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    GTX485m black screen

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by DARCODER, Apr 11, 2011.

  1. DARCODER

    DARCODER Notebook Deity

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    hi,
    so that's the problem:
    I run Furmark in 1920x1080, with MSAA 4x and Xtreme burning mode Stability test:
    my temp was ok, 65* but I got a black screen :/
    Also when I try OC a little too much: core 690 and memory 1560, I got black screen and need to hard reboot.

    Is it a driver problem or a gpu problem or a temp ( with pads ) problem??

    Thanks for help
     
    DARCODER, Apr 11, 2011
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    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    If the system still runs (AlienFX, fans spinning etc.) then it's most definitely a video driver issue.
     
    katalin_2003, Apr 11, 2011
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    your system is running ok now right? guess you can't oc any higher.
     
    johnnobts, Apr 11, 2011
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    All is fine, when I m playing when i was in 266.08, black ops was freezing. other games not.
    Some time when I was playing fps was 122 and drop to 15. After that bsod sseing: a clock interrupt was not received on a secondary processor bsod

    Now i,m on 270.51 and black ops is not freezing. When i do the test with furmark, after 2min i got the black screen, the same if I OC the gpu more than this profile: core 690, memory 1550.

    I don,t know if it's a driver problem due of modded files or my gtx485m has a problem or it's the AW not optimised for :?
     
    DARCODER, Apr 11, 2011
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