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    Calling all m17x r3 3D users! Urgent

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by adi_aw, Nov 10, 2014.

  1. adi_aw

    adi_aw Notebook Enthusiast

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    Which is the most recent stable NVIDIA driver for you that you can game on?

    Are the recent releases of drivers particularly buggy for you??

    In my case, for all 344.xx drivers, I always boot up into a black screen. If I put my computer to sleep and log in again, I get the display again. I tried re formatting too. Rolling back to 340.52 solved this for me.
     
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    If you have it working for now marking the thread as urgent seems strange.

    As for causes have you tried clean installing the latest drivers or putting them over the top if you clean installed them?
     
    Meaker@Sager, Nov 10, 2014
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    I have had to get a mobo replacement, gpu replacement and lcd replacement recently because of this problem. Even after rolling back to 340.52 , my computer would keep shutting down randomly whereas with 344.xx it would boot up into a black screen in the first place. Even after getting the replacements the problem wasn't solved and now my gpu is going to be replaced again (system is in warranty, thankfully).
    I want to figure out whether it a hardware or software issue and whether other m17x r3 3D users have been facing issues with drivers, before o get the next replacement. That is why I marked it as urgent. Apologies for that.
     
    adi_aw, Nov 11, 2014
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    Pretty sure its the drivers my R4 3D will sometimes start up and just shows a black screen if i close the lid and open it back up the screen appears.
     
    bootleg1, Nov 13, 2014
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