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    Super annoying m17x problem

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by dandan112988, Nov 28, 2011.

  1. dandan112988

    dandan112988 Notebook Deity

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    When I put my m17x r3 to sleep when i close the lid, after a little while when i open the lid the screen turns on real quick ten goes black. I can hear windows on and when i press enter it makes the noise tat i signed on my user account.. all ligts working and everything, the screen is on.. its just black. I need to perform a reset when this happens and lose everything. Anyone have an idea whats the deal with that?
     
    dandan112988, Nov 28, 2011
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    bydoempire Notebook Geek

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    i had this issue with newer nvidia drivers on my wife's dell xps 14. i rolled back to earlier drivers and the problem went away. it seems to be an nvidia x win7 sleep mode thing?
     
    bydoempire, Nov 28, 2011
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    Chaos92 Notebook Consultant

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    I had the same problem. Make sure your screen refresh rate is 60hz. I initially had it set at 120Hz at all time and that was causing the problem. Now that I am on 60, everything's good!
     
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