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    Driver issues

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by otaku, Jul 24, 2008.

  1. otaku

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    My 8700 seems to have a major issue involving the driver-it started shortly after I got the system and started playing neverwinter nights-the thing would crash and a blue screen would appear and the system would reboot etc now playing Dungeons and dragons online while playing the game has a tendency to stutter (screen will go black for a minute) but then everything is fine again! eitherway it always seems to be a driver issue according to vista.

    Should I contact aw? THis thing seems to shut down/reboot alot (and I don't think its always me pushing it to hard)
     
    otaku, Jul 24, 2008
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    rubenvb Notebook Consultant

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    What version driver do you have?

    Your best bet would be to install the 175.12 or 175.16 (officially released) drivers from www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum
    Howto:
    -download the driver file (self-extracting archive)
    -download modded inf file (next to the driver download link)
    -extract the archive to a folder of your choice (and one you can find)
    -cut or copy the inf to that new folder and OVERWRITE the original inf
    -run setup.exe in that same folder and install as any other driver

    That should solve the crashing issue, don't know if the reboots are due to overheating (sounds like it). If those reboots persist, contact Alienware ASAP, otherwise, feel free to experiment with different driver versions form lv2go!
     
    rubenvb, Jul 24, 2008
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  3. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    you can also try the newest drivers from LV2G, they're vcalled v177.66 and v177.70... but i don't think anyone from here has tried them yet. that is, no one's mentioned testing them yet.
     
    whizzo, Jul 24, 2008
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  4. otaku

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    well its an 8700 graphics card and nvidia doesn't have any newer drivers for it from what I can tell
     
    otaku, Jul 24, 2008
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  5. whizzo

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    the drivers work for all cards, i believe.
     
    whizzo, Jul 24, 2008
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    kobe Notebook Virtuoso

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    Are you using AW stock drivers and having these same troubles?
     
    kobe, Jul 24, 2008
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    waltimus Notebook Guru

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    My 8700 does the same thing about 10 seconds into Gears of War minus the blue screen and reboot
     
    waltimus, Jul 25, 2008
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  8. otaku

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    Well when I use nvidia's scan tool it says its not for me but I shall give it a go anyway I suppose (why would they skip one card only?)
     
    otaku, Jul 25, 2008
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    if the drivers are from lv2g, did you add the modded .inf?
     
    whizzo, Jul 25, 2008
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  10. otaku

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    ok got the latest driver from laptopvid2go seems fine benchmark score improved 50 points (seems like it ran way better though from what I saw) went from 156 t0 177 big jump
     
    otaku, Jul 25, 2008
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    check laptopvideo2go.com for the newest driver for your OS. probably v177.66 or v177.70. download the driver and the modded .inf. then follow the installing instructions from the site. that's always worked for me.
     
    whizzo, Jul 25, 2008
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