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    Black windows after R3 graphics switch with 6970m

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by RedStarRising, May 15, 2011.

  1. RedStarRising

    RedStarRising Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've just recently using my R3 on battery and I've noticed that when ever I switch from iGPU to dGPU I get lots of black windows and weird graphics errors unless I restart my computer. Is there any known driver fix for this problem out there? I would rather not spend hours mucking around with the video drivers if I don't half to.
     
    RedStarRising, May 15, 2011
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    DaneGRClose Notebook Virtuoso

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    What drivers do you have installed? Also have you tried uninstalling all of the graphics drivers and doing a fresh reinstall of them with the Dell drivers first?
     
    DaneGRClose, May 15, 2011
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    I still have the stock drivers installed. I hadn't wanted to update due to the risk of messing things up.
     
    RedStarRising, May 16, 2011
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