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    G53SW - Black screen when playing games

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by BlueComet, Apr 18, 2013.

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    It seems that every time I want to play a game, after around 10 minutes my screen will go black, and the back lighting from the keyboard will sometimes go off then come back on. I normally used OC's on my GPU (GTX 460M with 750/1500/1600) but I decided to lower it in small increments and still had this issue. I lowered it all the way back to default clocks and still nothing. Other things I tried:
    -Reinstalled the game
    -Clean reinstall of the Nvidia drivers
    -Clean install of Windows 8
    I also tried to log a file of the GPU temperatures using Throttlestop but the file wouldn't save because the screen would go black, and I would have to hard reset the computer. The max I would be able to see switching between the game and Throttlestop would be around 83-84 degrees celsius and then soon after it would give out. If anyone can give me some insight of what might be happening, it would be appreciated. As of now, I'm starting to think it's not really a software issue anymore.
     
    BlueComet, Apr 18, 2013
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