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    BSOD's like there's no mañana.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Toledano, Oct 21, 2011.

  1. Toledano

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    Hey guys, my laptop is Blue screening like craaaaazy. I don't know why, and it's really aggrevating. To make it worse, I know nothing about pc's, so i cant really self diagnose. Any help?
     
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    what are your computer specs? and have you done anything recently like installed any software or drivers etc
     
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    M17xR3. I have the 3D version of the 460m, i7 2630, 8 gigs of ram. 320 gig hdd @ 7200 rpm. And i just came off a clean install so yeah i installed all the drivers for it.
     
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    It says "IRQ NOT LESS OR EQUAL" on the bsod.
     
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    in my experience, this is a memory fault. Check your timings on your ram...also pull one stick out and see if it stabilizes
     
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    Um, ok I'll try that. It won't even boot.
     
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    Download memtest and run with one stick at a time.
     
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    !!NOOB ALERT!!
    What's that? And I have all 4 dimm slots full. I don't really know how to get to the ones under the keyboard.
     
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    ok try this, pull the 2 sticks out that you have access to under the back cover. Boot up and see if things are ok.

    Memtest is an app that is used to test ram for any issues. usually when you buy new ram, you'd want to run memtest and see if there are any issues with the sticks
     
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    Thanks for all the help guys.
     
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    No, Nothing is working.
     
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    Ok now, I went to Action Center and it said under maintenance that i have to address a problem with ST Micro Screen Detection Sensor and that i have to install my usb controller driver, but under device manager it says i have it all done. ?? Could this have to do with the blue screens????
     
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    That's your freefall sensor used to detect if you drop the computer. I didn't even install mine off the DVD.
     
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    ST Micro Screen Detection Sensor - that's related to the freefall sensor .

    Windows (or you) might've automatically installed the wrong one.
    What's the BSOD error code?
     
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    I downloaded the driver from the website (could you possibly send me the link?) and the blue screens have stopped. Thank God.
     
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    Excellent!
     
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    THIS is the latest one for the M17x R3.

    Cheers
     
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    Thanks guys for the help, It has not blue screened any more [:
     
    Toledano, Nov 4, 2011
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