New Asus F3SA: screen flickering/static lines when running 3d applications

Hi! I got a new Asus laptop with a ATI HD 2600 card, and I'm having white horizontal flickers and static lines that appear randomly around the screen whenever I run any 3d applications (for example, the ATI catalyst control center settings preview). The manufacturers didnt know what was the problem and classified it as a GPU problem, but I do not have the time to get it replaced as I am leaving overseas soon, so I got them to replace it with another new laptop, only to have the EXACT same problem! So I am stuck with this current laptop. Any suggestions will be helpful, thank you in advance. I have tried several different graphic drivers, including different modded ones, but all seem to have the same problem.

 

Sorry to hear about your trouble. The F3Sa that I had did not have that problem.

I suggest getting a refund if possible and trying another notebook.

 

If you tried different graphics drivers it's probably the GPU as they say. Nothing to do but get it replaced (or refunded if you wish and can).

It wouldn't hurt checking in another OS, like Live Linux, to establish clearly that it is a hardware problem. You should make sure that it is running with the proper GPU driver though, if it runs in ESA video mode the GPU problems might not show.