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display driver crashing
My new computer keeps crashing with
(Display driver stopped responding and has recovered. Display driver Intel HD Graphics Drivers for Windows 8(R) stopped responding and has successfully recovered).
I've tried to download dell system detect it will not load. I've tried to do the dell chat and that wouldn't work either.
along with my driver issues this new computer is supper slow at loading anything on the internet.
I'm so over this Alienware Computer I thought it was supposed to be the best computer out there I need help please restore my faith in the computer.
Thx Jamis
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This crash seems to be an issue with the embedded version of Flash that is used in Microsoft Edge. If you use the nVidia control panel to set Edge to use the discrete GPU, the crashes go away. Additionally, if you use Chrome or Firefox the crashes do not occur. If you want to install the generic drivers from Intel, you must first uninstall the Dell Intel Video drivers, then you can install the generic ones. I just try to avoid sites with heavy Flash. A couple of sites actually caused my 17 R3 to BSOD due to this issue.
This crash seems to be an issue with the embedded version of Flash that is used in Microsoft Edge. If you use the nVidia control panel to set Edge to use the discrete GPU, the crashes go away. Additionally, if you use Chrome or Firefox the crashes do not occur. If you want to install the generic drivers from Intel, you must first uninstall the Dell Intel Video drivers, then you can install the generic ones. I just try to avoid sites with heavy Flash. A couple of sites actually caused my 17 R3 to BSOD due to this issue.
I think almost everything you wrote is very different from my own experience.
I never use Edge, and experience the same problem with Firefox (which of course, doesn't use the embedded version of Flash - and I don't think this is necessarily Flash related, anyway). The only way to fix it is to turn off hardware acceleration in Firefox (so remind me, why did I buy this computer?)
I have never been able to install the Intel drivers, until Dell recently (and finally!) updated their own package.
The crash message looks like this:
The Firefox window becomes black, with a bare title bar with functioning window controls - resizing the window makes Firefox display normally and everything works fine until next time.
I do not know if this is a Firefox problem, or mainly appears when using Firefox because I have it running most of the time on my system. Given all the other problems this system has had (mostly resolved, thank goodness) I have little faith that the problem isn't Intel drivers or hardware.
I'm running the most recent version of the Dell package of the Intel drivers, and still getting this error.
Turning off hardware acceleration in Firefox appears to reduce or fix it.
there are new intel drivers for Alienware R2 models...
There are also new drivers for the 17R3, and they don't fix the problem.
Intel call out this issue as fixed in their drivers, but Dell is a long way behind Intel on this issue, it really should be a priority for Dell to sort this out. ASAP.

Alienware - Rodrigo
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Posted December 16th, 2015 11:00
Hi,
To better assist you, please confirm your Alienware model name/revision and the Windows operating system that you are using.