Alienware M17X-R4 video 680M card problem

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• Video DV2755TX card problem

  Hello

  It's my first time here and I hope that someone can help me with this problem I have with my laptop.

  Material

  • Computer HP laptop dv2755 TX
  • 4 GB of RAM (2 * 2 GB RAM SODIMM bars)
  • Intel core 2 Duo T8300 processor
  • NVIDIA geForce 8400 M GS

  OPERATING SYSTEM

  • Vista Home Premium 32-bit

  Problem

  • At random times, especially when you use the instensly of the card video (though not always good) I get a blank screen (the screen goes black for a few seconds (usually one or four seconds).)
  • The problem cannot be repeated or at least not systematically. The laptop used to give the screen empty after less than a minute of play InkBall (from Microsoft)
  • The message I get after that each fail, is that the video card in response is long and that vista recovered. I have no idea what that means and I can not find this error anywhere in the event viewer.
  • I tried to limit my use of the video card by changing the theme of the OS Vista standard (to offer the transperency effect) of vista home basic, which is the less graphically demanding, but the problem persists.
  • I have the latest driver for HP graphics card, but this is different from WHAT NVIDIA has on their website. However NVIDIA reminds me of HP and warns me that I use their video card driver and assume all of the problems that could result from this action.
  • I am aware that the 8400M series has a problem with the heating so I used HWMonitor V1.13 to get the temperature of the various components.

  Here are the results:

  • ACPI---> TZS0 (42 degrees celsius) and TZS1 (42 degrees celsius)
  • Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T8300---> Core #0 (27 degrees celsius) and Core #1 (25 degrees celsius)
  • GeForge 8400 M GS---> GPU Core (52 degrees celsius)
  • HDD (41 degrees celsius)

  These temperatures seem allright for a computer on Idle? When I'm runing several applications, it tends to become warmer. What are the max and the temperature average? I should look for? Again, this is in reference to the video card which, from what I've heard has heating problems. Also I do not know if these problems are causing Visual problems, I am experiencing. Thank you in advance for the support.

  Its nothing associated with part of s/p of the device. Even if you update the drivers, it's a temporary solution. Its a problem with the graphics card and motherboard must be replaced. Contact HP and get it replaced under warranty if the unit is under warranty period.

• HP M9040N TV TUNER/VIDEO GRAPHICS CARD PROBLEM

  
  

  This could be the problem with your tv 885 Happauge Win tv tunner card driver problem?

• video inspiron8600 card problem

  Hello

  My 8600 worked fine until a few days ago, when I turn on the power, the entire screen is full, filled with strings of many, small, white, vertical, I can barely see anything on the screen today.

  tried several different version of the video card driver, always the same.

  I even opened the laptop and cleaned inside, still does not.

  My video card is totally destroyed?  is there anything else I can try?

  (by the way, it's ati radeon 9600)

  Message edited by joeygu on 05/24/2008 02:35
  
  

• Where can I buy a new video card for my Alienware M17x R3?

  Hello

  I have a videocard of 660 m which seems to now be on his way.  To make a long story short - it seems to be appearing and disappearing from my device manager.  I have two OS on my system, and it does not show even in the other when it becomes capricious.

  in any case - where can I buy a replacement?  If I have to spend $$ I might as well update if possible.  On the forums, I noticed that it is possible to buy one directly from Alienware?

  Travis

  Hello!

  These are available for the M17X R4 video cards:

  Manufacturer
  R11G1	GeForce GTX 660M
  HXD3N	GeForce GTX 675M
  KXXC4	GeForce GTX 680M
  H0YWF	Radeon HD 7970M

  You can call Technical Support in your area or send an email to [email protected] (for the United States and Canada only) to check if the parts are available for sale.

• Only intermittent problem with wifi on alienware m17x with qualcomm wireless killer

  Hi, I have an alienware M17x with windows 8.1 and qualcomm wireless killer. I have a serious problem with intermittent wifi, that appears when I use programs like Skype, steam, multiplayer games, etc.

  Even if the wifi is connected, the connection suddenly stops working sometimes, especially when I use the applications mentioned above. (if I try to load a Web page during this time, the page remains attached to "resolving host"). Strange thing is if I disconnect and reconnect to the wifi Internet starts working immediately. Or I can wait a few minutes and the connection is re-established automatically. This isn't a problem with the network, because I had this problem on countless wifi networks I've worked, and all my other devices work fine in the same time, that my laptop no longer works.

