Dell :: M1730/8800gtx-sli: BF2142 Suddenly Locks Up, Gpu 75�C
Aug 1, 2008
I've been playing BF2142 at max settings since I got the new notebook. Then suddenly I can't play it anymore... It freezes and goes black after 5-15 seconds of playing, leaving ctrl-alt-delete as only option.
At the same time, I can play Quake: Enemy Territory (which seem to demand alot more from the gpu) just fine (on somewhat lower settings though, but never freezes)
I'm using the infamous "hacked" performance drivers, can't remember the name.
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Apr 4, 2008
suggestion on Dell's IdeaStorm requesting them to do a single 8800GTX upgrade module for the M1730. Dual 800GTXs are really unnecessary because SLI game support is spotty at best. (especially in Vista) In addition the Dual "card" module is going to be much more expensive than will be a single 8800GTX. I would a expect the single card module to be hundreds of dollars cheaper. I just can't see spending another $1000+ on a laptop that has already cost me over 4 grand. [url]
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Oct 5, 2009
I have a Dell XPS M1730 with 8800 GTX SLI still in warranty that broke down. The reason : error code 43 aka one of the video cards is burned. That is what the guys at the service told me right now.
I have been reading the forums here and saw that many of you guys have the same problem and got the option for a replacement, more exactly , Alienware.
My situation is this , my laptop has been in service for more than 2 weeks and today i got an e-mail saying one of the video cards is broken and that they ordered a new one from DELL and its due to arrive in 7 -10 days. They did not ask me anything if i agree or not.
What i read is that this laptop is not in production anymore and so is the 8800 gtx card cause of bad engineer manufacturing ....
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May 9, 2010
I'm looking to buy one of these cards, i currently have the dual 8700M GT's sli in my m1730, love the laptop but would like a bit more 3d performance.
So if i can get my hands on one of these decently cheap it would be great as opposed to buying a whole new notebook, which i am not financially in the place to do right now!
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Feb 24, 2010
just wondering what it should realisticly run at while gaming? when im playing wow i get temps of upto 89c...
this card has just been replaced also! i think its a tad too hot but i may be wrong?
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Sep 8, 2009
My situation is that about a month ago i returned to my M1730 and noticed that it was running on low res ......
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Feb 25, 2008
how the 8800GTX SLI on the XPS1730 handles Crysis at high resolutions.
Also, my wife was breastfeeding and spilt breast milk all over my keyboard. I tried licking it off but couldn't get all of it. How do you recommend i clean it?
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Jan 23, 2010
Sometimes, for example, when I open a new tab in Google Chrome (not beta) and enter a web site, or click a link etc. the notebook locks up. This sometimes happens with other softwares, or just Windows softwares, or browsing files randomly.
When it locks up, hard-drive is flashing and hard-drive activity not stopping. I am able to move the cursor, but I cannot click anywhere. Even I cannot open task manager, the ctrl-alt-del also doesn't work. I have to push the power button to reset the notebook.
Notebook's specifications are:
OS Version 6.1.7600 (Win7 64-bit RTM)
Mobile DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo P8600, 2400 MHz (9 x 267)
3840 MB (DDR3-1066 DDR3 SDRAM)
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M G (2x256 MB)
IDT 92HD73C1/92HDW74C1/92HDW74C2 @ nVIDIA MCP79/7A - High Definition Audio Controller
WDC WD32 00BJKT-75F4T SCSI Disk Device (298 GB)
Dell Wireless 1515 Wireless-N Adapter (192.168.1.10)
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Jun 5, 2010
I've had my M17x since last September and while I've come to accept the fact that it locks up on occassion, lately it's been getting rather ridiculous. Today alone I have had to do 6 forced reboots because of lock ups. It's pretty much a given that the machine will completely lock up around 100% CPU usage, but outside of that it can just happen randomly as well. This is particularily annoying if I'm doing a task that does put some stress on the CPU, there's maybe a slim chance I'll get to actually finish it before it all freezes.
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Jan 27, 2010
My VGN-Z820D locks up intermittently. This happens every few days and always about 5 minutes after resuming from sleep. It seems to happen whenever as program is launched.
You double click and the circle starts spinning but nothing happens. The spinning circle can be moved around but that's it. CTL-ALT-DEL does nothing. You have to turn off the laptop.
