My XPS M1330 crashes when I open certain programs or play video files. Please help!

My XPS M1330 is about a year old, I run windows XP, and I use the copper mod since it used to overheat when playing games. It's been perfectly fine for the last few months though.

Recently, sometimes when I try to play a video file or open specific programs (so far, photoshop and certain games) the screen turns bizarre colors and then quickly crashes. Here are some photos:





I haven't made any changes to the computer recently besides downloading windows updates and virus definitions. There's no overheating and I already used compressed air to clean out the inside of the case. Sometimes the BSOD gives a "Parity Check/Memory Parity Error" and the last time it reset, Microsoft error reporting redirected me to a page saying that it was a graphics driver problem. (If it's just a driver problem, does anyone know a reliable recent laptop driver for the Geforce M8400 for XP?)

I'm in Japan for the next couple months but I'm not nearly fluent so I wouldn't even know how to get the motherboard or GPU replaced if I needed to.

Does anyone have any idea what to do? Thanks a lot.

 

Try one of these drivers my friend.. http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/drivers?dev=&sub=&whql=0&lang=0&orderby=version&dir=desc&os=&os[]=xp

 

It could be that your GPU has gone south

If the driver updates don't help, give Dell a call....

 

That most certainly looks like the epic GPU fail, but t could just be some kind of drivers. If you changed em recently you might wanna rollback

I'd be 85% sure it's GPU failure, dell extended all warranties by a year, hopefully your covered, though ;d get rid of the copper mod if u send it in

 

Yea, thats what it sounds like. As stated, ditch the copper mod or warranty is voided.......

 

Yep.. Classic GPU failure symptoms.. Right now, it crashes only when temps are a little high.. In a few days, it would just refuse to boot.. Better get it replaced now...