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    Is this because?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by steveninspokane, Dec 12, 2009.

  1. steveninspokane

    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    My video card is going bad?

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    I find that randomly my screen will look like this, is it normal? or is it a sign that my video card is going bad?

    EDIT* I am referring to what looks like rays of sunlight going diagonal across my screen.
     
    steveninspokane, Dec 12, 2009
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  2. CitizenPanda

    CitizenPanda Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Did you do a in-system screen shot? That probably won't caputre any graphical anomalies.

    Looking at what you posted, it looks perfectly normal.
     
    CitizenPanda, Dec 12, 2009
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  3. steveninspokane

    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    Sorry, I added the edit.

    EDIT* I am referring to what looks like rays of sunlight going diagonal across my screen.
     
    steveninspokane, Dec 12, 2009
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  4. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    That's just the Aero glass effect when you hover your mouse over the bottom right corner.
     
    Lithus, Dec 12, 2009
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  5. steveninspokane

    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    +rep Lithus, Thanks, Problem solved. :)
     
    steveninspokane, Dec 12, 2009
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    XenoPhoenix Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you Lithus, thats a pretty cool feature.
     
    XenoPhoenix, Dec 12, 2009
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  7. SillyHoney

    SillyHoney Headphone Enthusiast

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    Haha. Its so funny that you didnt notice your mouse cursor is on the bottom right of the screen whenever you see that problem lol
     
    SillyHoney, Dec 12, 2009
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    nodeffect Notebook Evangelist

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    lol, I never know aboyt this feature until I saw this post, guess I never put my cursor to the bottom right..... and ure the one who keeps doing tat witout realizing it.
     
    nodeffect, Dec 13, 2009
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    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    /fail



    lol at the same time.
     
    dondadah88, Dec 13, 2009
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  10. SillyHoney

    SillyHoney Headphone Enthusiast

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    Just in case someone doesnt know, it functions as Show Desktop in XP and Vista. Click on it and Desktop will be the on top of other windows.
    And again, just in case someone doesnt know, move your window to either the left or the right will make it half-open, very convenient for comparing and editting document. Move it to top of the screen will maximize it, move it off will bring it back to normal state. Shake the window will make other windows minimize, shake again they will reappear :)

    Thats one reason I love Windows 7 much more over Vista.
     
    SillyHoney, Dec 13, 2009
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  11. steveninspokane

    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    The thing was, I had set my computer down, and didn't even know where the mouse ended up, and if you have firefox running and are downloading, if you highlight over the download it will bring back the rays of light also.

    But yeah, I feel dumb, but I thought it might be my video card, because lately my temps at idle have been 70+.
     
    steveninspokane, Dec 13, 2009
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  12. PopRoxMimo3

    PopRoxMimo3 Notebook Deity

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    lol great feature win7. didnt even take time to observe the effect.
     
    PopRoxMimo3, Dec 13, 2009
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  13. WaR

    WaR Notebook Virtuoso

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    Lol. This thread was great. Rep for both of you!
     
    WaR, Dec 13, 2009
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