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    970m disappeared from the device manager???? help

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by chuckles87, Nov 1, 2014.

  1. chuckles87

    chuckles87 Notebook Consultant

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    i was in the process of uninstalling my intel and nvidia drivers to try another driver , i uninstalled the nvidia drivers then pressed shift and clicked into restart to boot into the safe mode , when i was about to pick the safe mode my laptop shutdown suddenly , i turned it on again and did a driver cleaning using driverfusion , restarted into windows normally and went ahead to install nvidia driver just for the setup to tell me there is no nvidia hardware detected , i shutdown and restarted many times with no avail , i even removed the power source and the battery and pressed on the power button for 30 seconds and still the 970m wont show up , the laptop is barely one month old and the temps is always under 70 , how could the graphic card die so soon????? please help :(((
     
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    No need to panic! Did you check if it appears at BIOS, the fact that your laptop passes POST is good. So the card is not dead, and I am pretty sure it appears at BIOS. Check BIOS and let us know if you see it. Also what is your laptop's brand / model?
     
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    chuckles87 Notebook Consultant

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    my laptop is msi gt70 2QD , under what exactly i can find my graphic card listed in the bios?cuz i cant seem to find it
     
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    It should show under Main as Discrete Graphics. Even if it is undetected, it should state it (though this is with AW unlocked BIOS, no idea about MSI).
     
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    That laptop has an MXM card right? I would try to reseat the card if you cannot get it to see on BIOS (I had this happen on me a few times, if it has slightly moved, it just is not connected anymore and laptop boots on iGPU).
     
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    thx god problem solved , i almost got a heart attack as i cant afford to ship it back to the usa , i used mircosoft "fixit" , it detected a strange named device , like a two meters long name with a yellow exclamation mark , did some fixing and got the sweet sweet black screen flickering which meant my 970m was bumped back to life!!!!
     
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    nice nice, interesting microsoft finally fixed something :D have fun mate, enjoy HD gaming! :)
     
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    congrats brother
     
    eeryanee, Nov 2, 2014
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