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    OSD Disappears

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by gosherm, Sep 17, 2010.

  1. gosherm

    gosherm Notebook Enthusiast

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    So the OSD on my M17x periodically stops working. The process is still running, and the hotkeys (usually) continue to work, but the display is gone. A08 bios, latest version of the OSD.

    Any ideas?
     
    gosherm, Sep 17, 2010
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    Turmoil Notebook Evangelist

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    that happened to me the other day...drove me nuts... it still worked. its an issue with Win 7 not recognizing the icons

    if you do a shut down rather than restart, it will fix it. Dont be surprised if it happens again though
     
    Turmoil, Sep 17, 2010
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    gosherm Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah, going into standy seems to trigger it almost every time (but not alway)
     
    gosherm, Sep 17, 2010
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    Turmoil Notebook Evangelist

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    dont sweat it. OSD is always on regardless of icon
     
    Turmoil, Sep 17, 2010
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    myx Notebook Deity

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    What I do on my R1 when that happens is go to program files/osd and run osd_main. Most of the times it fixes the icons showing up.
     
    myx, Sep 17, 2010
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    I found this as well,

    what happened, when u alt+tab you get a blank overlay of OSD.

    i found that if the OSD isnt on "top" the OSD Display doesnt pop up.

    not sure if this is the case for everyone but just alt+tab and put OSD on top and the display will be back
     
    nikonelite, Sep 17, 2010
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