaick

    Flaick Notebook Evangelist

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    Will work with Windows 10?
     
    Flaick, Aug 26, 2015
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