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    R2 6990M - wakeup f. standby or hibern. causes bluescreen, but ONLY with ext monitor connected

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by bennylaws, Dec 23, 2011.

  1. bennylaws

    bennylaws Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, there
    got a problem with my newly installed 6900M.

    I recently installed the single ATI HD 6990M into my M17x R2. The problem seems to exist since this upgrade.
    The failure (blue screen + restart) only comes up, when the external monitor is connected and I try to wake up the system then from stanby or hibernate... with the internal screen only, it works perfectly! What do you suggest?
    Graphics driver maybe?

    Greets
     
    bennylaws, Dec 23, 2011
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    wingman_214 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I would ask in the upgrade thread. Its probably a vBIOS issue.
     
    wingman_214, Dec 23, 2011
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    bennylaws Notebook Enthusiast

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    Tested some different driver versions and it seems to be most likely the driver.
    Different Versions showed slightly different behaviour...
    Strange failure though.

    But I will search for this V-Bios thing as well, thanks for the hint :)
     
    bennylaws, Dec 23, 2011
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