BSOD's at random times on Alienware M17x R3

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  1. Posts : 2,014
    Windows 7 Professional 64bit
       #31

    I would leave the latest BIOS installed.

    Good question about the drivers, at this point try the stable one, that should tell us if its the card
    or the driver, if the stable one holds then you could try the one off the Dell site as the latest Nividia
    seems to be causing issues.

    Cheers

    Dave
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  2. Posts : 2,014
    Windows 7 Professional 64bit
       #32

    Hi,

    You have marked this thread as solved, can I ask what the solution was?
    As this may help others in the future with similar problems.

    cheers

    Dave
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  3. Posts : 21
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #33

    Oh, I just followed the instructions. I marked it as solved because the blue screens only happen like once or twice a month, so even if it was not solved I wouldn't know for a few weeks ish.

    I'll be back if there is trouble brewing up again (or if it seems stable for a decent amount of time). Thanks for your help.
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  4. Posts : 2,014
    Windows 7 Professional 64bit
       #34

    Okay, thanks for the feedback.

    cheers

    Dave
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  5. Posts : 21
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #35

    The problem has returned.
    I also get this error when attempting to open the nvidia control panel after the crash.


    Thanks so much for any help.
    after another restart the above problem about the nvidia control panel has vanished
    Last edited by mbird12; 11 Jun 2013 at 09:30.
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  6. Posts : 21
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #36

    Bumping
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  7. Arc
    Posts : 35,373
    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
       #37

    The same thing ..... display driver ... ACPI ...
    Code:
    Irp is active with 4 stacks 2 is current (= 0xfffffa800a36a4f8)
     No Mdl: No System Buffer: Thread 00000000:  Irp stack trace.  
         cmd  flg cl Device   File     Completion-Context
     [  0, 0]   0  0 00000000 00000000 00000000-00000000    
    
                Args: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
    >[ 16, 2]   0 e1 fffffa8006fc4040 00000000 fffff8800f1d9fac-fffffa80095a9bf0 Success Error Cancel pending
               \Driver\ACPI    nvlddmkm
                Args: 00000000 00000001 00000001 00000000
     [ 16, 2]   0 e1 fffffa8008958480 00000000 00000000-00000000    pending
               \Driver\nvlddmkm
                Args: 00000000 00000001 00000001 00000000
     [  0, 0]   0  0 00000000 00000000 00000000-fffffa800954d6b0    
    
                Args: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
    Installing the display driver to the latest 320.18 will hopefully detect your GPU back.

    Then, PCIe Link State Power Management - Turn On or Off in Windows .... and disable hibernate too.
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  8. Posts : 21
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #38

    I'm confused with your link. Link state power management for both on battery and while plugged in are already on the off toggle, should I switch those?
    Hibernate is disabled.

    So we don't really know what caused this? The previous blue screen I received I had while on the updated Nvidia driver right? Will updating back to that really help my issue?

    Thanks for your time!
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  9. Arc
    Posts : 35,373
    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
       #39

    And this one is making me confused. The settings you are explaining should not make power transition of a PCIe device during sleep at all. So no question of the particular BSOD you are having.

    Try it: Hibernate - Enable or Disable
    Last edited by Arc; 12 Jun 2013 at 09:24.
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  10. Posts : 21
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #40

    Will mark solved and see what happens in future. thanks arc!
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