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    My PC screen flashes constantly on the log-in screen.

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Isbilen, Jul 8, 2011.

  1. Isbilen

    Isbilen Newbie

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    I have a Alienware M11X R2 laptop, and when I boot it up normal and get to the log-in screen, I can see my background and move the mouse around for about ten seconds, then the screen starts to flash off/on constantly and none of the users show up.

    I don't think it's a hardware problem, because I'm able to boot it up in security mode, and it works just fine and I'm able to pick a user, sign
    in and use the computer.

    I've currently tried updating my graphics drivers and BIOS, but that didn't work.

    Any idea on what I can do to fix it would be greatly appreciated.
     
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    argwings Notebook Guru

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    if it were me i'd try a system restore from safe mode...
     
    argwings, Jul 8, 2011
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    argwings Notebook Guru

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    and if that works i'd run a couple of windows update/restart cycles before attempting driver installs, verifying it's the correct driver and not for, say, a desktop (i noticed that geforce.com auto-detects my gpu as the desktop model driver).
     
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