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    MOBO failing?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by deadboy90, Nov 24, 2011.

  1. deadboy90

    deadboy90 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey all, I was playing Mass effect tonight with my mild OC of 540/1340/875 and my computer crashed and the GPU clocked down. I wasnt worried untill I exited the game to restart my computer and saw little dots all over my screen. I think I heard somewhere that this is a sign that the MOBO is failing, more specifically, the GPU. I restarted and everything is fine now but should I be worried?
     
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    i doubt it... Most of the time that happens means GPU wasn't stable and throttled. Thats what my stress tests look with too much OC, it gets pixely colory.

    Just run kombustor or some stress test for GPU without OC, if its fine its fine, if not you might be screwed. Might be just the drivers or something like that as well.
     
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