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    Driver Power State Failure BSOD

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by kidio007, Apr 5, 2011.

  1. kidio007

    kidio007 Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys!

    I used to have a "Windows Explorer has stopped working" error and I changed to a new harddrive and a fresh install of windows 7. I also used to get the Driver Power State Failure on the old harddrive too, but it happens much more often on this new one.

    I have the m11x i5

    I had it 3 times today: One time I was watching a movie and I would just get a BSOD in the middle of it. one time it happened some time after a gaming session. When I was checking my battery indicator it froze at 54%, and I found that kind of weird, like 20 minutes later I got the BSOD. It also happened while gaming, but some times just random too.

    I noticed the Intel PCH Temperature to be like 75C while gaming, and it would stay at 70-75C like 30 minutes after I closed the game, was very hot underneath the computer, and it didn't cool off. The other temperatures are normal.

    Any suggestions?
     
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    As I am writing this the battery timer is locked on 73% and 3 hours 21 mins. Been like this for 1 hour now. I am also not able to launch some games. Assassins' Creed brotherhood just shows a white screen before failing. Most games works great though, and assassins creed works if I restart the computer. If I try to turn the computer off or logging off from the start menu, it never goes off. "Logging off" message just stays there forever, so I have to use the power botton.

    Seems like the computer goes into this mode where I cant check the battery and some games dont work and cant turn off computer from start menu. After a while I get the BSOD when it enters this mode.
     
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