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    WoW causing Blue Screens of Death

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Jack2789, Aug 10, 2011.

  1. Jack2789

    Jack2789 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Okay i really need someone's help here. Whenever i play WoW I blue screen. It can be after one minute or after an hour but it WILL happen. At first i thought it was my drivers as I had recently updated them to 275.33, so I updated to the more recent 280.xx i forget the exact number and i am getting the same problem. This never happened with the stock drivers. Could something else be causing the BSOD's? Any help is greatly appreciated thanks.
     
    Jack2789, Aug 10, 2011
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  2. DeeVu

    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    There are tons of these threads. Its about the newest driver. No solutions have been found. Only way to solve is to go back to 260.xx drivers.
     
    DeeVu, Aug 10, 2011
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  3. Zuu

    Zuu Notebook Geek

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    Yea, I actually wasn't getting a lot of blue screens, moreso just WoW constantly freezing, try deleting your cache and W T F folders, and actually with the new driver I haven't froze at all, I also recommend you reduce your overclock. WoW tends to make your RAM EXTREMELY hot, and if your CPU is also overclocked, you may be overheating.
    If all else fails, just go to the 260 driver or stock drivers...
     
    Zuu, Aug 11, 2011
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  4. Rjdeli

    Rjdeli Notebook Geek

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    click Start, go to run and type C:\Windows\Minidump, look for the most recent minidump file & copy it to your desktop.

    You will need a windows debugging tool Microsoft offers one here

    then Download & install Windows Symbol Packages for your OS Here

    run Debugging Tools for Windows.
    Click file=>symbol file path=>What you must do is locate the Symbols folder. The path should by default install to C:\Windows\Symbols. Once located path hit ok.
    Now you drag and drop the minidump file into Debugging Tools for Windows. The file will begin to process. You will now see a !analyze -v in blue. Click that, and Debugging Tools for Windows will now begin to process the minidump so that you can read it.
    The result of the command usually shows the application or driver that caused the crash.
    For more detailed info you can produce a kernel memory dump or complete memory dump instead of the minidump. By right click my computer=> properties=>advanced=> click start up recover settings=> under write debugging information=> select kernal memory dump=> click ok
    Wait for another BSOD and repeat same process for minidump except file will now be called MEMORY.DMP
    Hope this helps
    pm me for any questions good luck
     
    Rjdeli, Aug 11, 2011
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  5. surfxombie

    surfxombie Notebook Evangelist

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    Having seen this discussed since I got an R2 well over a year ago (edit - gosh nearly 2yr) , the one that seems to have the most effect is to under clock the GPU.

    My solution was to quit WoW and hope SWTOR works fine (though I quit for other reasons not the crashing).
     
    surfxombie, Aug 13, 2011
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  6. Catzoo

    Catzoo Notebook Evangelist

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    I use to have freeze on WoW on my M11X R1 , but it also happens on SC2 ( it was not a blue screen , but a scary grey one ... nothing respond )

    After trying to tweak everything , i return it to the shop. New one , no prob so far.
     
    Catzoo, Aug 13, 2011
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    SC2 and Warcraft Dota gave me the blue screen of death. I just turned it off, and started it back up...it happen to me 2 or 3 more times before I just let it cool off all night.
     
    fr332live, Aug 13, 2011
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    werewolfery Notebook Geek

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    i had the same problem with this. so i downgraded the drivers to 260 and it worked fine... sadly all my other settings for videos and just the general screen dislpay seem to turn to especialy when playing 720 videos... and before anyone asks of course i whitelisted my video program...
    so in the end its the choice of newer drivers with better overal running and occasional bsod when warcrafting or... sticking with the older drivers which seem to make everything else run crappy...
     
    werewolfery, Aug 14, 2011
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  9. Rjdeli

    Rjdeli Notebook Geek

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    has anyone actually analyzed the minidump to see more information?
     
    Rjdeli, Aug 14, 2011
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