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    Alienware m17xR1 shut downs during SC2

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by ChrisWong, Aug 2, 2010.

  1. ChrisWong

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    So I've had this computer for about a year and been playing some games on it like Batman: Arkham Asylum and Torchlight with no issues at all. I was psyched to start playing some singleplayer Starcraft 2.

    However, during the singleplayer, my computer would either BSOD on a nvlddmkm.sys error, stutter and freeze up, simply freeze up or just completely turn off in the middle of games. Once or twice during the ship parts, but a lot of times during the game itself.

    I have tried pretty much all the nvidia drivers available. I'm currently using the latest, but have also tried all revisions from 195.62 on up including the one from the Dell site.

    My fans are all running on full blast. I believe my GPU temp is spiking to almost triple digits. I've tried some fans and laptop coolers but they don't seem to work.

    Is this a dust issue or an m17xR1 issue?
     
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    I should have included that I did make the Framerate changes in the text file. Although I only shoved it down to 60.
     
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