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    Sager 5760 Video Issue

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Kilim, Apr 25, 2009.

  1. Kilim

    Kilim Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    I bought a Sager 5760 when it 1st came out here.
    Now I am having issues with it.

    The laptop screen would blink in and out and I would have to turn off the laptop to hopefully make it work again.
    But now, most off the time it would just blink in and out and persist.

    So I did a clean reinstall and everything works fine UNTIL I install the video driver.
    I have used the original video driver, the official driver update, the latest NVidia driver from the NVidia website and even the latest Tweakforce mobile drivers.
    The screen blinking would occur right after I restart the system from installing a video driver.
    Now the system would have a system error and place me in the Safemode option screen after a video driver install.

    What do I need to do?

    After I uninstall the video driver, the system is fine and will not blink in and out!
     
    Kilim, Apr 25, 2009
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  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    Gophn, Apr 25, 2009
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  3. Blacky

    Blacky Notebook Prophet

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    Looks like your GPU is not doing very well. Time to do some diagnostics on it.

    Try the video memory stress test (google for it) and see if all goes well.

    But I think your video card is dying out. Sorry
     
    Blacky, Apr 25, 2009
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