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    Flickering with M17x R2

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Narthecium, Jul 17, 2011.

  1. Narthecium

    Narthecium Notebook Evangelist

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    Hello all,

    I've searched and searched this to death. And I can't figure it out.

    I have an M17x R2. I am running Crossfire 5870s, and CCC 11.6.

    In every game I try to play (League of Legends, The Witcher 2, Rift, World of Warcraft, doesn't matter..) I get flickering with crossfire enabled. I also have a vertical black line, very thin, running down the side of the screen from top to bottom on the lefthand side.

    Does anyone have any fix for this? I've swept and reinstalled the drivers several times. The cards are on the same bios. The crossfire cable/ connection is good and each card works fine independently. The flickering seems to happen whether vsync is on or off. It only happens during gaming. My performance is great (borderline 60fps on Rift on Ultra) but the flickering makes games unplayable.
     
    Narthecium, Jul 17, 2011
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    Narthecium Notebook Evangelist

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    Well, still no fix. I've done a sweep of the drivers and reinstalled them with the hotfix probably seven times. The cable is seated properly, both cards work fine.

    Only thing I can do atm is disable Catalyst AI.
     
    Narthecium, Jul 20, 2011
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  3. bstapley

    bstapley Notebook Consultant

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    I had a similar issue with my m17x in my sig and ended up having to have Dell RMA my 5870's and send me new ones. I now have no issues. Just for fun, I decided to put in my old primary GPU and a new slave GPU with a new crossfire cable and found out that it was actually my main primary GPU that was having the problems. I don't know why or how...but somehow it was causing the flickering.
     
    bstapley, Jul 20, 2011
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  4. md02geist

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    Replace em
     
    md02geist, Jul 20, 2011
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  5. PsiPr0

    PsiPr0 Notebook Evangelist

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    There are lots of threads out there regarding this. I am surprised your search came up empty.

    Regardless I would suggest reseating the cards with Tech support on the phone and having them replaced by warranty if that does not fix the issue. If the replacement cards dont fix the issue, then have the motherboard replaced. If the motherboard replacement doesn't fix the issue, then request a whole replacement machine and don't settle for anything less.

    Worked for me. My replacement machine needed a replacement motherboard because the one it came with fried itself. Response was quick and the onsite tech was amazing. No scratches, dings, dents. Also upgraded my dual 4870s to dual 5870s free of charge so...yeah. I am definitely happy. No problems since.
     
    PsiPr0, Jul 20, 2011
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  6. TheCodeBreaker

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    How did you manage to get the dual 5870s free of charge?
     
    TheCodeBreaker, Jul 20, 2011
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