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    Please help! strange hapens!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by hazardic, Oct 26, 2010.

  1. hazardic

    hazardic Notebook Consultant

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    i was playing New Vegas just a moment ago and suddenly the game became choppy and glitchy. i exited the game and saw this

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    the desktop is full of flickering noise now
    does it mean that my sli 280 are dead now? nooooooooo

    edit: after switching to 9400 all become ok, after switching to dual 280 the noise is gone - but what's f*ck is this?
     
    hazardic, Oct 26, 2010
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  2. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    that sure looks like artifacting. possibly a warning of a dying GPU. monitor for now - if it happens again, connect an external display and see if it is showing up on the external - if it does, then its the GPU(s). reboot? still there? if so, call support if under warranty.
     
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  3. hazardic

    hazardic Notebook Consultant

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    nope the temps are ok as usual - 58C. both. there is also a cool atmo in the room so it's not a burning. maybe conflict with drivers and NV? cause the drivers are old enough lol. i think i need to update them. now it seems all ok, played NV half an hour after this happened. it's the first time i saw this glitch on R1
     
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    problem investigated! maybe could be interesting somebody
    caused by combined work of the game and JDownloader (based on java code) which was working in background
    so pay attention to background soft lol
     
    hazardic, Oct 30, 2010
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  5. reborn2003

    reborn2003 THE CHIEF!

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    Ah mr Jdownloader ey eheheh. I use that guy too oles. I have millions of things dling at once and that guy can become like running a game itself ehaha with the kinda resources it uses LOL. Especially the RAM and hard drive working over time.

    Cheers. :)
     
    reborn2003, Oct 30, 2010
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