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    Everest And R2, Blue Screen?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by ceshimm, Jun 14, 2010.

  1. ceshimm

    ceshimm Notebook Consultant

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    Hi guys,
    what is the problem?
    New M17x: 5870CF, everything stock. EVEREST: latest beta version.
    every time when i open everest and want to check the video cards, it goes to blue screen. i mean when i click the second card. not only everest, it happens to HWinfo32 as well. I can check cpu,memory and everything else ok. I think maybe it's a driver problem? but my cards looks normal, idle 100/150 and gaming 700/1000, also GPU -Z works fine
    any idea?
     
    ceshimm, Jun 14, 2010
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  2. Mumak

    Mumak Notebook Evangelist

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    It's a problem of the new Catalyst drivers along with ULPS feature on 2 GPUs - they shut down the secondary GPU to preserve power. When such a GPU is then accessed it causes a BSOD.
    There is currently no true workaround available for this.

     
    Mumak, Jun 16, 2010
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  3. ceshimm

    ceshimm Notebook Consultant

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    THANKS, as long as it is a common issue, i am fine with it
     
    ceshimm, Jun 16, 2010
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  4. Lozz

    Lozz Top Overpriced Dell

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    are you able to play everest with 1 gpu at least? you can always just shut down the secondary in the device manager and run it on a single 5870 in the mean time.
     
    Lozz, Jun 16, 2010
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  5. Mechanized Menace

    Mechanized Menace Lost in the MYST

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    Everest is a program not a game ;)
     
    Mechanized Menace, Jun 16, 2010
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