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    Occasional BSOD on XPS M1330

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by jf4real13, Apr 16, 2008.

  1. jf4real13

    jf4real13 Notebook Consultant

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    My M1330 with Vista 64 bit and SP1 installed is giving me occasion BSODs. I have gotten two of them in the past week. Once I start back up after the BSOD everything is fine, but seeing that awful screen just scares the crap out of me. Windows says that it's some issue with hardware failure, but I have no idea how to determine what piece of hardware is failing. Has anybody been experiencing anything similar? Does anybody have any idea on how to stop this?
     
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    jazzjackrabbit Notebook Consultant

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    please post bosd error codes

    they start with 0x.. i cant really answer your question without that, or upload your mini dump file, you will find them in c:/windows/minidump.
     
    jazzjackrabbit, Apr 16, 2008
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    Menatep Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sounds like your motherboard/gpu might be dying.
     
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    What wireless network card do you have?
     
    worx, Apr 16, 2008
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    I have the Intel Wireless N card.

    I will try to find the error number the next time this happens.

    I really hope my motherboard is not dying.
     
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    Check your power settings under power management properties for the intel wireless N card and uncheck the option to allow the pc to turn it off........... I did this and my blue screen problems went away.
     
    worx, Apr 17, 2008
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