you are not currently using a display attached to nvidia gpu

So this is a weird thing i just started to notice.

I have a M17 R4, on random boot ups it seems that my 680m is not detected. It freaked me out the first time i saw it, after a bit of Google i read restarting mostly solves the issue. So i did that and it worked. Some also said may be the card is not sitting right on the motherboard i looked it up and it did sit really firm.

But i notice this happen once in every couple of times i try booting up.

Just to be clear i have not been brave enough to upgrade to the 320 drivers, i have stuck to 314. Any pointers if this a bad sign ? i just don't want to mess this up ! any help comments will be appreciated.

Thank you !

Edit : added screenshot while card was not detected and after a reboot.

 

Don't be a hero. If you done everything you can and still the problem persist, contact Alienware Support and get this resolved. I know dealing with support can be a pain from time to time, but they are the subject matter experts Sorry I could not have been of more help, but you've done everything I would have done in your situation.

Also, have you tried reapplying thermal compound to the card? Can you POST? If so, what were the results? UPDATE YOUR DRIVERS lol

 

Thank you for your reply ! It makes sense if no one else has any more suggestions to give or pointers i should consider, I will get in touch with support.

I have no re-pasted the the 680M, it was pasted 45 days ago when i bought it. I would assume that is good enough ? correct me if i am wrong !

 

Turn off optimus and it will probably not do that. If the card is not active when a program starts it may not pick it up.

 

That was my initial thought, but the card does not wake when i start gaming. i keep using the intel HD on board.

 

You should be able to run on discrete only by pressing FN+F7

 

Thank you guys for all your input. I have finally figured out what is happening ! Everytime i start my rig everything works fine, but then after sometime optimus kicks in i believe and puts the GPU to sleep. And for some reason nothing seems to wake it up !

I use HWINFO which has a option to wake up the GPU if its put to sleep by optimus, but it does'nt seem to do that. I am running 314.07 nvidia drivers.

exactly what is happening ! thank you !