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Blue screen of death with xps 1530
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i keep on getting blue screen of death in xps 1530 , i don't know what's the reason, i got it 20 times in the last 4 months (statistics from reliability centre in vista), If once or twice then its ok ,but i keep on getting 5 times a months out. one of the error i keep on seeing in the BSOD is "IR LESS_OR_EQUAL" .can anyone plz help me out.
than in advance
naren
xps 1530
core2 duo T7250 @2.00Ghz
nvidia 8400M GS
2GB ram
250gb HDD
windows vista home premium
ejn63
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July 27th, 2008 19:00
Run the Dell diagnostics on the video chip - F12 at powerup. If it fails, record the error, call Dell, and they will replace the mainboard under warranty.
narenvenkat
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July 27th, 2008 20:00
hi
i have run the diagnostics , no errors found .everything passed. any more hints
KracsNZ
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July 28th, 2008 01:00
Does the BSOD occur when playing games? And is the faulting module nvlddmkm.sys?
You may well have the overheating issue I have with my M1730. My GPUs (8800M GTX SLi) hover around the 70-75 degree mark while playing Age of Conan and I will randomly get the IRQL_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL. Funnily enough when running a deskfan to the side of my laptop which has the GPUs ranging from low 50s to low 60s I don't get any errors what-so-ever.
I have looked high-and-low for a solution with none in sight, but I'm in a slightly different boat since the M1730 has 3 fans (1xCPU, 2xGPU). You may be able to use a program like l8kfangui (only has support for 2 fans) and force your fans on while gaming.
If you're getting the issue in regular Windows, try turning off Aero so your cards not having to work all the time.
narenvenkat
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July 28th, 2008 10:00
hi
thnx for ur suggestions, i have updatedthe bios and will see what will happen ,its fine with games, only during normal operations it occurs.
narenvenkat
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August 19th, 2008 20:00
hi
i am still getting BSOD in vista even after updating BIOS frequently .i have run the memory and video diagnostics and found no errors. can any one help plz
with regards
naren
xps 1530
core2duo T7250
nvidia8400
vista business
2GB ram
250 GB HDD
KracsNZ
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August 19th, 2008 21:00
You might want to try a different driver for your video card if you're using the old Dell defaults (or the newer but still old Dell performance) drivers.
Try laptopvideo2go, they have modified nVidia reference drivers for all the way up to the brand new beta drivers.
Heres a link to the 177 version drivers
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?s=dd48fce4538ef4f6b852b9dcfdeddc43&showforum=94
Its upto 177.89 (OpenGL 3.0 Betas), I'm currently using the 177.83 on my XPS 1730, though quite a few are saying the 177.79 drivers are quite good.
-Simply click on the thread that matches the version you want to try, the OS and whether its 64 or 32bit.
-Download both the Driver and the modified .inf file linked at the top of the page (don't need to worry about the rest of the links).
-Uninstall your current nVidia driver.
-Reboot to Safe mode and run something like driversweeper (http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper) or drivercleaner (http://www.drivercleaner.net/to) to remove all references/files for the old drivers
-Reboot
-Run the driver to extract it to a folder.
-Copy the modified .inf file to that folder.
-Run the setup.exe file there.
Note: use at your own risk, there is no official sanction for using these drivers. These drivers have been known to raise the average temp of the GPU by a few degrees over the old reference drivers.
KracsNZ
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August 19th, 2008 22:00
If your using Aero in Vista your GPU will be being used all the time (since its hardware accelerated 3D) so you may be having a heat related issue.
You can use something like rivatuner http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?page=rivatuner (Main Tab, click the little arrow next to Customize... under the Target adapter area, click the button that looks like a magnifying glass over film), or gpuz http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1153/TechPowerUp_GPU-Z_v0.2.7.html (just click on the sensor tab), to monitor your temps and report back here.
narenvenkat
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August 20th, 2008 14:00
hi
thnx for the information , i will try and update you on what happened
thnx for ur time
naren
KracsNZ
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August 24th, 2008 18:00
narenvenkat
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September 28th, 2008 16:00
hi Mr.kracsNZ
ya ,it is working fine now.no more blue screens:manvery-happy:
narenvenkat
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September 28th, 2008 16:00
hi kracsnz
its working fine now ,no BSOD for a month now,thnx for ur support:manvery-happy:
KracsNZ
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September 29th, 2008 17:00