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    M17x R3 Screen tearing

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by squishsquid62, Jul 25, 2012.

  1. squishsquid62

    squishsquid62 Newbie

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    There is almost an constant screen tear line that runs across my screen. I do a lot of gaming and it is becoming annoying. Can anyone help me with this?
     
    squishsquid62, Jul 25, 2012
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    SkylineLvr Notebook Deity

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    What are your system specs? Have you always had this problem? Have you tried reinstalling your drivers? Perhaps you need to reseat your GPU.
     
    SkylineLvr, Jul 26, 2012
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    AMD Radeon 6990M series
    Intel i7 2760QM

    I have never thought about uninstalling drivers before...can i re install them just as easily? Thanks
     
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    Radeon 6990M series
    Intel i7 2760QM

    I haven't always had this problem. It started about a week ago. The weird thing is that the tearing isn't just during gaming, it happens with damn near everything. I haven't tried re-installing the drivers, simply because im not sure how to exactly do that. Do i have to uninstall them?
     
    squishsquid62, Jul 26, 2012
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