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Dell XPS M1730 w/ NVIDIA 8800M GTX - graphics card has stopped

post #1 of 9
7/6/12 at 8:32am
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Hello Everyone

 

I have the M1730 World of Warcraft Edition Laptop and while i do not play WoW anymore I do love this PC to death. I bought mine in 2008 and even with the extended warranty it has finally run out and, of course, I have started to have some problems.

 

I recently tried to update the driver on my dual SLI 8800M GTX cards which has turned out to be a terrible decision. I am able to start the computer but I have lots of ghosts/wrinkles/fragments and when i am on the desktop the mouse moves very sluggishly and it is obvious the machine is struggling to display anything.

 

I have tried rolling back my drivers, uninstalling and reinstalling and just uninstalling but it continues to find the same driver which is causing some problem. Is there a specific driver which is stable?

 

Or does it sound like this is a problem with deeper roots?

 

I would really appreciate any advice anyone has on the subject.

 

Thank you

Tim

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post #2 of 9
7/6/12 at 8:43am
Try using some Driver cleaner or driver sweeper (free) and remove all drivers files. Go to Dell support site and pick up the drivers for your model there and see if any improvements.

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post #3 of 9
7/6/12 at 8:49am
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Hey Qhn,

 

Thanks for the suggestion. I will try that again tonight. Any suggestions on which program is best to use?

 

Thank you again,

 

Tim

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post #4 of 9
7/6/12 at 8:52am
Take a look at this section
http://www.notebookforums.com/f/304/nbf-mobileforce-drivers

There is a thread about what to use and how to use drivers removal tools. Oh, you can also see if there is a version that would work for you here from NBF wink.gif

Good luck

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post #5 of 9
7/7/12 at 10:57am
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i tried what you suggested but have not encounterd success. i have even been on the phone with dell for a few hours. i gave in and will renew my waranty if he is able tofix it. after sitting on tech support for hours it has finally reached the point where i will most likely end up needingnto get a replacement card. if i am going to do this do you have suggestions for a compatible upgrade?

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post #6 of 9
7/7/12 at 11:01am
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We have this section here that goes into very good details about cards compatibility

http://www.notebookforums.com/f/153/dell-home-inspiron-xps-studio

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post #7 of 9
1/11/13 at 5:53pm
god i remember these i had an 1730 gosh it was expensive, it was the best of the best of its time back then, still remember it, lights and all

but it's time to part with it, it's an old laptop and dell support will cost you more then getting a new laptop, i'd say time to get a new one
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post #8 of 9
1/12/13 at 4:13pm

Have you resolved it down to a hardware failure? Or do you still think it is software?

 

If it is software, download the drivers that have been suggested to a thumbdrive or something and do a complete format and re-install. That will remove the old driver that is causing your problems. Sucks to do, but really will help your laptop. I do mine about once a year.

 

If it is hardware, you can try baking the video cards. Search for that and you will get both the instructions and a good reasoning as to why it works. I personally have restored two video cards that way. One was a laptop card, the other a desktop card.

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post #9 of 9
1/14/13 at 8:32am
Yes, a reformat is the best solution. Put your OS on a thumbdrive. ('Win 7 usb' works, unetbootin, WINtoBootic, Bootable USB by HP) You may get away w/ an 'over-install' where all your current data gets put in a folder called 'windows.old' but probably not. I would reformat. The vid driver I would use if I couldn't find a verified one, would be within a year of when my equipment was released, beyond that newer drivers provide less support for what has become 'Legacy' equipment. Get a new computer if you can, I would purchase equipment Before spending ANY $ on warranty. In my world I re-purpose legacy equipment with new de-whitelisted BIOS's, upgraded cards, additional internal antennae, maximum RAM, big HD's, ....whatever it takes to get a perfectly Valid piece of equipment to work Well until it's no longer possible to do so. Today that would mean, the laptop couldn't run win 7 32 and couldn't hold 2 gigs of RAM. A gaming laptop would have to have at least 4-8 gigs and a dedicated GPU made after 2007, and run win7 64.
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