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    Display driver failing constantly on m17x

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Aethenoth, Nov 20, 2009.

  1. Aethenoth

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    Hey guys, little problem I've been having with my m17x. I have 280M in SLI and 186.82 drivers currently.

    I have a bunch of games on my laptop, and have run into the failing driver error message. It happens pretty constantly with Red Faction: Guerrilla, but also does it randomly with the other ones, such as Farcry 2, Prototype, Need For Speed Shift, ect. I've played with the settings on each game, scaling them down, but i consistently have the driver crash, and it recovers sometimes, but other times it completely locks up, and sometimes the BSOD too. I've tried a few different versions of drivers, including the current one from the dell website, but i still get the error. I've even gotten it while watching a movie with VLC player. I have hybrid mode turned off.

    Is anyone else having this issue, and is there a way to fix it?
     
    Aethenoth, Nov 20, 2009
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