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    VAIO Z 1390X - Screen went partiarly white with stripes, then rebooted!

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by XTACTIC, Mar 14, 2011.

  1. XTACTIC

    XTACTIC Notebook Consultant

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    Hey, while just using my Vaio z i noticed that right before me, the screen went white with some stripes then rebooted itself!... but nothing seemed odd when rebooted. so i dont know what happened. does anybody know about that?
     
    XTACTIC, Mar 14, 2011
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  2. FrinkTL

    FrinkTL Notebook Evangelist

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    I have an earlier generation Z (Z11), but the once or twice that has happened to me, it was due to nVidia crashing to hard and fast for Windows 7 to recover it. Unless you have the system notifications turned off, you should get a notification bubble explaining that Windows recovered from a video driver error after the system restarts. Unfortunately, this isn't all that uncommon for nVidia drivers. :(

    On the plus side, I've had my Z for a year now and that has only happened twice. To completely prevent it, you could just run in Stamina mode all the time. ;)
     
    FrinkTL, Mar 15, 2011
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    ssssssssss Notebook Evangelist

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    The Event Viewer will probably shed some light.
     
    ssssssssss, Mar 15, 2011
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