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    Possible video card problem...

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by InstantOatmeal, Mar 22, 2010.

  1. InstantOatmeal

    InstantOatmeal Notebook Geek

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    Hi I just got an Acer AS5740G-6979 that has an ATI 5650 card, and I've seen some weird things. First, when I was browsing NBR forums in Chrome and I would all of a sudden see red/pink dots on random parts of my screen. They'd go away after I click on the taskbar for some reason. And then after I installed TF2 I played it for a few minutes, no problems but then the next time I started it up I'd get a flash of the weird red/pink dots and then the screen would go black. So I hit the ALT+Tab and then re-entered the main menu and there were no problems! BTW I have Catalyst 10.3

    Anyone have any ideas on what the problem may be?
     
    InstantOatmeal, Mar 22, 2010
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  2. SomeRandomDude

    SomeRandomDude Notebook Evangelist

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    Check your temps
     
    SomeRandomDude, Mar 22, 2010
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  3. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    correction , check your temperature using CPUID Hardware monitor and post a screenshot... after gaming for a while and idle temps.
     
    sean473, Mar 23, 2010
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