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    Dell m1330 issues, screen goes blank/green. Really ticked off, please help!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Blitz2007, Nov 17, 2007.

  1. Blitz2007

    Blitz2007 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok,

    So about couple weeks ago, in my system tray I have a message saying "Some Windows startup programs were blocked". Whatever, I ignored that.

    Then my laptop started to crash, screen flickered, blank screen, and then my desktop would show up again, and I would get a message saying "Display Driver nmlddmkm is not responding".

    How, my laptop crashes all the time, blank screen, green screen, when I startup it jsut goes to a green screen sometimes. Right now I am in safe mode, and it seems to be fine, which makes me suspect that it is a driver issue, and not the video card.

    My laptop is only 3 months old, so I'm kinda pissed about this.

    any ideas what I should do. I'm in the UK right now until xmas, and I bought my Dell via dell.ca (Canada), so I cant do much here either...and I dont have my Vista CD, so I can't reformat my HD without it right?

    Any help appreciated, thanks.
     
    Blitz2007, Nov 17, 2007
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    Blitz2007 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Crap, sorry mods for double post, dunno how that happened.
     
    Blitz2007, Nov 17, 2007
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    darkcond0 Notebook Evangelist

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    http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=46174

    Reinstall driver? Download drivercleaner pro, uninstall your display drivers and reboot, boot into safemode and run drivercleaner pro to clear display drivers and reboot, then install new drivers from laptopvideo2go.com
     
    darkcond0, Nov 17, 2007
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    Blitz2007 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thx for response.

    Can I uninstall display drivers while in safe mode? I can't get into normal mode because it keeps crashing (blank/green screen).

    Also, how do I boot into safe mode, is it F4?
     
    Blitz2007, Nov 17, 2007
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    F8 should give you boot menu (but it's dependent on the BIOS).

    you can uninstall any driver at any time.

    i would not install modded drivers until you fix your problem. instead, try the drivers that supported by the manufacturer first. you want to make sure everything works normally first.
     
    NotebookYoozer, Nov 17, 2007
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    Thanks again,

    I wouldnt mind just going back to original factory settings/reformatting. Only problem is I dont have my Vista CD until I go back home.

    Anyone know how I can go back to factory settings/format without needing CD?

    Thx.
     
    Blitz2007, Nov 17, 2007
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    If you still have the restore partition, then you can do it without any discs!
     
    sinstoic, Nov 17, 2007
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    Oh yeah, I forgot to mention to get one of the 156.xx drivers. They're actual mobile drivers supported by nvidia, and not desktop drivers modded for laptops. If you want more performance later, then go to others
     
    darkcond0, Nov 17, 2007
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