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    HELP! Blue flickering squares all over screen + occasional temporary black screen

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by LeoVainio, Nov 21, 2012.

  1. LeoVainio

    LeoVainio Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey guys I need some help..

    Yesterday my GPU started messing up or I got bad drivers. But I was playing some MW2, and then every 10 minutes the screen would go black for a bit, then come back and I continue playing. I thought ah the game is a bit buggy, was playing on a modded server.

    Then when I unplugged my mouse to use the touchpad, the screen got a bunch of blue squares or something for a bit, then BSOD... I turned it back on, it was fine for a while, i was browsing the internet and the blue squares come back all over my screen... this went on to happen after a few reboots, sometimes it would go black for a bit then come back working for a bit, sometimes it would just go black and stay that way til hard reboot.

    The GPU wasn't overheating for sure, but at one point it was at 60 degrees almost idle.. just Google Chrome and some videos, I turned it off for a bit.. while still a bit warm i booted up and it was idling at 50..

    Does this sound like a driver problem? If I were to install the latest WHQL drivers for Nvidia (I have the latest beta, which were perfectly fine until yesterday), would I need to DriverSweeper my current nvidia drivers before installing older ones?

    (2 week old M17x R4 with 680M + 120Hz 3D)
    Win7 64 bit
    i7-3840QM
    16GB 1600Mhz RAM
    OCZ Vertex 4 SSD + Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid
    Nvidia driver 310.54 beta (worked fine and stable for days)

    I appreciate any feedback and suggestions ! :)
     
    LeoVainio, Nov 21, 2012
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  2. DDDenniZZZ

    DDDenniZZZ Notebook Deity

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    Theres another newer beta btw, 310.61 try those drivers? Check your clock speeds?
     
    DDDenniZZZ, Nov 21, 2012
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