I have tried keeping the task manager open when it happens but noithing happens in the manager. No cpu activity, no changing of processes, nothing.
This is windows 7 pro. I have removed almost all of the sony bloatware, step by step and nothing changes. I have the following items left
VAIO Care, COntrol Center, DVD Menu, Event Service, OOBE and Startup assistant, and origninal function settings.
There is nothing in the event logs at all, no errors or warnings.
All of the drivers are up to date.
There is never a problem during use if it doesn't fail at around 5 minutes. This pretty well rules out a hardware failure. I can go for days without this happening but then it happens again.
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May 28, 2014
I just get to a screen showing the HP logo...the computer tries to self diagnose but never gets anywhere. Just stays locked. I've had this computer for almost a year with zero issue. Suddenly this.
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Oct 28, 2014
I recently updated my bios on my R7-571 and it has caused me great woe. Â My computer will lock hard between 3 min and 3:30 min after bootup if I don't disable the WIndows Managment INstrumentation service. Â THis of course caused other problems on services that depend on that like LogMeIn. Â I need a solution to this. Â Either a way to downgrade to an earlier bios which I don't think is possible without a version of the bios updater that will support this, or a newer bios that addresses this issue.
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Jan 11, 2015
My Split X2 occasionally locks on the blue HP logo during startup. Usually a hard restart will work with no other issues.  A few times, including today, the hard restart does not work and it continues to lock on the logo screen. I hard restarted around ten times today before it finally fully booted.
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Mar 15, 2008
Running Vista Home premium. The Network and Sharing center locks up. It is connected to the internet but the connection icon show the red X. Hovering over it reveals a "server execution failed" message.
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Aug 4, 2014
Just bought a new HP ENVY m6 Notebook PC. CyberLink YouCam 5 cam pre-installed. I can open the software and it appears to run fine but when I try to access the settings the computer freezes and locks up. I end up having to hold down the power button to force a shutdown.
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Jun 18, 2014
HP g7-1150us .....Problem started after replacement of the touch pad/mouse cover. It initially did not power on. I plugged in AC in case the battery was dead and tried again.
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Then it started the continual blinking. I tried the hard reset, hitting ESC upon powerup but had no luck. The hard drive is spinning, but not seeking.
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I removed the new panel, and put the old one back in and there was no change. I'm confident that I did get all the cables & connectors in correctly.
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I thought I may have killed one of the memory sticks, so I tried installing just one. I do not get any of the 6 different blink sequences, it blinks slowly about 1/sec continuously.
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Nov 26, 2009
my computer screen has either been doing a brief flash or weird movement and then locks itself up. Everything is running but the screen, which is frozen in place (the mouse icon is also frozen). I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on how to fix this. I thought it was an overheating problem, but it's sitting at 53•C and still does it. It started doing this when I was playing WoW (only while playing), but that was 3-4 weeks ago and until now the computer worked fine.
It will also no longer restart itself; it goes through the shut down process but then basically powers off as if I just turned it off versus shutting down turned off (this laptop has distinctive sounds for both which is how I can tell). Normally I can wait a minute or two and then turn it back on and it boots up (if I try to turn it on right after it cuts off after a second). Now however, it gets to the first logo then cuts off. I have used compressed air to blow in the vents to get rid of dust if that might be a factor.
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Oct 11, 2014
I have a Compaq mini 110 which locks me out at boot up and says Enter Current Password Now: After 3 entries, it halts with CNU924630
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Sep 23, 2014
My youngest son's Compaq Mini 110 boots staright up into a Password protect mode which I do not know and then locks up with a fatal error and system halt CNU93533NQ.Â
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Aug 3, 2009
So for the past month or so, my D830 has been getting incredibly hot - something it has never done before. In fact, I used to 'brag' about how cool and quiet it was.
Now, about 20 - 30 minutes into computing, it's fans whirl at full speed and the entire bottom and right palm area get very, very, hot - even when the notebook is on a hard, flat surface.
D830
Intel T7500 @ 2.2Ghz
4GB G.Skill RAM
Hitachi 7k320 HDD
Windows XP Pro
9-Cell Primary Battery
6-Cell Media Bay Battery
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Nov 3, 2009
About two weeks ago I noticed my Dell M1330 fan was constantly running on the slow speed. Whatever I did, it just wouldn't shut up. Especially when I was running a graphically demanding game, the fan would go nuts, running at maximum power.
