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    G73JH Dots appearing on screen

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Rtoups, Apr 25, 2011.

  1. Rtoups

    Rtoups Newbie

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    Today, randomly, dots have been appearing and covering most of the display. They dots seem to appear in groups of 4, making a square. They increase and decrease if there is any change in the display (typing, moving the mouse, anything). I thought my GPU was overheating so I turned of the computer, let it cool, and they were still there. Here is a photo:
    http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/skimboarderRCT/dotsonscreen.jpg
     
    Rtoups, Apr 25, 2011
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  2. DCx

    DCx Banned!

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    Looks like memory corruption, try a driver install and if it doesn't work, send it in for RMA.
     
    DCx, Apr 26, 2011
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  3. Rtoups

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    Can you elaborate on what you mean by driver install? Drivers for what?
     
    Rtoups, Apr 26, 2011
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  4. tijo

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    Since it's a display issue, the drivers for your GPU. Uninstall the ones you have, completely and do a clean install of cat 11.3
     
    tijo, Apr 26, 2011
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    Since it's in your screenshot it's either a problem with your ATI drivers (reinstall as DCx said), or your GPU is failing.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Apr 26, 2011
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