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    680m Black Screen after Stereoscopic 3D

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Busarider, Jul 17, 2012.

  1. Busarider

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    I just got this laptop today and I can't use the Stereoscopic 3D. Whenever I do anything that activates it when the 3d shuts down my screen goes black and a reboot is the only way to get video back. If I hit ctrl-alt-del I get the regular windows screen you would expect but if it tries returning to the desktop the entire screen goes black.

    I was able to go through the configuration but when it got done it should have gone back to the desktop with the NVIDIA Control Panel I got the black screen.
     
    Busarider, Jul 17, 2012
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    OblastSRT4 Notebook Evangelist

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    call tech support asap.
     
    OblastSRT4, Jul 17, 2012
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    eliteone Notebook Guru

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    I had that once too, the 3d just wasn't disabling properly.... did a clean install of the drivers and its been sweet ever since

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
    eliteone, Jul 18, 2012
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    Upgraded the driver to 302.77 and the black screen problem is fixed. Still getting the "Prototype test only - NVIDIA CONFIDENTIAL..." message.
     
    Busarider, Jul 18, 2012
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    eliteone, Jul 18, 2012
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