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    New G73SW-A1 , one issue so far

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by shinchan72, Jan 28, 2011.

  1. shinchan72

    shinchan72 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just got this from Amazon , enjoying it so far , have had one issue , after I wiped it and reinstalled critical drivers/apps , I installed the latest official video drivers from Nvidia and after this got what I'd call a screen "flash" at times , could be just web browsing opening or closing an app , etc.

    I uninstalled those and reinstalled the drivers from the CD instead and it seems to have resolved that issue.

    I'm curious to see if this is an issue with certain sets of Nvidia drivers or a certain setting somewhere that would resolve this and enable me to use more recent set of drivers ?
     
    shinchan72, Jan 28, 2011
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  2. Ninjak

    Ninjak Notebook Consultant

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    Often the manufacturers will make modifications to the original drivers so that they work on their specific hardware. This is generally why the versions on sites like Asus' aren't at the same version number as the Nvidia/AMD releases, or they come out a bit later.
     
    Ninjak, Jan 28, 2011
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  3. J.P.@XoticPC

    J.P.@XoticPC Company Representative

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    The reason this probably happened is because the drivers provided by Nvidia may not have been tested out for your specific model. Whenever you're updating drivers, it is always safest to grab them from ASUS' driver downloads page because those have been tested by ASUS to work. See if the driver from there is newer for your machine and let me know if that helps :)

    Edit: Like a ninja, Ninjak beat me to the punch...
     
    J.P.@XoticPC, Jan 28, 2011
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  4. myx

    myx Notebook Deity

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    If you would have read the owners' thread you would have known it is an issue with latest nvidia drivers and downgrading is the solution.
    Using 266.01 from Asus driver site and they are working great.
     
    myx, Jan 29, 2011
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