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    NVidia 301.24 Crashing ):

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by freaksincostumes, May 8, 2012.

  1. freaksincostumes

    freaksincostumes Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey,

    I updated my M11xR3 with the March Intel Graphics Update and the NVidia 301.24 beta drivers and I keep getting TDR's and black screens here, there and everywhere. Does anyone know of a fix other than rolling back the drivers as the problem appears to stick. This is on my second, brand new M11xR3.
     
    freaksincostumes, May 8, 2012
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    freaksincostumes Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've gone back to 301.10 and this issue still persists. I completely removed the old NVidia drivers following an overclock.net guide and then installed 301.10 D:

    HATE ALIENWARE. I've never encountered these issues before.
     
    freaksincostumes, May 8, 2012
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    AshK Notebook Consultant

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    My Clevo got the same issues when running the 301 drivers. I went back to 296.10 and all my issues went away.

    I didn't even bother putting the 301 drivers on my m11x when it got here. :)
     
    AshK, May 9, 2012
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    GNandGS Notebook Deity

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    If you own enough computers long enough (or support them) you will run into this sort of thing. Video drivers especially.
     
    GNandGS, May 9, 2012
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    Andy350Z Notebook Enthusiast

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    As above - its not the mothership's fault this time - some newer NV drivers just don't play nice with mobile graphics cards it seems :(
     
    Andy350Z, May 9, 2012
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    freaksincostumes Notebook Enthusiast

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    Actually I do believe it is the motherships fault once again. I restored my system using AlienRespawn and made sure that all traces of the 301.XX drivers were removed and then installed the correct NVidia drivers from the dell website and the issue is still there. Anything ran with the GPU results in a black screen, a crash and then a need to hard restart the system.
     
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    if hardware issue do you have warranty left to pursue?
     
    GNandGS, May 10, 2012
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