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M18x R2 Graphics Crash doesn't seem to be a software problem.
Recently my graphics driver has begun to crash intermittently. It may be 5 minutes after starting my computer, it may be hours after. It may be during gameplay, or not. It started off by restarting my computer every time it crashed. I did a complete uninstall of current and precious drivers and registry clean and then installed the driver again. It has been working for upwards of two years with no problems until now. After the clean install, it is now limited to the graphics crashing when I play an intensive game (SWTOR). The screen goes black and the audio gets stuck on the currently playing tone resulting in a buzzing noise. The system is completely unresponsive and power must be manually turned off. I have run every related diagnostic test in the product support section, and they all say that everything passes and nothing is broken. Does anyone have any ideas as to what might be going on? I'm thinking a card may be shot and the diagnostics are not detecting it, or it may be a motherboard/psu issue that only gets stressed enough to crash when I play certain games for long enough. For the record I have two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M running with SLI enabled.
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June 30th, 2015 13:00
Hello Jose, I have a similar issue to the one in this thread. I am being told I have to replace an old NVIDIA 675M with a new one of the same model. I would rather upgrade but we have been unsuccessful using a NVIDIA 680M. Here is what happened:
1 month ago I had 8 beeps with no post. I sent it for repair and the technician replaced the 675M with a new 680M. Now I still have 8 beeps with the new card but when the 680M card is removed the computer boots to windows fine with onboard graphics.
I will have the technician re-seat the card to make sure it was done properly. He is adamant on reverting back to a new 675M instead (he tried flashing motherboard BIOSes to stock Dell version without luck).