  Additionally, this problem occurs only on wifi, if I use a connection cable, this never happens. (this is not yet a case of the wifi signal strength, as happens even when I am sitting right next to wifi router and wifi in the notification area icon is visible full signal).

  In the last months, I tried various possible solutions, but none of them have solved this problem:

  -Updated to 8.1 windows

  -Update of the qualcomm network drivers

  -Stop of various applications that I think might have been the origin of the problem

  -Uninstall completely different applications

  -Close all anti-virus programs

  Still after all of these steps, the problem persists. It would not be a big problem, as the loss of connectivity is not permanent, but what makes multiplayer games completely unplayable on my alienware machine. :(

  Just today I tried to launch AlienAutopsy test for my network card in Killer Wireless - N 1103 several times, and each time that the "transfer of data verification test" failed due to no connectivity (all other tests passed very well, only this one test failure all 6 times). I thought that it could be linked and gave me some hope that I might be able to target the cause of this unique problem. Therefore, I post here. If anyone can help me, it would be much appreciated!

  +++ S.O.L.U.T.I.O.N. +++

  «Go to network-> Network and Sharing Center-> change the adapter settings-> Wireless - N 1103-> properties (right click) Killer network card-> and finally UNCHECK it (the f * cking) "Qualcomm Atheros control bandwidth «»

  Enjoy the rush.

  See you soon

• Video driver update for NVidia GeForce GTX 660 M on Alienware M17x R4

  I am owner of Alienware M17x R4 with GeForce 660 M graphics. The latest drivers for my system currently 307.17 on the Support of Dell Web site version. Recently I met some graphical problems during the game and the people from the Steam forums advised me to update my video drivers.

  So the question is: can I use the video drivers supplied by NVidia on their Web site? Are there disadvantages using these?

  Thank you!

  Hello!

  We recommend that you use the drivers from the Dell Support Web site, but if you want to upgrade to the latest NVIDIA driver I suggest you only do a fresh install of the driver as explained here.

  If you continue to experience problems during the game, try the troubleshooting steps in this article.

  Let me know how it goes!

• Aero Glass problem? saved only in black and white video acquisition card: clolour sceme changed temporarily Aero in Vista Basic: I have Vista home premium, 32-bit

  video capture card via USB to the PC... everything works but only in black and white and info: perpetual sceme changed temporarily Aero in Vista Basic:

  What is the reason why it is black and white?

  .. and if so: how to change? I have Vista home premium, 32-bit system (PC bought in 2007)

  can anyone help?

  Hans

  Hello

  1 have had any changes made on the computer before the show?

  2. who is the manufacturer of the video capture card?

  3. If it works well before?

  4 is the issue limited to the video capture card?

  Method 1:

  Check the link and see if it helps:

  Solve problems with Windows Aero

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/troubleshoot-problems-with-Windows-Aero

  Method 2:

  I suggest also refer to article and change the theme:

  Change desktop theme

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/change-desktop-theme

  Method 3:

  I would also suggest update you the graphics drivers on the computer and check if the problem persists.

  Updated a hardware driver that is not working properly

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isn ' t-work correctly

• Screen flashes different colors and freezes at the same time, there is a video card problem?

  When it gets really bad most of the screen will Blanch and freeze. This global problem cut in and out, but is common.
  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  EDIT: I forgot to mention that it is a HP G62 laptop.

  Hello

  Yes, it could be a video card problem. Let me suggest that you run this Fix It routine: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/troubleshoot-monitor-and-video-card-problems#.

  Let me know if this helps you.

  Kind regards

  BearPup

• White screen on m17x-R4, dead graphics card?

  TL; DR: When I start my m17x-r4 as the lights of the laptop turns on but the screen remains blank, that nothing seems to be loading and all that came after you disable the onboard graphics through Fn + F7.

