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    Strange screen flicker when changing between GPU's

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by shapala, Oct 17, 2013.

  1. shapala

    shapala Notebook Guru

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    Hi guys.

    I have a small but irritating issue. When I change between the onboard and Nvidia 765M GPU on my beloved Alienware 14, the screen flickers to black a couple of times, and a sound occurs like it's updating a driver as soon as the laptop restarts after switching GPU's. There isn't any icon saying it's updating in system tray. After the sound, the flicker finishes and everything is normal. I'm running W8 Pro and updated both GPU's and still have the issue. Any ideas?
     
    shapala, Oct 17, 2013
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  2. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    It's normal that the screen flickers and the computer restarts when you manually switch GFX cards. Nothing to be worried about.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Oct 17, 2013
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