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    Random Crashes?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ninjagrisen, Jun 13, 2010.

  1. ninjagrisen

    ninjagrisen Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello Everybody, i could use some help from you guys.
    Since i updated to A09 the following things have happend:
    - When streaming videos online, espn, southpark or whatever, suddenly the screen goes white, then black, then white and i cant do anything. I can move the mouse a little but things goes extreamly slow. Have to put it off with power button.
    1 time it went to blue screen and "dumping psychical memory"

    - When my girlfriend playing FARMVILLE on facebook same thing happens FARMVILLE??

    - I can play Starcraft 2, HoN, WoW, LFD2 everything without any problem at all.

    I have checked temps = no problems and i have a zalman cooling pad.

    I dont know if it is A09 that is the problem but i havnt had this problems before. This laptop have really been problemfree for me so this bothers me alot :(. Doesnt matter if i put throttlestop on.

    Can say that i have the Dell xps 1645 with i7 and 128 gb ssd.

    Any thoughts or solutions?
     
  2. ninjagrisen

    ninjagrisen Notebook Enthusiast

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    BUMP, Please i need some answers :(
     
  3. gaah

    gaah Notebook Deity

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    Thanks for your post. You don't provide much information for anyone to really pinpoint the problem, all I have to say is try the typical update your drivers and program versions and remove anything software wise you recently installed to see if that fixes it. There's nothing wrong with the update itself as it has been tested by most and not everyone has problems, so it's probably something specific to your configuration and operating conditions.

    And do yourself a favor and get rid of ThrottleStop, that program is problematic when it comes to system stability because it overrides the hardware's own operating parameters and causes it to run out of specification.;
     
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    gpig Notebook Deity

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    I'm guessing these are all flash ralated. Install (or re-install) the latest version of Flash Player, and make sure you're not using Internet Explorer 64-bit edition.
     
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    ninjagrisen Notebook Enthusiast

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    OK ill stop use throttle stop.
    I saw now that i dont have the latest ATI drivers, i will install them now.
    I will also try get the latest flash player drivers. Thanks for all help guys!
     
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    Definitely a flash problem! Flash (movies, games, anything) with full-screen caused me almost identical problems to what you described. Get the latest flash and video card drivers and you should be good to go :D