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Originally Posted by 3 Justin 3
I monitor the temp. when it crashes and the read outs seem fine (I downloaded a program to tell me the temp.) and I touch it by hand and it doesn't seem too bad.
Anything I can do besides buying a laptop cooler?
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Well first you need to isolate the problem. When the driver recovers, it's because VPU recovery is trying to save your computer from hard locking due to hardware failure so it reboots the driver.
I would try to raise the back of the laptop so it gets cool air (I'm not sure where the intakes are on your alienware model). Second, I would reduce the core and memory clocks of the videocard to see if it stops the problem from happening. If those solutions work, then it's overheating or unstable clocks and therefore the card simply won't work at the speeds that it was set to work at from the factory and I would contact Dell for a replacement.
I have read some reports of the 6970M having hardware problems however and hence why that series was quickly ended in production and replaced with the 6990M.