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    Gateway P7808u screen flicker

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by AaronIROCZ, Jun 18, 2009.

  1. AaronIROCZ

    AaronIROCZ Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just got my new P7808u and noticed that I get white lines all over the screen that reminds you like a VCR tape that the tracking is off. I also get a black screen then my desktop comes back with a message that states the nvidia driver has stopped responding and has successfully recovered. I installed the latest driver from the sticky and it is better but it is still there. Does this sound like hardware issues or driver issues???
     
    AaronIROCZ, Jun 18, 2009
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  2. Kamin_Majere

    Kamin_Majere =][= Ordo Hereticus

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    Are you Overclocking your GPU?

    Also can you run HWMoniter and tell the temperatures you're getting while the flicker and shutdown is happening?

    It does seem like your card is being overtaxed and shutting down.
     
    Kamin_Majere, Jun 18, 2009
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  3. AaronIROCZ

    AaronIROCZ Notebook Enthusiast

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    At this moment it is at factory specs. I mainly notice it with dark colors on the screen.
     
    AaronIROCZ, Jun 18, 2009
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    What about before the problems? Have you tried overclocking before? If you push a card too far you can burn it out.

    Just trying to cover all of the bases.

    You might have a loose connection between your MOBO and monitor, but it sounds more like a GPU/Driver issue
     
    Kamin_Majere, Jun 18, 2009
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    yknyong1 Radiance with Radeon

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    A driver reinstall would help. Refer to sticky for steps.
     
    yknyong1, Jun 18, 2009
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  6. AaronIROCZ

    AaronIROCZ Notebook Enthusiast

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    No I never overclocked anything on this laptop, it still at factory specs. The only thing I did was upgrade to vista ultimate x64. I also unstalled the latest drivers as per the sticky and no change.
     
    AaronIROCZ, Jun 18, 2009
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    hughthehand Notebook Enthusiast

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    sounds like a bad video card
     
    hughthehand, Jun 18, 2009
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