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    Graphics Problem - Squares

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by masterball63, Nov 19, 2010.

  1. masterball63

    masterball63 Newbie

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    I'm getting random squares in CoD:BO and BFBC2 but not in CoD:MW2 and Starcraft2.

    http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/12971823/1/Broken Stuff?h=2bb17a


    Those are screenshots of what I am seeing.

    I'm running on i7 840QM
    GTX 260m
    8GB RAM


    I have tried doing a clean reinstall of my Nvidia drivers, but the problem is still there.
    Also, I noticed that when I turn on Windows Aero, my desktop will have the same problem with the squares but it runs fine when I turn Aero off.

    Is this a driver/software problem or Hardware problem?
    Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Edit: fixed link.
     
    masterball63, Nov 19, 2010
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  2. miahsoul

    miahsoul Notebook Deity

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    Your GPU might be dying..
    Are you overclocking and run a throttlestop log.
    Is this an M15x?
     
    miahsoul, Nov 19, 2010
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  3. masterball63

    masterball63 Newbie

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    It's a 4 month old M15x. How'd you know? :O
    I'm not overclocking it. Just using it the way it came to me. :O
     
    masterball63, Nov 20, 2010
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  4. talin

    talin Notebook Prophet

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    I can't see the pics in the link you provided. Since you've updated the drivers, the symptoms you describe does sound like it could be a hardware issue. Even though it's only 4 months old, these kinds of things are not extremely uncommon, they do happen.
    I'd put in a call to tech support and go from there.
     
    talin, Nov 20, 2010
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  5. masterball63

    masterball63 Newbie

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    Fixed the link.
    I just sent it to Dell for them to fix it. Still under warranty anyway.

    Thanks to both of you. :D
     
    masterball63, Nov 21, 2010
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