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    Alienware system error ???

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by joannadark12, Sep 11, 2010.

  1. joannadark12

    joannadark12 Newbie

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    HI there I got an alienware M17x R1 and it's going out of my control.
    usually 1 day i need to press power buttom for 5 times cause of this error.
    even yesterday i download 10Gb game and when it going 95% downloaded and it crashed , and i need to reboot , now resume available.
    I'm Going mad with my alienware , So please help me to resolve this issue.
    Here is the movie i uploaded to youtube about my alienware issue.
    Code: 
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhxp9fJkEUA
    Okey , while i playing game , or even surfing website , the issue come and my alien goes freeze.
    sometime the screen goes blank , and the sound keep repeating the word like teh teh teh teh teh.
    sometime it goes red like this ( see youtube link )
    here is my alienware specs :
    QX9300
    8GB ram
    160GB SSD + 250GB HDD
    GTX260M sli ( driver version 257.38 download from dell website )
    Window 7 64bit.
     
    joannadark12, Sep 11, 2010
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  2. DJ_Pawel

    DJ_Pawel Notebook Consultant

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    i had the same problem with drivers 257.38 and 258.96. Because of that i rolled back to Dell's 197.31, P05, i recommend doing the same for now. (hopefully the next drivers will fix this)
     
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  3. joannadark12

    joannadark12 Newbie

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    can you give me the link to download 197.31 driver ?
    AND what is P05 stand for ?
     
    joannadark12, Sep 11, 2010
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  4. DJ_Pawel

    DJ_Pawel Notebook Consultant

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    To download click >here<

    No idea what P05 stands for. i know this is a beta driver, maybe its for that.

    EDIT:
     
    DJ_Pawel, Sep 11, 2010
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    wacdag Notebook Consultant

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    Yes its the dell/nvidia graphics card driver (2xx) its quite unstable. I've tried it for most of this week and it just locks everything up at any random event, I've now gone back to the P06 beta driver which for me has never failed.
     
    wacdag, Sep 11, 2010
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    fynight Notebook Consultant

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    please link direct link to P06 Drivers
     
    fynight, Sep 11, 2010
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    yeah fixed , using P05.
     
    joannadark12, Sep 11, 2010
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    ive just got off the phone to alienware develepment and they are aware of the issue regarding the latest update and are working on an update asap. tech support also confirmed this as well.
     
    fynight, Sep 11, 2010
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