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    m17x r2 BSOD when laptop surface is nudged or shaken

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by jjyoon1, Jun 14, 2010.

  1. jjyoon1

    jjyoon1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys,

    I was wondering if anyone else is having this issue, i have checked out a lot of the other postings, but i have an issue that my roommate got me to notice, i was on my desktop and he accidentally nudged the my desk. All of a sudden I have BSOD. Just to see if it would happen again i shook my desk and then BSOD. Do i have a defective unit? Only had the laptop for 3 days.

    Specs: (just in case this will help decipher the issue)
    i7 820qm
    4gb 1333mhz ram
    1920 x 1200 rgb led display
    1Tb dual 500 gb raid 0
    wireless 3x3 intel

    thank you for all your help.
     
    jjyoon1, Jun 14, 2010
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  2. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    That's probably your HDD's Free Fall Sensors ON.
    You need to turn them off.
     
    Aikimox, Jun 14, 2010
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  3. Lozz

    Lozz Top Overpriced Dell

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    i agree. it could also be a loose wire inside the computer, but FFS is more likely and easier to fix.
     
    Lozz, Jun 14, 2010
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  4. Joebarchuck

    Joebarchuck Notebook Virtuoso

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    Most likely your HDD really guys start using SSD...
     
    Joebarchuck, Jun 14, 2010
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    whitelight01 Notebook Geek

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    Couldn't agree with you more!
     
    whitelight01, Jun 14, 2010
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  6. Lozz

    Lozz Top Overpriced Dell

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    do raid 0 monumentus xt's count? :p
     
    Lozz, Jun 14, 2010
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  7. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    That's a very good alternative to the expensive and low storage capacity SSD's. Should provide a huge boost in booting speed and opening the "remembered" applications.
    I'm still debating between this and the total money sucker - Intel's upcoming G3.
     
    Aikimox, Jun 14, 2010
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  8. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Is this happening for most R2 owners? Are many of you disabling the freefall sensor service? We might need to have our dell/aw forum rep take a look at this...
     
    BatBoy, Jun 14, 2010
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  9. danp224

    danp224 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have it enabled, and I do move my system; occasionally with the lid open. I do not get a BSOD. I just take it slow, and keep it level. Just my experience.
     
    danp224, Jun 14, 2010
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    I know there have been other reports of this in the past just cant recall the # of actual posts... need to do a search. If this is something hitting several owners we should get it to eraw...

    thanks for the info dan.
     
    BatBoy, Jun 14, 2010
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  11. AtolSammeek

    AtolSammeek Tokay Gecko

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    On this system. I did get alot of bosd and both hard drive went out. One on the frist week. The second one in 3 Month. The best way I could explain it was Who ever handle the system on shipping did not read the info on the box Like handel with Care.

    Please do this put in your respawn cd and reboot and have your cd scan the hard disks. It will take a while.
     
    AtolSammeek, Jun 15, 2010
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  12. Lozz

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    for the 14 days I had my last R2 I had the sensor enabled, and did not experience the nudge issue.
     
    Lozz, Jun 15, 2010
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