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    Area 51 m9750 Blank Screen

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by Clean, Dec 30, 2012.

  1. Clean

    Clean Notebook Guru

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    My area 51 m9750 glitches the other night and the screen froze with messy artifacts here and there. On rebooting I now get a black screen.

    The machine will boot to login, plays the correct noises, and will accept a password and boot through to windows 7, but does it all with a completely blank screen. The backlighting is visible, but there is nothing displayed, even at initial turn on.

    I have tried an external display to no avail, too.

    I have twin nvidia 8700m gt cards in SLi; is one or both of them dead?

    Any tips, fixes, thoughts, workarounds? Should I source some off the bay and have them refitted, or just buy a new machine?

    Help, please?

    Thanks,

    Clean.
     
    Clean, Dec 30, 2012
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  2. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    Hello, Clean, I would try to remove the secondary card and see what happens.
    It's highly unlikely that both of your cards are dead at the same time.
     
    katalin_2003, Dec 30, 2012
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  3. m600

    m600 Notebook Enthusiast

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    same thing has just happened to me, is it alright to "bake" the card so the connections resettle?
     
    m600, Jan 28, 2013
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  4. protivakid

    protivakid Notebook Evangelist

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    Either use the one good card or get an ati card like the 3870. From my experience baking is only a temporary solution, just like the RROD Xbox 360's, your problem will most likely return.
     
    protivakid, Jan 28, 2013
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