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    videocard query, help!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by goussama, Mar 24, 2013.

  1. goussama

    goussama Notebook Consultant

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    Greetings,
    Just curious one of my videocards is not working properly I get a blank screen when I power on the laptop. Its a dual GPU setup, once I switch the GPUs around the screen works. A part of me suspects it might be fried. However the BIOS detects both GPUs when I enter it. Does that mean that the card is not fried and it could be something else?
     
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    Can you detect the second card in control panel or GPU-z?
     
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    Have you tried swapping the cards position and run the laptop on the 2nd card? Btw, the link is not working.
     
    rusty_dough, Mar 25, 2013
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