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    Dell XPS M1730 Graphics problem

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by samjones.4321, Oct 13, 2009.

  1. samjones.4321

    samjones.4321 Newbie

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    Hi Guys, I hope that you can help.

    I have a M1730 with sli geforce 8800gtx cards. Everything is fine until I just moved house and set my laptop up again. It wouldnt boot into windows..

    After going into safe mode i unistalled the nvidia drivers and it then booted to windows so it is a problem with the drivers. i have tried different drivers and the it still wont boot to windows.

    Why would i| suddendly have a problem with the drivers?

    Pls help!
     
    samjones.4321, Oct 13, 2009
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  2. Slammin

    Slammin Notebook Consultant

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    Maybe a bit of a knock was enough to damage the graphics cards and they were on the way out anyway. We're talking about microscopic differences and these cards are failing for many others as well regardless of usage.

    Are you in warranty?
     
    Slammin, Oct 14, 2009
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