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    6990m Upgrade from 560, screen crappy!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by djjosherie, May 1, 2012.

  1. djjosherie

    djjosherie Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys, upgraded my 560m to the 6990 today on my r3.
    Upon bootup, everything went great, using the A08 BIOS, there is no intel GFX being used. However once I installed AMD drivers (tried dell and tried new 11.4) the screen is noticeably darker in Windows and colors seem faded.

    I'm stumped. Tried windows screen calibration and tried screen color properties in the catalyst control center, both don't really do justice.
     
    djjosherie, May 1, 2012
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    djjosherie Notebook Consultant

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    Third page of forums already?? bump
     
    djjosherie, May 2, 2012
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  3. SlickDude80

    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    you are the second person to complain about low brightness after installing the 12.4's

    i think its a driver issue. You can install a previous driver and see if it helps.

    I didn't see any screen brightness complaints on the 12.3 cats
     
    SlickDude80, May 2, 2012
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  4. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    first one was me :)
     
    maxheap, May 2, 2012
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  5. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    I'm on 12.3 beta and I haven't had any issues.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, May 2, 2012
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    SemRumo Notebook Enthusiast

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    I had this issue when i disabled the intel graphics card.

    Hummm, well nvidia doesn't use intel integrated, so i think your screen will be like this while u have the 6990m.

    But try to install the unlocked A08 and see if u have the option to enable it. Its worth a try.
     
    SemRumo, May 3, 2012
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  7. nayilalien

    nayilalien Notebook Evangelist

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    I agree!

    12.4 does have screen brightness issues + I disabled integrated graphics.
     
    nayilalien, May 3, 2012
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