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    Problem with m15x - display driver stops working

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by ssg, Nov 26, 2008.

  1. ssg

    ssg Newbie

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    Hi, I have an Alienware m15x with 8600 GT video card. I bought the game FallOut 3 to play on it, and this is my first real gaming experience with the laptop. Problem is, I can only play for a few minutes. It then tells me my display driver has stopped working and then another message telling me FallOut 3 has stopped working. Any solutions? I'm lost
     
    ssg, Nov 26, 2008
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  2. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Johnny T, Nov 26, 2008
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  3. ryujin

    ryujin 2B or not 2B

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    you may also want to go to the laptopvideotogo site for drivers moded for notebooks....
     
    ryujin, Nov 26, 2008
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  4. Kaiserphoenix

    Kaiserphoenix Notebook Evangelist

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    Make sure before you update your drivers, you do a clean reinstall of the old ones. CCleaaner or something is a nice tool but basically having old files lying around can cause nvllm stopped working or something!
     
    Kaiserphoenix, Nov 28, 2008
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  5. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    update your GPU driver (don't forget CCleaner and DriverSweeper) to v180.48 from ltv2go.
     
    whizzo, Nov 28, 2008
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