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    Weird Screen freeze

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by I like soup, May 3, 2012.

  1. I like soup

    I like soup Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was watching a youtube video and all of a sudden the screen froze and everything on the screen went discolored. Is there a way to prevent this from happening again?
     

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  2. cryophilous

    cryophilous Notebook Enthusiast

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    Make sure your GPU driver is up to date. You were just watching a movie, so it really should't be overheating, but it might be worth downloading HWMonitor/GPU-z or something similar to make sure. How long have you had your laptop, and have you have cleaned it out?
     
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  3. awakeN

    awakeN Notebook Deity

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    That notification in the bottom right pretty much describes your problem.

    Probably just a driver error lmao
     
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  4. Support.3@XOTIC PC

    Support.3@XOTIC PC Company Representative

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    That driver version is notorious for doing that. Did you just recently update to them and then it started happening? Go back to the original ones that came with the computer. It happened all the time on by my notebook and desktop when i had the 296.10
     
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  5. I like soup

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    thanks for the replies,
    @cryophilous i clean my laptop out every two months and the gpu temp is at 38c when idle.
    @ Hustady yea i updated the driver on 3/20/2012. ill revert to the original driver then.
     
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  6. niffcreature

    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    You didn't spill soup on it did you?


    :D
     
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