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    AW18 Black Screens while gaming

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by ScarredFang, Feb 22, 2018.

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    System started Black screening when running any type of game but can do anything else just fine. Approx 15 to 20 minutes into running Warhammer total war 2 the monitor screen will go black. Fans continue to run lights stay on the keyboard and sound can still be heard through the speakers. I attempted a clean install of the graphics card drivers. and that still hasn't fixed the issue. The 980m's have the PremaMod Vbios installed. I don't know if this would cause this issue. As far as anything else is concerned still running the factory a12 bios. All drivers are as up to date as they can be and virus scan shows no malware.
     
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    I removed the PremaMod Vbios and the issue stopped.
     
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