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    m17x Crashes When Downloading from Interweb

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by mister mister, Dec 25, 2010.

  1. mister mister

    mister mister Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey,

    Just got a new Alienware m17x and it has some serious problems. I've used it long enough to pinpoint the problem. When I'm downloading Steam games or watching Youtube videos, the computer will crash. No blue screen, just a full-on freeze where I can't tell it's even crashed unless I try to move the mouse. It's a day old so brand new. I've updated many of the drivers that my Dell support call rep told me to do including VBIOS and wireless adapter. I've also gotten Blue Screens with the error message Stop 0x00000101 "A clock interrupt was not received on a secondary processor within the allocated time interval".

    I was going to list my specs but my computer seriously keeps crashing before I can type it. Thanks and happy holidays.

    Best

    Ok i7-740-QM/ 6GB RAM/ Crossfire 5870/ 500 GB 7200RPM/ Wireless 1520 Half Mini
     
    mister mister, Dec 25, 2010
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  2. Porter

    Porter Notebook Virtuoso

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    Checkout your other thread that we posted in. We suggested trying each of your two ram sticks one at a time and see if the problem goes away.
     
    Porter, Dec 25, 2010
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