  Five days ago, I got an Alienware m17x-r4 (with a Radeon 7970 m) with a 14.04 Ubuntu partition and a Windows 7 Ultimate partition, work without problem. After a nightmarish series of events that I still cannot understand, now I have the same laptop whose only feature is to turn on the lights on the keyboard and nothing else. I'll go through the quick details, since my only concern now is whether to send the computer directly to Dell or what. (you can skip the next paragraph)

  Five days ago, I installed a videogame in the Windows partition, when the computer freezes with an unbearable looping sound. After that Windows could not start or to repair itself, so I started to use Ubuntu all decide what to do. Out of nowhere, Ubuntu has decided to give me yet another mistake criticism, forcing me to reinstall the OS too. For the last five days, I have installed at least four times each of the operating systems for different reasons, while moving several GB of data, I got in each of them one bone to another and having to use tools for recovering data at a given time. Finally, I managed to stabilize the two OSs with all updates and all apparently correctly installed drivers. No there wasn't that one problem, Windows gave me poor performance on video games. In the previous installation of Windows, a program of AMD asked me programwise the performance I wanted, but in this new installation of this feature had disappeared, and each program has been run with less-than-optimal performance. This prompted me to tinker around with the integrated graphic configuration of my laptop.

  I tried different things, like uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers and things like that, until I discovered that the Fn + F7 will disable the integrated graphics card. When I did this, the games would be much better, so I hope that this could be a temporary solution. The problem is that it was very unstable and the screen would freeze in 2-3 minutes to boot Windows. Sometimes the screen freezes as soon as Windows has been started. Fortunately, I had the time to press Fn + F7 again and return to the previous configuration, with the operation of the integrated card, both cards that appear in the devices, with their Manager drivers installed. But when I tried Fn + F7 again instabilities have increased to the point that Windows would not even start leaving me without option to restore the situation. I tried to reinstall Mode drivers safe and pressing Fn + F7, but Safe Mode does not allow for any of these features. I have uninstalled the graphics drivers and tried to restart Windows, but it was very unstable, almost unusable from the beginning. I managed to reinstall the Radeon drivers, but the screen is tore already very bad. Finally, when you turn on the laptop, the first splash screen would be the charge, but two large green vertical lines would tear across the screen and the computer could not get into the bootstrapper more. After two other shut downs and from ups, the screen simply would not stop reacting and this is the case I am, right now. The lights of the light of the laptop, but the screen does not work and it does not seem to load anything.

  I guess that means send to Dell, but maybe there's something that I can still do it by myself (maybe open the laptop and re - a corner of the graphics card?).

  Thanks in advance.

  Well, it was fundamentally defective graphics card and hard drive as the diagnosis ePSA says, but I had the chance to realize that my laptop was three weeks before the expiration of the warranty, so I sent to Dell and he had fixed to the less than a week or more. I even had a bigger hard drive :)

• Alienware m17x R3 - Win 10 updated

  Hello

  I have an Alienware m17x R3 (2011), which came with Win7. Dell/Alienware did not bother to provide the official drivers updated for Win8/8.1 on this model.

  My question is, should I reserve an upgrade to Win10, there will be no support driver from Dell for this new OS or I'm just stuck with Win7 forever on this Alienware model?

  Thank you!

  You upgrade or do a clean install? I try to get W10 my 17 x R3 and will do a clean install, not upgrade. Maybe that can solve the problem with the video card. I also want to tell you that I recently had to replace my video card and I use the 'Windows' drivers, I do not have the installed AMD catalyst and its fine to work for SWTOR and survival of the Ark.

  Hope this helps and I think Dell has intensified with Alienware updated driver.

• Alienware M17x R4 Support

  I'm having a problem with an Alienware M17x r4. My daughter was in the middle of a PC game, and he is just off. Before turning it off, she said his battery was about to die, but she had a few minutes of life. She first thought it was just the battery, so she hooked up and we have nothing. I noticed that the green light on the power cord was not on so I unplugged the power cord and plugged. The light going on, and then it will slowly go away. I bought a new charger and plugged. The blue light until I plug it into the computer. The only way to get the light back on is to unplug the wall and plug it in again. The light stays on as long as I don't plug it into the laptop. I read about this on another site. Someone said it was the motherboard. Is this true?

  Unfortunately, so it is my daughter's cell phone if it was something funny in the days before, she said. I remember the fan if extremely hard, the other night (that was a first). The laptop is on, but she was not using it at the same time. She used again at night until it no longer works and said that happens again. I checked the fans to see if they were dirty and they weren't too bad. Them cleaned anyway, I'm not sure if it really solved the problem of fan until I can put it back on.

  If this is not the motherboard, what else should I check before I have pay fortunes to fix? I bought it refurbished almost 2 years ago for about $1,300. You know everything, just not if it should be fixed or not, but I'd not really to buy another if I need to.

  I tried troubleshooting and sought a similar problem here before posting but could not find one. Sorry if this is a duplicate question.

