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    NVIDIA Drivers are killing my M14x

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by maxcharbon, Jul 20, 2013.

  1. maxcharbon

    maxcharbon Newbie

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    I have had my M14x for over a year had and never had any problem like this before.
    Yesterday, I installed GeForce Experience softwrare. It then asked me to update my drivers, which I did. Rebooted after the install, gets to Windows loading screen then boom, restarts. And it just cycles like that forever.
    Did a recovery with the Alienware Win7 CD, Installed the intel Graphic Drivers from the Resource DVD, rebooted and Windows loaded fine. I then proceeded to install the NVIDIA drivers from the Resource DVD (And it's a pretty old version..) restarted, gets to Windows loading screen then boom, restarts again! :mad:



    Is anyone else experiencing this?
    Does someone know a fix to this?
     
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    maxcharbon, Jul 20, 2013
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  2. eats7

    eats7 Notebook Evangelist

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    Looks like somebody installed the 32X.XX drivers, only way to fix the issue is to reinstall windows. i had the same problems after installing the 320.xx drivers. even if you roll back it doesnt matter, it still screws up your system until you format it. stick with the 314 series drivers, i have and havent had a problem.
     
    eats7, Jul 21, 2013
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  3. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    That would be the best thing to do here. You can get a detailed guide on how to reinstall Windows here.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Jul 23, 2013
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