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    Nvidia graphic card was not detected.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Acool.Bloodrev, Dec 12, 2011.

  1. Acool.Bloodrev

    Acool.Bloodrev Newbie

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    I was playing BF3 all of a sudden i had a bsod my first.Had got the laptop 3 monts back using drivers 285.62.And now the device management only shows the integrated graphics but not the graphic card :cry: plz help.... will factory restore fix this? :confused2: :realmad:
     
    Acool.Bloodrev, Dec 12, 2011
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  2. CGSDR

    CGSDR Alien Master Race

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    Did you OC your GPU? And if so how high? Because I used to get these BSOD 2-3 times when playing other games, the fix I found is too reinstall the NVIDIA driver (Any driver version would do).

    I OC my GPU to 850/1700 then I get many of that BSOD, then when I try to lower it to just 800/1600, it run fine, and never get any BSOD since then.

    There's also an existing thread about this, follow this link to that thread: OCing GPU then BSOD then 555M went missing
     
    CGSDR, Dec 12, 2011
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  3. bigtonyman

    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    yup try a re-install of the drivers and see if helps detect the card again. If that doesn't work, then I would start worrying ;)
     
    bigtonyman, Dec 12, 2011
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  4. niko2021

    niko2021 Notebook Evangelist

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    Reflash the bios the with current version, it should show up. Sometimes it gets corrupted, should only take a few minutes, then restart and see if it shows up in the bios, if it does you're good.
     
    niko2021, Dec 12, 2011
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  5. KEEVS

    KEEVS Notebook Enthusiast

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    I had something similar, I turned on the laptop and left and when I came back it had rebooted itself and the Nvidia card was missing. I unplugged everything then plugged it all back in and restarted and went into the bios, under discrete graphics make sure it says the nvidia card is there then F10 into windows and it was all good. It was a wierd glitch I think
     
    KEEVS, Dec 12, 2011
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  6. Jovan for PREZ

    Jovan for PREZ Notebook Consultant

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    Can you open the Nvidia control panel? If not, tell me the error message that pops up and I think I can help. Had the same issue.
     
    Jovan for PREZ, Dec 12, 2011
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  7. vicky6672

    vicky6672 Notebook Guru

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    I hd the similar just few minutes before...reflashed the bios by reading this page and everything is well again.... thank u guys
     
    vicky6672, Dec 22, 2011
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