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    M17x HD 5870 bad vBios?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Alienewbie, Jun 6, 2010.

  1. Alienewbie

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    Please excuse me if this problem has been discussed in another thread but here I am facing a problem with BSOD and graphical glitches before showing me the "Display driver amdkmdap stopped responding and has successfully recovered".
    I ran the memtest86+ and the 32bit alienware diagnostic test for several days and no problems found so far. So, the funny thing is, my system would be able to play crysis for the whole day without issue but when left idling, the system will go crazy.
    I would like to reflash the vbios of the Graphic card and see if that helps. Please help and thanks in advance. :)
     
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    Did you reinstall the driver already?
     
    Mandrake, Jun 6, 2010
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    Yes I did but the problem still there. :(
     
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    I have just noticed that my system stuck at PCI-E 2.0 x8. Do you think this has anything to do with the crashes?
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    No but you only have a single card right? If so it should be 16x.
     
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    Yes, I got the system with only one HD5870 and I have only installed the Dell stock drivers.
     
    Alienewbie, Jun 6, 2010
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