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    DELL XPS1530 graphic card/computer crash issue?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by hollowm4n, Sep 15, 2008.

  1. hollowm4n

    hollowm4n Newbie

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    Hi

    I have purchased a dell xps 1530 about 8 months ago.
    Intel core 2 duo T7250 @ 2.00 GHz
    2GB ram
    32-bit vista (thinking of upgrading to 64bit and getting 4GB ram)
    NVIDIA 8600M GT (with the latest drivers)

    I had some issues before while gaming my computer would freeze for a second, however this happened only 1-2 times per week. (this started happening after the bios update that was released by DELL)
    However recently when playing games (guild wars) my computer freezes for 1 sec and then the fps drops to 5-20. I have to close the game and wait several minutes (10+) for this to be fixed.
    Sometimes my gfx card just seems to go crazy and crash my entire computer? The fps drop/computer crash is happening a lot. Yesterday while playing for an hour I got 2 computercrashes due to my card freezing and my screen going crazy!
    Is my card dieing? or what is going on?
    I am a casual gamer not playing any high end games.

    Hope anyone can help me!
     
    hollowm4n, Sep 15, 2008
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    fonduekid, Sep 15, 2008
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  3. hollowm4n

    hollowm4n Newbie

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    Steady 70°C (160°F) while gaming
     
    hollowm4n, Sep 15, 2008
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    Ok.. that temp is normal for gaming.. I was just wondering if the issue you are having is due to over heating or something like that.. Anyway, I think the best way is to Call Dell soon and ask for a replacement!!!
     
    fonduekid, Sep 15, 2008
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    hollowm4n Newbie

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    Will do thanx for the help :)
     
    hollowm4n, Sep 15, 2008
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    I would try this site, I had them dropping like flies until I changed this bios setting.

    http://www.icamd.org/windows/dell.html

    -Wil Ortiz
    Adobe Instructor in Flash, Dreamweaver and Premiere Pro in San Francisco
    Bay Area and Silicon Valley since the summer of 2000. CS4 | AS3 | FLEX
     
    ICAMDorg, Feb 10, 2009
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