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    M18x r2 screen shuts off

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by yotano21, Oct 15, 2016.

  1. yotano21

    yotano21 Notebook Evangelist

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    My friend's kid just traded his small laptop for a m18x r2. He it trying to install some drivers but he says that the screen shuts off after 5 min or so. He can get into the desktop but the screen shuts off. This happens with a fresh install on Windows 10

    Is that any way driver related or what. I once had a m18x r2 and never encountered anything like that when I had my with a fresh install. He is trying to switch to the processor gpu and install the drivers that way.

    Spces

    win 10
    i7 3800mq
    256gb ssd
    8gb ram?? (i am guessing)
    AMD 7970m xfire
     
    yotano21, Oct 15, 2016
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    never mind its fixed
     
    yotano21, Oct 16, 2016
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