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    New m17x-R2 owner - CF 5870 problem

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Artaxerxes, Dec 15, 2010.

  1. Artaxerxes

    Artaxerxes Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi Guys, just got my new AW m17x-R2 with CF 5870s as of today.
    I've installed WoW, SC2, TF2, and went to install more games, before I tried the ones already installed.

    Problem is I get major image tear, stutter, and jitter and the screen will roll upwards when playing the games, any of them, even just on the title screen for WoW

    I have updated the driver from Dell as per the sticky on these forums, and completed the vbios update.

    This didn't work.

    I then updated to 10.12 from AMD.

    Still no improvement.

    I just did a windows update, and a directx update, still no good.

    Does anyone have ideas I can try?

    Should I be returning the laptop / contacting Dell at this point?
     
    Artaxerxes, Dec 15, 2010
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    Artaxerxes Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've just diasbled CF in CCC, and this seems to have fixed this issue, can I not use CF in these games?
     
    Artaxerxes, Dec 15, 2010
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    5150Joker Tech|Inferno

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    You have a defective CF cable and/or video card if it is producing jittering/rolling screens. Call dell and they will setup a service call. You should insist on them building you a new system from teh factory rather than sending out a tech to repair the cards since their spare part video card inventory is hit and miss with reliability.
     
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    Artaxerxes Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sucks massively, thanks for the Note
     
    Artaxerxes, Dec 15, 2010
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