I followed a tutorial to clean the dust out of the fan but it didn't fix anything. Today, I got frustrated with it, followed a tutorial to undervolt my CPU, downgraded my nVidia drivers to 167.45 (which apparently lowers GPU temp) and installed I8Kfan to try and fix it.
With I8Kfan, it is kind of like it used to be. I've had the computer for a year and six months and before this it was running almost completely silently unless I was watching a long movie/using heaps of tabs in a web browser/etc. Now, if I don't have I8Kfan set to kick the fans in at 60c they go all the time.
I even tried downgrading my BIOS to A14 because I read here that it could help. Still, no dice.
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Aug 1, 2007
2 days ago, when starting my computer (Windows logo after POST), my screen suddenly went black. After 20 seconds it changed to my external screen as normal. This made me suspicious as my screen usually goes black only for 2-3 seconds during startup.
After startup I tried changing back to the internal WUXGA screen on the laptop by pressing FN+F8.
What happened then was that from the left side of the laptop, I heard this weird high-frequency scratching sound. The screen went on for a fraction of a second ( I could see the desktop ) but then it instantly went black again.
What can be causing this?
I installed the WUXGA screen myself about half a year ago. Can this be caused by loose cable connection or something like that?
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May 21, 2009
So after installing the new 185 drivers a couple of weeks ago, I turned on SLI, restarted, and forgot about it.
Now I just checked the nvidia panel and there is no option to turn on SLI. I went to device manager and only one 8800m gtx is listed there when there used to be 2... seems like the computer doesn't even see the second GPU.
tried reinstalling the drivers but still only one gpu is showing up...
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Mar 2, 2009
Below is my configure for Studio 1737 (no bluetooth/finger print reader) Outlet price $600.
I had it for 10 days and didn't install or touch any settings when I received it. Only had windows updated a few days ago. To test video/audio, I ran dvd and some sample wmv for a few days, video great, audio fine.
Everything was great until today, no sound suddenly...Tried to remove all sound devices in Device Manager and system restore to 1st day and still no sound. I had the notebook ON for an hour or so, then suddenly have sound again .....
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Mar 21, 2009
I own a Dell M1330 with the six cell battery.
Since one month something weird happens with the battery.
Power Saver Mode:
after ~1hour (battery is at 60-70%) suddenly the battery drops to 7% and I am out of juice.
Maximum Performance
after ~40minutes suddenly the battery drops to 7% or it goes directly into hibernate mode
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Dec 28, 2014
I bought a DELL Inspiron 3542 4th generation recently. there is something wrong with the battery i charged it 100% i unplugged the charger after about an hour and a half the battery was 55% and suddenly it shows a message that my battery is only 7% remaining! I don't understand why that happened my laptop still has 105 days warranty.
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Apr 15, 2009
I have a Dell XPS M1710 laptop, and up until maybe two weeks ago my in-built speakers had been working perfectly fine.
When I tried using them again this week, I noticed the speakers stay absolutely quiet and don't make any sounds. However, if I plug in a headset on the onboard soundcard jack the sounds work fine.
I have had this laptop with me on multiple trips but afaik this happened during one, so is it possible that something has disconnected inside the laptop itself or is it maybe a common bug with these laptops?
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Feb 12, 2009
My flatmate is having a problem with her laptop (Dell Studio 15)
I'm entirely sure on the specs but I do know its Core 2 Duo, ATI Gfx card, 3gb ram, 25gb hdd, and the usual.
Basically the laptop powers on ok however during the booting up stage the laptop pretty much stops just before windows is supposed to load up where the screen is black with the mouse cursor available which can be moved however from then on it doesn't do anything.
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Nov 4, 2014
I would like to send it in for repairs. The problem I am experiencing is as follows: suddenly shut off, does not turn on, the power supply LED light (on the AC adapter) shuts off the moment I plug it into the computer.
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Jan 25, 2015
I was surfing internet on my dell inspiron 5521 an battery level was around 72% it suddenly goes off. It was not a turn off or windows error. I feel it was something from inside hardware because it is not turning on by pushing on button and tried to charge him but charging light did not on but adapter light was on that means adapter is fine. I have removed the battery and puts it back but no power for laptop. There is not a error soon total no power.
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