Alienware m17x black screen of death

Hi.im new in this forums and i would like to ask if someone can help me out, i have an alienware m17x R1 and lately its giving me alot of random black screens and mostly while gaming and i still can hear sound and the game but everything goes black, i recently cleaned it and repaste the thermal compund and ecc and it worked fine from overheating but no solution seems to work to remove these black screen which is very troublesome, sometimes it works fine but now they are occur more frequently i cant playing in this state, i know this is a common problem with these laptops, has anyone find a solution? i think maybe its a gpu fualt and beed to be replaced..any help would be welcome thanks

 

If you can hear the game in the back, then it is most likely the GPU. If you purchased/extended your warranty, call tech support but then I suppose you wouldn't post here if you did.

So that would mean replacing the GPU but the R1 does not support a lot of more recent GPUs. AFAIK, the 5870 CF is the most it can do.

 

i can put another gtx 260m right? they are not alot coslty i think now, so do you think there is no other option for this problem? only replacing it?

 

Have you tried a different video driver just in case?

 

yes but the 304 not the latest, i could not find any latest modified version cos if i download the normal nvidia driver it will not install on the R1 cos they are not supported anymore by nvidia, i have tried also a lower driver version officaly from dell but it still gives black screen, the 260 still do well in current gen games thats why i dont want to just put this laptop away

 

for the 260 i honestly can sy that 186.81 was the best for that card.

search here NVIDIA Driver Downloads - Advanced Search

as nvidia 260gtx is showing up with the latest drivers 331.65 but if you only use modified drivers then i have no idea.

 

MrDJ you mean the 331.65 does not stop you when installing? thx for the info for the 186.81 but u trid alot dofferent drivers sometimes it does not even give ma display when u swith to 260, i think one of the cards has become fualty and i dont know if dell still can change it to another working 260