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    M11xR2 - 335M GPU dying?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by bass276, Nov 14, 2011.

  1. bass276

    bass276 Newbie

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    Hi Everyone,

    I have a 14 month old M11xR2 - core i3.

    After about 10-15 minutes playing ANY GPU intensive game, the frame rate will suddenly slow to a crawl - as if the 335M GPU has overheated and put itself into a low-power self-preservation mode.
    If I then alt-tab out of the game to the windows desktop, wait 5-10 seconds, then alt-tab back to the game, it will return to the normal frame-rate and then run fine for another 5-10 minutes before stalling again.

    This started (with no system changes) about 3 months ago on the factory-install of Win7, and I've just done a full clean reformat and reinstall of win7 using the supplied Alienware DVD and only the drivers on Dell's website, but it doesn't alleviate the problem. I've tried various geforce drivers up to beta285.79 but they do not make any difference either.

    The Laptop is used on a flat surface with good ventilation.

    Any ideas?

    THANKS.
     
    bass276, Nov 14, 2011
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  2. negyuh

    negyuh Notebook Consultant

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    Check the temperature of your GPU with an app like HW monitor from CPUID, AIDA, HWinfo... i think you have a cooling issue here.

    If the temps come above 100 degrees C you have an issue. it might be a GPU pasting thing or something like that. i even read a post in one of these forums in which the GPU was wrongly pasted (without thermal paste) so check your temps...
     
    negyuh, Nov 14, 2011
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