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    My G71 BB Version and its Screen Problem, any Help please?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by mo2884, Sep 12, 2009.

  1. mo2884

    mo2884 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have bought this laptop about 2 months ago and occasionally, the laptop

    screen has these grey lines blink horizontally. It happens so fast and it

    happens once in a while (imagine when you first turn on your old TV and it

    has those grey lines sweeping across the whole screen).

    Is this software or hardware related? I used to install DOX

    Driver but now using the stock driver and it won't solve the issue. The idle

    temp. of my GPU is 61 C and it never goes further than 82 at full load. Does

    it has something to do with the fact that I adjust the screen contrast to 100%

    using Nvidia Control Panel? I will certainly have a problem bringing this laptop

    back to BB coz' now I'm living in Thailand. Any help would be of greatly

    appreciated.
     
    mo2884, Sep 12, 2009
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  2. SeanDude05

    SeanDude05 Notebook Consultant

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    Are you able to get any screenshots??
     
    SeanDude05, Sep 12, 2009
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  3. mo2884

    mo2884 Notebook Enthusiast

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    No I can't. It's because the problem happens so fast, it just does that for 1-2 seconds at most.
     
    mo2884, Sep 13, 2009
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  4. SeanDude05

    SeanDude05 Notebook Consultant

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    What res/refresh are you on? does it do it on every window - ie- does it do it in windows and games?
     
    SeanDude05, Sep 13, 2009
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    Cheeseman Eats alot of Cheese

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    My old Dell Inspiron 9300 had some lines blink, until they become permanent after some time. It end up being a know defective LG LCD problem with the Inspiron 9300 series, but the graphics card was failing at the sametime so I'm not sure which gave in faster.
     
    Cheeseman, Sep 13, 2009
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    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    I would suggest trying different video drivers for starters.

    But yes, it can also be LCD failure or GPU failure. Do the lines have a "digital" feeling (e.g., well-defined pixel-level lines), or "analog" feeling (e.g., wider bands with edges that flow via a gradient into the background color?) "Digital" faults are usually due to GPU/GPU drivers, whereas "analog" faults are due to the LCD cabling or LCD. If cabling, the effects may change as you tilt the screen towards/away from you.

    If you would be able to take a picture/movie of the screen during the problem that'd be great.
     
    E.B.E., Sep 13, 2009
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  7. Maethy

    Maethy Newbie

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    I have also bought an Asus G71 two months ago and I'm affraid I have the same problem than you have.
    At first, it only appeared when I was watching a full screen video. But now the lines appears at any time.
    According to what you said I believe it's a screen problem. Bad :(
     
    Maethy, Oct 9, 2009
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