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    really need help with A 15 issues

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by zachary77, Feb 12, 2015.

  1. zachary77

    zachary77 Notebook Consultant

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    I received my Alienware 15, today, and I'm experiencing the issues below:

    1. Why do I get a "you currently don't have a display attached to the nvidia gpu?? I have never experienced this on the 14 or 18. I use that control panel to adjust the two clocks, as well as designate the discreet card for games. This is especially troubling as my games are only running with the integrated, weak card. How do I access that helpful control panel?

    2. I also usually have an intel control panel, which gives one the ability to change color settings/ power options. How can I access this feature that was stock on the 14 and 18.

    3. When downloading a game from steam, my computer completely bogs down. The mouse stutters and the operating system feels as if stuck in quicksand. Everything returns to normal, upon download completion.

    4. When view youtube videos, from both internet explorer and chrome, I get these horizontal "lines/bars" which makes playback really distracting.

    Please help :)
     
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    xxpmrong Notebook Consultant

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    For #2, if you do a right click on the desktop and select "Graphics Options", it will bring you the the intel graphics settings.

    I just found about this last night and it may have improved the colors a bit. It does not looked washed now looks like the default brightness and contrast were just too much for my eyes.

    Follow-up Question, when you tweak the intel graphic settings, will it only affect your integrated GPU? Or does it tweak the settings for the discreet GPU to? (the 980m)
     
  3. zachary77

    zachary77 Notebook Consultant

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    close thread and disregard. graphics amp returned.....