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    My r1 m11x sometimes freezes

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by LupinTheThird, Aug 18, 2010.

  1. LupinTheThird

    LupinTheThird Notebook Guru

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    Hi, my laptop sometimes freezes so i have to turn it off by pushing the alienbutton, does this happen to anyone else? I always leave it overclocked
     
    LupinTheThird, Aug 18, 2010
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  2. slickie88

    slickie88 Master of Puppets

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    R1? R2?

    My guess is that your overclock isn't stable. Turn it off, or if you have the R2 then drop the FSB down until stability returns. You might also see if re-seating your memory helps.

    EDIT: I'd also run diagnostics to see if that turns up anything. Reboot, F12 when the alien head logo appears and then choose Diagnostics.
     
    slickie88, Aug 18, 2010
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    mario64 Notebook Evangelist

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    mario64, Aug 18, 2010
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    rainmakerr Notebook Enthusiast

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    On my R1 this happend always after i leave my laptop turned on for over 24hrs. Deleted everything and installed windows 7 ultimate and i tried to re-create the freeze again.. So far 3 days switched on and nothing happened :)
     
    rainmakerr, Aug 18, 2010
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    Bushman87 Notebook Guru

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    My pc freezes up when I use my firewire. Yes I know. I actually use my firewire... I cant seem to find the proper drivers for my firewire. I tried using the Dell website drivers but nothing. I have tried using the JS micron drivers from the JS micron website but still nothing. I tried the R2s drivers aswell.

    The firewire port worked before I formatted my computer.

    The problem with the firewire is that my pc locks up when I use my hdd to watch movies or copy stuff from it. I restart my pc and then I use the usb connector and everything works fine.
     
    Bushman87, Aug 19, 2010
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