  Thanks for your help!

  This looks more like a case where the video card is dead.

  It is a common symptom in our computers. When the charger goes dim when you are connected to the computer, it's probably a problem with the video card.

  We have only on workstations as well.

  I hope you find this information useful.

• Sounds coming from my headphones and speakers at the same time - Alienware M17x R4

  I have a rather annoying thingy with my laptop. When I do something on my laptop where noise is involved ( play games , play music , etc. etc. ) and I have ear plugs / headphones inserted , the sound is coming out of both my speakers and my headset.I do not know how long I already have the problem, I discovered it today when I took my headphones off for a moment.
  
  Do any of you know how I can fix this? So that if I insert my headphones , the sound just goes through the headphones and not through the speakers at the same time. I Googled for a while now but I cant find a way to solve it. (Im not a PCs / laptops expert)
  ...
  
  I use an Alienware M17x R4 with Windows 10.
  
  I have already tried to update the drivers , remove and restart to reset them but nothing seems to work, PLEASE HELP!
  ...
  
  Thanks in advance.
  

  Hello. Please post your problem again, because half of your text has been cut. You may need to type it instead of paste.

  Try to switch to the native Windows audio driver.

  1. open Device Manager (found in the Control Panel, or type devmgmt.msc in the search box).
  2. develop the 'audio controllers, video & game' and right click on the Creative Labs Recon pilot.
  3 Select this option to "Update driver software".
  4. click on "Browse my computer for driver software".
  5. click on "Let Me pick from a list of drivers on my computer".
  6. put the "Show compatible hardware" check box if not already checked.
  7. in the list of devices, click on 'High Definition Audio"(native driver).
  8. click on "next".
  9. in the update driver warning box, click 'Yes' (the driver).
  10 restart the portable computer if you are prompted. If not invited, so no need to restart.
  [To return to the Recon pilot, do it again but reverse steps 2-7 names].

  If you have only the symptoms with one of the drivers, then the other is at fault. If you have the same symptoms with two audio drivers, then it is likely not a driver problem, maybe material.

• (Redirected) Alienware m17x new SSD adapter

  Hello.

  I have an alienware m17x laptop and it has empty 2nd support. so I decided to get an SSD.

  My problem is that I need an adapter to connect the SSD for laptop and I can't find this adapter in any store.

  drive HARD original also use of this card and I tried to connect the new SSD in the 2nd slice with this adapter and it works (doesn't turn on laptop computer from disk HARD was not connected).

  So im guessing that I only need the adapter. only problem is that I can't find it anywhere. any idea where I can find it?

  Links:

  beeing used by the original HARD disc - adapter

  new SSD connection without adapter-

  Hi Cristianos,

  Please repost this in the Forum of the Club Alienware for help.

  http://en.community.Dell.com/Owners-Club/Alienware/

• White map too screen of Nvidia drivers on Windows 10 on Alienware M17X R3 - no 3D with GTX 660 m Nvidia in R3.

  After getting the SSD for work and most of the other drivers in Windows 10 I came across to CONV error while starting the GeForce program to update the card nvidia GTX 460 M graphics drivers for my M17X R3 3D. Is not the Lone Ranger with this problem it has been discussed on the Nvidia site and a beta version of GeForce has been recommended. It seemed to solve these problems for a while until that they solved the problem in the next update released version 358.50 for win 10 64-bit. I have not had the problem since this upgrade. Unfortunately, it is not an option on the Dell Web site for display drivers.

  I also bought the GTX 660 M install in the M17x R3, but I might as well have bought a rope to use the computer as an anchor. It would have been more useful. Regardless of the many people use it in the M17X R3 none of them use the 3D feature. I got the card to operate for the graphics and PhysX features only and I had to change many infs for this. The 3D feature is not supported in the chipset of the motherboard. At least not in the Sata mode. If someone got the GTX 660 M Nvidia Graphics for work in 3D on the Alienware M17X R3? If so, what was the secret?

  Concerning

  Big3D Emerson

  If somebody has got to work in 3D M17X R3 in Windows 10:

  Hello

  Unfortunately, according to the policy document, the M17x series is not supported on Windows 10. Some users have successfully installed Windows 10 on these systems not supported. But they have all the pilot survey (example = 7/8/8.1 driver installation) to force it to work. Dell doesn't have the resources to do this on systems not supported.  I recommend that you also try this announcement on Notebook Review and Alienware Arena forums for assistance.