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    Another M17x GPU issue

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Ibzy, Dec 1, 2009.

  1. Ibzy

    Ibzy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi folks, me again! :)
    Seem to get maximum of a week out of this bloody thing!
    I was using this laptop last night and it was working totally fine. Today i turn it on and its running like a dog. Took forever to load anything up, absolutely everything was horrifically slow.
    I rebooted and re-enabled the SLI cards. This makes the machine run and load things much faster, as though nothing is wrong, but when i load up a game its running as though im still using the onboard GFX.

    Any ideas? I am NOT in stealthmode...that was the first thing i checked haha

    Cheers

    Edit: Just tried and the stealthmode button doesnt react...So i may be in stealthmode. I enabled the dedicated graphics cards in the F2 Setup, but does it need more to "come out of stealthmode"?

    Tar
     
    Ibzy, Dec 1, 2009
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  2. Seoscrero

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    if you clic in the "fusion" tab in comand center it will tell you if you are on stealthmode or not.
     
    Seoscrero, Dec 1, 2009
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  3. Ibzy

    Ibzy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Not for me it doesnt.
    If i click the fusion tab in command ceter, the command center crashes :(
     
    Ibzy, Dec 1, 2009
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  4. Seoscrero

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    thats weird, try reinstalling comand center. (download the latest version from dell.com)
     
    Seoscrero, Dec 1, 2009
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    Remove battery and power cord. Hold power button for twenty seconds. Has happened to me a few times.
     
    Serephucus, Dec 1, 2009
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    what exactly does that do?
     
    ImportJunky, Dec 1, 2009
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    ^^
    i think it resets bios and other settings to factory default.
     
    Seoscrero, Dec 2, 2009
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    resets your CMOS I believe
     
    ZackB, Dec 3, 2009
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    Same thing happened to me, only i didn't hold the power button for 20 seconds, I only held it for one or two, and i highly doubt it reset anything in the BIOS, I just held it down to clear all power out of the system / capaciters and such. At any rate, it solved this particular issue for me.
     
    TechnicalTransient, Dec 3, 2009
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  10. Ibzy

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    Thanks guys, i shutdown and went to my brothers, when i switched it on there it worked like a dream. Clearly the power had cleared out of the machine by the time I got there. Cheers
     
    Ibzy, Dec 7, 2009
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    when I click on "Fusion" in the control centre nothing happens, just the space icon thing in the background is there. Also "sense" does nothing!


    is this correct?
     
    gatty, Dec 7, 2009
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