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    W510 locking up randomly

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by angelfirepcs, Mar 16, 2010.

  1. angelfirepcs

    angelfirepcs Newbie

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    I recently purchased a W510, love the performance!

    but it seems that it randomly locks up on me. in some instances i do get an error that the "Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding and has successfully recovered."

    At first i thought it was overheating on me but then in hung on me when the CPU temp was only 45 degrees!

    Usually the screen freezes and i am unable to move the mouse or use the keyboard ... only the wireless light stays on and there is no HD activity (as far as i can tell that is)

    the only change to the system that i have made is that i swapped out the 4gb that came with it for 16 Gb

    i thought that had something to do with it but i put the original 4 gb back and it does the same thing.

    Is anyone else having these issues?
     
    angelfirepcs, Mar 16, 2010
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  2. lkpcampion

    lkpcampion Notebook Consultant

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    T510 here, had this issue a few times. Either recovered, or BlueScreen. Probably some driver issues and hope they can fix it soon.
     
    lkpcampion, Mar 16, 2010
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  3. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    First, monitor the GPU temps.
    Second, change the video drivers (try the latest beta as well) and see if it helps.
     
    Aikimox, Mar 16, 2010
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  4. angelfirepcs

    angelfirepcs Newbie

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    it has locked up on me with low GPU temps as well,

    i will try the latest drivers and post the results :)
     
    angelfirepcs, Mar 16, 2010
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    angelfirepcs Newbie

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    ok ... haven't found the beta drivers and lenovo does not have an update yet, however i noticed there was an update to the BIOS ... i will try this and cross my fingers!
     
    angelfirepcs, Mar 16, 2010
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  6. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    try the 10.3 beta (it doesn't need a mobility modder).
     
    Aikimox, Mar 16, 2010
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  7. yun

    yun Notebook Deity

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    Do you have this problem with default video driver?
     
    yun, Mar 16, 2010
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  8. angelfirepcs

    angelfirepcs Newbie

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    So far so good it looks like the firmware update works but i will not consider this fixed untill i have a day or two of no crashes :)
     
    angelfirepcs, Mar 17, 2010
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