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    Black dots jumping on the screen

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Mkkillah, May 29, 2014.

  1. Mkkillah

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    small Black rectangular/cubic spots were jumping around on my screen, only a few, they were gone before you could lock your eyes on one and another/others would appear and disappear just as fast somewhere else on the screen. Also when I powered up my laptop earlier that day it said my power supply wasn't the original one (it is original except the 3pins power cable). I just skipped it with F1. I was really scared my vid card was dying when the spots appeared, I restarted the laptop. It gave the power supply message again, then I changed the 3pin connector to socket cable to the original one and the warning was gone, also the black spots are not present anymore. I'm kinda bummed out that I didn't isolate the problem by doing those steps seperatly: rebooting, unpowering power supply, changing cable.

    It really gave me a scare should I be worried?
     
    Mkkillah, May 29, 2014
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