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    G285 SLI causing Freezing

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Grak, Jan 13, 2011.

  1. Grak

    Grak Newbie

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    Hey Guys and Gals,
    First time poster! Although I've trawled through the threads trying to find one that addresses this issue, I've had no luck.
    My X8100 has been randomly freezing, very occasionally blue screening, and when contacting my re-supplier, I've been told I have to uninstall the Nvidia drivers from site, to the Clevo drivers (as you all may well know, from May 2010). Not best pleased about the roll-back and I've yet to check if this has fixed the issue but I was wondering if anyone else had come across this issue and was using any INI fixes or have had a go at flashing the bios on the 285s (something I'd be hesitant in trying myself).
    Thanks for any time spent in replying!
     
    Grak, Jan 13, 2011
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  2. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    hi Grak and welcome to nbr
    firstly download and run Who Crashed to determine if its defo the nvidia drivers.most prob is as theres been a lot of moans over the last few months with various gpu's.
    which drivers have you got loaded at the moment and which did your supplier recommend rolling back to.
     
    MrDJ, Jan 13, 2011
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  3. Grak

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    Thanks for the welcome!
    I think the drivers were most likely v260.99, I've rolled back to the latest on Clevo's site - 8946. Yet to know if the freezing still occurs, but happy to report back once i know better!
     
    Grak, Jan 13, 2011
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    theriko Ronin

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    try the beta 266.35 - no problems for anyone I've heard of...

    Get them here assuming win7 64bit
     
    theriko, Jan 13, 2011
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    Bytales Notebook Evangelist

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    MIght be the nvlddmkm.sys bsod ?
     
    Bytales, Jan 14, 2011
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    How'd I go about checking that out then?
    I had major artifacts in Bad Company 2 using the drivers recommended and provided by Clevo, with the new drivers recommended in this thread It plays smooth, fallout New Vegas still has long random freezes though.
    As for the random Freezes during normal OS run - I haven't experienced any yet but I'll keep you up to speed.
     
    Grak, Jan 22, 2011
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