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    M17x

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by angster, Jul 3, 2010.

  1. angster

    angster Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys. I'm having some display issues with my M17x. Normally when the laptop starts up everything is perfect. However sometimes when i load up games the screen adopts this reddish pixelated tinge (sometimes it's other colors but mostly reddish) where it it suppose to be black.

    This basically makes it impossible for me to play games where there are dark environments, because most of the screen is red. Below is a print screen of what the wallpaper looks like when the problem occurs.

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    Any help would be appreciated. This is a strange problem, because sometimes it's perfect and other times it messes up like this even when doing the same thing.
     
    angster, Jul 3, 2010
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  2. mfractal

    mfractal T|I

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    the picture looks fine to me, where's the problem ?
    you might want to take an actual picture of the screen with a camera ...
     
    mfractal, Jul 4, 2010
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  3. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    ^^ 100%.
    Maybe your color profile got screwed up for some reason.
    You could try and manually calibrate the colors to create your own profile. Also, try re-installing the video drivers.
     
    Aikimox, Jul 4, 2010
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