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    M17X screen issues - Flickering

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by fusioncell, Sep 1, 2008.

  1. fusioncell

    fusioncell Notebook Enthusiast

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    OK so my laptop is awesome besdies the screen which is now flickering blue but only when I am playing games and every now and again when I use word and stuff. (videos below the effect can be seen better on the 2nd video but I made 2 so it shows it happens on everything) I was wondering if anyone has any idea why this might happen or any fixes? Thanks.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RghrgNBhamA

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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rsv5JNOw_8

    Any ideas? sometimes the screen goes completely blue (as seen when UT starts up) them comes back :(

    Yes I crash on TMU but I was filming.
     
    fusioncell, Sep 1, 2008
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  2. davehsia

    davehsia Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes. Most likely one of your card is defective, like mine was.

    After doing research and trying differernt drivers for a month with flickering and crashes in games, the best solution for me was to get them replaced.

    AW sent me 2 new 8800m gtx back and i swapped them myself and all the problems went away.

    Try running the game not in Sli, and if it works fine without Sli, it might mean that one of your card has problem.
     
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    fusioncell Notebook Enthusiast

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    YAY I rang TS and they sorted me out, I had to re install the drivers, moto GP 07 had modified them so they wernt working propperly
     
    fusioncell, Sep 1, 2008
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