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    Flash of desktop while in game?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by egy1974, May 25, 2011.

  1. egy1974

    egy1974 Newbie

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    Hi all,

    Got my M14X today and have installed BRINK, anyway it runs it fine however every few minutes I get a flash shot of the desktop coming through while in game! It literally lasts about a hundredth of a second but does it non the less. I have tried the latest beta drivers and the latest BIOS but it still does it. Anyone experience this or does anyone know the fix? Everything else is working perfectly.

    Thanks!
     
    egy1974, May 25, 2011
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  2. takeabyte

    takeabyte Notebook Evangelist

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    Weird...it's never done this on mine, but I've never tried Brink on it...with Crysis it didn't happen to me.
     
    takeabyte, May 25, 2011
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    egy1974 Newbie

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    Yeah I think tomorrow I'll try some other games, no time tonight :mad:
     
    egy1974, May 25, 2011
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    I've come across this issue too but with my m11x R3, annoying as hell!
    Seems to only effect certain games - Doom3 and Amnesia.
    Crysis, Portal and the Bulletstorm demo run fine.
    I assumed it might have had something to do with Taskbar icons and notifications so i turned them all off. I had a feeling it might be the battery charge notification. Probably totally wrong though.
     
    SonofSassquatch, Jun 13, 2011
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