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    Old Clevo m570u updated.. now locking up

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by MightyAA, Nov 16, 2011.

  1. MightyAA

    MightyAA Notebook Guru

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    Updated my old Killernotebook Executioner (Clevo M570U) last weekend. Stuck in a SSD, upgraded the ram, and loaded Windows7 pro.

    It has the m7950gtx gpu in it. The issue I believe is gpu driver related. About 2 minutes into any fullscreen game, including simple ones like Roblocks or the lego ones (kids are playing on it now), the machine locks up hard. I don’t have it here at the office, but the drivers are I believe are 179.64 nvidia. Oddly enough the window7 updates has newer drivers than the nvidia site. I tried the nvidia site driver as well and got the same lockups. Anyone using these drivers have similar problems on older gpu’s?

    I also haven’t ruled out the ram. I put in 4 gigs. The mobo is limited and only recognizes 3 gigs... That’s normal; just forgot about that until 'after' I stuck it in. Could it be though that by putting in two 2 gig sticks that it might be causing this issue? Should I try putting back in the original 2 gigs?

    The weird one is that I ran it through PCmark7 and it completed (scored just over 2400). No glitch problems at all. Ditto with cpu stress testing programs when messing around overclocking it again. (Lockups occur with or without the oc and only on fullscreen games).

    Ideas?
     
    MightyAA, Nov 16, 2011
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  2. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    i would try 186.81 as i found them the best for our 3-4 year old machines.
     
    MrDJ, Nov 16, 2011
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  3. MightyAA

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    Been messing around with this for a week now... Same issue. Get into ANY game, lockup, and/or bsod.

    I've tried half a dozen different drivers now for the gpu. Most artifact or just crash the screen. I've tried a couple different audio drivers. I've pulled the new ram and put back in the old. Nothing has changed this.

    Any other recommendations before I wipe it and go back to XP Pro?
     
    MightyAA, Nov 23, 2011
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  4. Blacky

    Blacky Notebook Prophet

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    Nothing. Problem is that it might do the same in XP. If it does, it's probably video card baking time.
     
    Blacky, Nov 23, 2011
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