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    M17X R1 GPU issues!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by spradhan01, Aug 3, 2011.

  1. spradhan01

    spradhan01 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I used my laptop for a year straight without any issues. Its been 2-3 weeks that I am seeing random red/blue/black lines appearing in my screen after I am done gaming(1-2hrs). After 1-2 minutes of seeing the lines, my computer freezes completely and I have to do a hard reset. I tried changing drivers(3-4 different versions) but it doesn't seem to help. Contacting AW support is not helping me at all, they just remote control my pc and keep on running Unigine demo or change the drivers. My specs are QX9300 and 280M SLI. Any idea?
     
    spradhan01, Aug 3, 2011
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    spradhan01 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Bump Bump :(
     
    spradhan01, Aug 4, 2011
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    james_2k Notebook Evangelist

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    sounds like dying graphics cards man :( mine did something similar when they went.

    (may just be one of yours though)
     
    james_2k, Aug 4, 2011
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    orionz Notebook Consultant

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    When was the last time you cleaned your heat sinks? Do you monitor your GPU temps? If so what are they? It does sound like dying video cards...but they might just have a case of heat prostration! If you have temps above 80 deg C on your GPU's or you can't remember the last time you cleaned the heat sinks (or you ask "what's a heat sink?") then you've probably got overheat problems. Cards may or may not yet be bricked.
     
    orionz, Aug 6, 2011
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    I second that. Although you could have some other issues related to that... I bought some of those neodynium magnetic powerballs a couple of months back, and my envy had a same issue when I placed them near the laptop. :s
     
    maxtek, Aug 6, 2011
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