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    excitement of new m14x tarnished by vertical green line through screen :(

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Emm3, Oct 27, 2011.

  1. Emm3

    Emm3 Notebook Evangelist

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    couldnt help but power it on to check it out before i went to sleep... rewarded with a green line through the screen about 25% of the way across from the left from top to bottom. I switched 3d settings to nvidia gpu and during shutdown I noticed on a few screens it dissapeared while it was shutting down.

    Does this sound like a GPU issue? Ill be calling dell tomorrow.. sigh..
     
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    it could possibly be the video card, as I looked online several people referred to the cause as being the video card. I believe in the M14x its soldered on, so I don't you could do anything with that. Best bet to call dell if it is the vid card.
     
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  3. Emm3

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    oddly it dissapeared
     
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    every time i try to get onto NBR forums I get a blue screen crash lol !!
     
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    How did you type the above?

    Something smells fishy here...
    Or maybe it's my Mobo frying?
     
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    Emm3 Notebook Evangelist

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    Using my m11x.

    Get this screen every few minutes when browsing the web. Always happens as I click a site to open .. It pauses and crashes.
    [​IMG]
     
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    I had brand new hyperx lying around I swapped it in .. Same problem.
     
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    doing a clean install on it hope it helps :/
     
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    You sure have a lot of M17x laptops...
     
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    Lol ..

    Okay so I'm installing drivers and nvidias drivers are failing because gpu is not found.. I'm assuming this is because of optimus? Anyone know how I can get the gpu to show/run?
     
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    You need to install the Intel gpu drives first, followed by the nvidia drivers.
     
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    I ended up doing that by accident and it worked thanks!! So far so good on a reformat clean install of 7 :p
     
    Emm3, Oct 27, 2011
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