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    Help!!! M17x R3 Black screen on boot!!!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Joe85, Jul 31, 2012.

  1. Joe85

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    So, i installed the 7970M Yesterday and today, whilst playing Skyrim on ultra, the laptop froze and the screen went black.

    I did a hard shut down and rebooted, the screen stayed black but the computer whirred away. No sound.

    Powered down again.

    Upon rebooting the 2 nd time, the computer started normal until log in where the screen blacked out again.

    Hard shut down again. Rebooted later on and all was well. Monitored temps in HWinfo, they where around 50C. When i moved the laptop to elevate to allow more ventilation, it black screened again leading me to believe the screen may be dead, or a loose connection.

    Any help?
     
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    Ok, so it rebooted fine, all was running. As a test, i closed the lid and opened it and bang, the screen goes black.

    What the hell? Is there something i could have done whilst installing the 7970m that wold have caused this or is it a coincidence?
     
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    And this time it Blue screened. Not going to boot it again. Gonna strip the card and re paste, make sure pads are in right places.
     
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    Hmmm, almost defineatly the screen. Running on an external. Rubn 3d mark 11, temps are fine. Card seems ok.


    Cant jus be a coincidence that a day after i install the 7970m, the screen dies, can it?
     
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    I would re-format the hard drive and reinstall everything from scratch. Just to eliminate software/driver issues.
     
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    Sooo, i re-installed the drivers. Problem seems to have vanished, for now.

    strangely, drivers are installed but there is no CCC.

    Whenever i try to launch it i get the error message: could not load file assembly 'CLI.implementation' or one of its dependancies. The system could not find the specified file.
     
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    Btw, i appreciate your reply, but i want to exhaust more options before going down that road.
     
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    Im stumped, cant get CCC to re install...
     
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    Ok, so im aware im typping to myself at this point :p

    But the plot thickens. I managed to get CCC installed by disabling Anti virus. NOW!!!........HDMI out is not working............

    Im tearing my hair out here :D any suggestion as to why or how to fix it?
     
    Joe85, Aug 1, 2012
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