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    problems on M9750

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by shamzz, Aug 20, 2008.

  1. shamzz

    shamzz Newbie

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    i just receive my laptop monday, and i enabled the sli now im having issues on blinking screen whenever i play games like frozenthrone, hellgate london and ghost recon? anyone could help me?
     
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    Stone825 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Follow my Sli guide and get some new drivers.
     
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    i already did like 10 times still the problem occurs.
     
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    Stone825 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Oh sorry I did not know that. Try giving AW a call because one of your GPU's could be defective. Do you mind listing your specs?
     
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    shamzz Newbie

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    [1] Area-51® m9750

    Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1
    Notebook Tuners and Remotes: Without Media Center Remote Control or TV Tuner
    Video/Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® Series - Dual 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8700M GT - SLI Enabled
    Enables DirectX® 10 Graphics and up to 100% Performance Increase!
    Chassis: 17" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD - Stealth Black
    Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7400 2.16GHz 4MB Cache 667MHz FSB
    Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 1024MB
    System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 250GB 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection
    Optical Drives : 8x Dual Layer Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW)
    Wireless Network Card: Internal Intel® PRO Wireless 3945 a/b/g Mini-Card
    Sound Card : High-Definition Audio with surround sound
     
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  6. Loggie

    Loggie Notebook Evangelist

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    My m9750 does not function well in SLI on some games either(blinking) but it works fine on others. It should always work on 3dMark06-try it on that to confirm that there is not a hardware issue. It would be a graphics card issue if SLI did not work on anything-otherwise finding the right driver may fix your problem.
     
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    shamzz Newbie

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    whats the use of 3dmark06 and what does it do to your machine? does it really helps?
     
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    Loggie Notebook Evangelist

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    3DMark06 is a benchmark program that tests and measures the graphics performance of your computer. It is a free download and it can be used to compare your performance with and without SLI enabled. It doesn't help anything-it just gives a relative measure of graphics performance.

    http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmark06
     
    Loggie, Aug 20, 2008
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