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    Screen went blank when gaming

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by amirulrudy12, Jun 25, 2009.

  1. amirulrudy12

    amirulrudy12 Notebook Guru

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    Hi everyone

    I normally have a problem when playing 1st person/3rd person shooter games.The screen will go blank and it will just be blank until i press the power button and it does not restart it self.I don't think it's a temp problem since i been monitoring the temp and the gpu temp does not even reach 75c.

    Does any of you have this problem When Gaming?

    I would appreciate any help.
     
    amirulrudy12, Jun 25, 2009
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    Overclocking? Which drivers?
     
    Kocane, Jun 26, 2009
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    Since before i overclock the problem already exists.I'm using 186.03.
     
    amirulrudy12, Jun 26, 2009
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    Will i encountered something similair recently with my Nexus.. I was overclocking fine before i installed 186.03... try some other drivers
     
    Kocane, Jun 26, 2009
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    Hi amirulrudy12!
    I have the exact same problem!
    Have you found solution to yours?

    Thx :)
     
    way2wacky, Dec 13, 2009
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    my solution is just update the driver.and btw if i use win xp i will encounter this problem.now im using win 7 i have no problem.
     
    amirulrudy12, Dec 13, 2009
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    Hi again! Thx for reply!
    I am using Win. Vista 64 bit corporate version.
    My driver is: 8.17.11.9555

    Could you please tell me the driver you use now?
    And I will aslo try to install Win 7. Is your Win. 7 64 or 32 bit?


    Thank You,

    W
     
    way2wacky, Dec 14, 2009
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    way2wacky, are you certain thats the right version number you are posting? Rightclick desktop > Nvidia control panel > system information somewhere down in the left corner..

    In that dialog it says 'Driver version: xxx.xx
     
    Kocane, Dec 14, 2009
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    im using driver 195.62 and win 7 64 bit.
     
    amirulrudy12, Dec 14, 2009
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    Hi again!

    To amirulrudy12: I will try those configurations next week! Thx alot 4 the infotmation :)

    To REB!:Right u are! Win registry gives me this freaky version nr. The one in NVidia CP is 195.55, so ill try the same he is using, the 195.62


    Thx!
     
    way2wacky, Dec 16, 2009
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  11. Partizan

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    I have the same problem with Assassins creed, after the intro movie the screen froze white. To fix this, I opened the game with direct x 9 instead of direct x 10. Works like a charm. Maybe you should try it aswell, just go to program files, then the company's name that made your game (ubisoft, Ea, ...), and click on the game's name with directx9 behind it.


    If your screen turns black, and stays that for a while, but the game recovers itself. It must be the GPU that shuts itself down to cool down for a while. Someone in this forum already said this is commin with the nvidia 8 series that are known for overheating. If that is the case try using a laptopcooler, it worked for me on cod4.
     
    Partizan, Dec 16, 2009
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