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    CPU Upgrade and This?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by razor_v1, Aug 24, 2018.

  1. razor_v1

    razor_v1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi recently I upgraded my Cpu from 720 to 920 and this starred to happen on my screen while doing nothing
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    https://ibb.co/eSQ42p

    Anyone has any ideas what this could be... I think is the GPU but this didn't happen to me never before, and i dont do gaming, mostly editing
     
    razor_v1, Aug 24, 2018
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  2. STiHiaL

    STiHiaL Notebook Consultant

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    Look more like GPU issue.
     
    STiHiaL, Aug 25, 2018
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    MatsueMaiku Notebook Geek

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    Yeah. A CPU shouldn't do that. It does look strange, though. I've had GPUs fail before, but they never looked like that.
     
    MatsueMaiku, Sep 5, 2018
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    I agree it should be a GPU problem
     
    shengna, Sep 5, 2018
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  5. dean1keaton

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    Like others noted, looks like GPU issue, not the 920xm.
     
    dean1keaton, Sep 6, 2018
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