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    Nvidia GTX 560M appearing and dissappearing in Alienware M17x R3.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by superb007, Feb 9, 2012.

  1. superb007

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    Hi,
    I received my Alienware M17x R3 on Feb 7 2012 and my configurations is

    Intel core i7 2670QM 2.2Ghz
    4Gb dual channel DDR 3 at1600Mhz
    17.3 inch Wide + 1600*900 60Hz WLED
    1.5Gb GDDR5 Nvidia GTX 560M
    Seagate Momemtus 750 Gb 7200 RPM


    I ran some stress tests i.e Sandra 2012 lite burning test , it failed this test. Then i ran the Fumark test at resolution 1600*900
    for 20 minutes for first time and second time for 20 min at same resolution. Then when i tried to install 3dmark 2011 software
    it did not install so i restarted the OS then to my surprise black screen appears with 6 beeps continuously. Then ran thru the
    earlier alienware m17x threads (from another laptop) and found that it was GPU card has failed. So i reseted the BIOS and by
    default it was now using Integrated graphics , now i checked BIOS it shows discrete graphics : not detected and in OS device manager in display
    drives it only shows Intel Hd 3000. This all happened on Feb 8 2012 night and then on Feb 9 afternoon 2 pm when i started my
    laptop suddenly it detects the Nvidia GTX 560M.

    So what should i do call dell technical support ?
    Also i would like to know anybody with same issues like mine.
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    superb007, Feb 9, 2012
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