Hey
I just recieved my M17x back from the dell support guys after having a faulty nvidia gtx 280m card. They took them out and put in some 5870's. After battling with the computer to install the drivers and delete the nvidia ones, I'm left with one final problem. Every time the computer turns off it's monitor (such as being left alone for 15 minutes) it freezes and the only thing I can do is "smother" the computer by holding down the power button and then turning it back on. One of my main concerns is this happens during shut down, so every time I shut down my computer, when the monitor turns off the fans are still running and the LEDs are still on until I physically have to hold down the button again. This can't be good for my hard drive and I am out of ideas. I'm running the 12.104 drivers.
Specs:
System Model: M17x
BIOS Version/Date Alienware A10, 17/01/2011
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 820 @ 1.73GHz (8 CPUs), ~1.7GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8180MB RAM
Card name: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x68A0)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68A0&SUBSYS_043A1028&REV_00
Display Memory: 1758 MB
Dedicated Memory: 2020 MB
Shared Memory: 3834 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1200 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown <---- this is what it says in dxdiag?
Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1191 (English)
Driver Version: 12.104.0.0
I just recieved my M17x back from the dell support guys after having a faulty nvidia gtx 280m card. They took them out and put in some 5870's. After battling with the computer to install the drivers and delete the nvidia ones, I'm left with one final problem. Every time the computer turns off it's monitor (such as being left alone for 15 minutes) it freezes and the only thing I can do is "smother" the computer by holding down the power button and then turning it back on. One of my main concerns is this happens during shut down, so every time I shut down my computer, when the monitor turns off the fans are still running and the LEDs are still on until I physically have to hold down the button again. This can't be good for my hard drive and I am out of ideas. I'm running the 12.104 drivers.
Specs:
System Model: M17x
BIOS Version/Date Alienware A10, 17/01/2011
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 820 @ 1.73GHz (8 CPUs), ~1.7GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8180MB RAM
Card name: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x68A0)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_68A0&SUBSYS_043A1028&REV_00
Display Memory: 1758 MB
Dedicated Memory: 2020 MB
Shared Memory: 3834 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1200 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown <---- this is what it says in dxdiag?
Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1191 (English)
Driver Version: 12.104.0.0