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    m17x r2 bsod out of box.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by austo, May 24, 2010.

  1. austo

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    Hey I got my m17x at the beginning of may. It has been an outstanding gaming machine (even tho I missed out on the 5870s will get them later this year) other than one problem I have been having. Whenever I move this laptop while its on I'd say 1 out of every 10 times it blue screens. It reads irql_not_less_or_equal. This only happens when it is being moved to another spot. I googled this blue screen and it seems to be a hardware issue. Any help on the subject would be really appreciated. here are my specs:
    m17x r2
    i7 920
    8 gigs of ram
    crossfire 4870s (I will upgrade when dx11 is the standard :p )
    blu ray burner
    2x 128gb raid 0 solid state
     
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    Achilleus Notebook Evangelist

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    I think you have to disable the free fall sensor to stop that. There is another thread on this. You may want to do a forum search.
     
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    austo Newbie

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    Thanks for the reply, I did a quick search and it looks like that is the problem. However I couldn't find instructions on how to disable it.

    Nvm i found it thanks so much for the help!
     
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  4. Achilleus

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    np, was it in the bios?
     
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    Its under the control panel under free fall data protection this only disables it until restart tho. Im removing it from startup with cc cleaner.
     
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    ils Notebook Consultant

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    You can just use CCleaner and disable it from startup.
     
    ils, May 24, 2010
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