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    My lenovo laptop is behaving weirdly

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by ahj4513, Aug 24, 2013.

  1. ahj4513

    ahj4513 Notebook Guru

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    Please help. Is this related to gpu or display?
    I tried connecting the display to ipad via bluetooth and it had the same issues on ipad's screen. So I think it is a gpu related problem. Can anyone help me identify the problem? [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
    ahj4513, Aug 24, 2013
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    Some more images with hopes of someone being able to help me [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
    ahj4513, Aug 24, 2013
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    Roll back gpu drivers. If that doesnt work, send in the laptop for a replacement screen.

    Also, what Lenovo laptop do you have exactly? Lenovo has quite a lot of models :p
     
    Jobine, Aug 24, 2013
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    Y510p with intel hd 4600 and gt 750m
     
    ahj4513, Aug 24, 2013
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    Actually I just got it back from a 30 day long lenovo repair. It fixed nothing. It's right there after the start up. I don't think lenovo repair tech checked the laptop after the "repair" sigh
     
    ahj4513, Aug 24, 2013
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    Mind spending 10 minutes of your time?

    Uninstall both drivers, then reinstall them both (do a fresh download off the sites to prevent corrupt download) and report back here if the issues persist.

    You running 750M SLI or Single?
     
    Jobine, Aug 24, 2013
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    You could try one-key recovery. If I remember correctly, all you do is press the novo button on the side next to the power plug when the laptop is off. After that just follow through the steps and it will restore the laptop to factory settings.
    If that doesn't work, it's probably a hardware issue.
     
    berrykerry789, Aug 24, 2013
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    That is GPU issue, I am 99% sure of it from my experience.

    Motherboard replacement is the only solution. Time to contact Lenovo.
     
    alucasa, Aug 24, 2013
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    The one that came with the laptop. No ultrabay installations selected at the time of purchase
     
    ahj4513, Aug 24, 2013
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    Lol they replaced the motherboard already. The laptop came back to me exact same condition as when I shipped it. CS:Go runs pretty well. I am so confused because if gpu was ****ed up, the game shouldn't be running smoothly.
     
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    I already tried the windows 8 factory reset. Is the one key recovery different?
     
    ahj4513, Aug 24, 2013
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    Here's a picture of the screensaver working perfectly
    [​IMG]
     
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    It worked fine for almost two weeks. One thing I haven't yet mentioned is that I was playing skyrim and CS:GO day and night
     
    ahj4513, Aug 24, 2013
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    Hmmm. Try using the stock drivers that are on Lenovo.com?
     
    Jobine, Aug 24, 2013
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    I think I did that too

    Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4
     
    ahj4513, Aug 24, 2013
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    Send it back then.
     
    Jobine, Aug 24, 2013
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    Just faulty gpu?

    Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4
     
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    Seems like it.
     
    Jobine, Aug 24, 2013
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    I found this. When I pressed that button and tried to start recovery, this happened.
    [​IMG]
     
    ahj4513, Aug 25, 2013
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    I guess sending it back to Lenovo would be the best thing to do after trying all sorts of things already. :no:
     
    sunster168, Aug 25, 2013
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    I have a question. Why are the icons displaying perfectly fine when the display is all jacked up? Are icons not using gpu?
     
    ahj4513, Sep 14, 2013
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    Can you try something?.

    See if you can open Nvidia Control Panel, then go to 3D settings, then select preferred GPU:
    Try all 3 options and press apply see if anything works.
     
    Jobine, Sep 15, 2013
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