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    g71 gx screen problem....

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by MasterShake89, Oct 29, 2009.

  1. MasterShake89

    MasterShake89 Notebook Evangelist

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    my screen keeps blipping, i dont know if thats a good explanation for what its doing. but it kinda flashes, and resets the image. its doing it more and more frequently, and when it does i can see a lot of lines. i hope my gpu isnt dying...

    the only thing i can think of changing before this happened is disabling turbo gear so my ram timings went back to their max.....

    some help would be appreciated. any ideas?
     
    MasterShake89, Oct 29, 2009
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    da1writer Notebook Evangelist

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    Looks like it's time to tell Best Buy and get the G72GX, you lucky dog ;)!
     
    da1writer, Oct 29, 2009
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  3. MasterShake89

    MasterShake89 Notebook Evangelist

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    i doubt i'll be able to take it back and exchange it for the g72 because ive had it for over 3 months, and they would probably want proof that something was wrong, even tho it happens every day, it only happens in brief spurts of about 5 minutes. also, i like the look of my g71 over the g72 any day.
     
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    bump 10char
     
    MasterShake89, Oct 30, 2009
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    Either way take it back to bestbuy and have it looked at. Not sure what could be wrong with it.
     
    Cobra03, Oct 30, 2009
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    I 150% agree. they made the G72 look plain to me.
     
    Solid71, Oct 30, 2009
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    Count me on the list that prefers the looks of the g71.
     
    MrPuff, Oct 30, 2009
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    KimoT Are we not men?

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    It can't hurt to reinstall your graphics driver and see if it helps, but it does sound like it could very well be a defect that you'll need to have looked at by Best Buy.
     
    KimoT, Oct 30, 2009
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    skygunner27 A Genuine Child of Zion

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    I also prefer the look of the G71 to that of the G72. The G71 looks like a Gamers laptop.

    If I was you I would go to Bestbuy and show them your recipt that entitles you to a 40.00 Windows 7 Upgrade. I would have them(Geek Squad) wipe the HDD and do a clean install. If that doesn't fix the problem, just have the screen replaced for a better one with a higher res.
     
    skygunner27, Oct 30, 2009
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    I'm getting that problem too :(
     
    whatmagame, Nov 1, 2009
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    i havent had it yet today, but out of curiosity, what are your ram timings at? did you disable turbo gear?

    edit: also scratch that, it happend like 6 times while i was just playing warhammer
     
    MasterShake89, Nov 1, 2009
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    I duno i havent had it for a day or 2 now. I'll keep u posted lol. I just want to add a tip that i found amazing. The monitor is hard to open and close for me. so I pushed back the monitor clips from the keyboard side with the monitor open. then I foloded the monitor closed. and used a knife to pull out those black tabs wear the screen pivots. I put WD40 on 2 screws it uses for the monitor to go up and down. now opening the screen is smooth as eggs!
     
    whatmagame, Nov 1, 2009
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