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    Blue Screen on All Games

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by scottdx, Apr 26, 2011.

  1. scottdx

    scottdx Notebook Enthusiast

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    I get a Blue screen on all games that states "Video Scheduler has encountered a fatal error.."

    If anyone has any idea what this is about I would love some help :) Thanks!
     
    scottdx, Apr 26, 2011
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    Could you please provide more information so others could assist you.

    What system you have?

    GPU Details?

    Does this happened before?

    Etc, more details Thanks.
     
    iPhantomhives, Apr 26, 2011
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    Alienware M17x R3 with the 6970m and 2630 processor.

    I noticed this happening right after I started using my external monitor. Seems to happen right as an intense graphical situation occurs, such as a cut scene or a highly populated area in WoW. Thanks for the help, sorry for the rushed initial post, I have not had this machine for a week, :(
     
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    Does this happen only when you played games? Did you installed/remove any ram recently?
     
    iPhantomhives, Apr 26, 2011
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    Only during games, and no I have not installed any ram.
     
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    Well I could not get the information down. Is the crash logged somewhere?
     
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    Usually stored in c:\windows\minidump
     
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    This seems to be an error related to hooking up to an external monitor, I was able to play about 40 minutes worth of Dragon Age 2 without fault while strictly on the laptop. Strange.
     
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    do you receive any error code when hooking up with an external monitor?

    PS : I'm off for dinner , reply you later :)
     
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    No I don't receive any notification when hooking up to an external :(
     
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    is you external monitor working when you try to hook up? have you tried fn + f6?
     
    iPhantomhives, Apr 26, 2011
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    I have not tried fn + f6..I have been using the display preferences. Will do that this afternoon after work. Thanks.
     
    scottdx, Apr 27, 2011
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    I would uninstall your video drivers and reinstall then see where you are
     
    Geoffxx, Apr 27, 2011
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