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    M17 graphic artifacts

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by kuntazzo, Apr 27, 2011.

  1. kuntazzo

    kuntazzo Notebook Geek

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    Hi everyone, i'm having a problem with some graphical artifacts with my M17, they used to be very frequent with 11.3 drivers, so i did a factory recovery and tried again with 11.3, nothing changed so i reverted back to old E-wrecked 9.1 which always worked like a charm for me, but the problem is still there, even if is a lot better, and in some games it doesn't even show up.
    The problem is a bunch of horizontal lines strangely coloured in fog areas or shadow areas, but the strange thing is that they don't appear when i print the screen. I was thinking about a card problem but the driver change did a lot.
    So anybody has an idea?
     
    kuntazzo, Apr 27, 2011
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    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    granyte, Apr 27, 2011
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    kuntazzo Notebook Geek

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    I just changed thermal paste nearly 2 years ago, temps are pretty fine, the max i ever reached was 83°C with the primary and a little less with the slave. Cpu is around 60 at max.
    Never overclocked or other mods.
     
    kuntazzo, Apr 28, 2011
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    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    you are running dual try runing without CFX
     
    granyte, Apr 28, 2011
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    kuntazzo Notebook Geek

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    Yes! I disabled the catalyst A.I. and it worked!
    But why it just popped out like that (the error i mean)? So it's just a software issue right?
    Thank you very much :D
     
    kuntazzo, Apr 28, 2011
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    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    not liekly if it hapens on multiple driver ethier the cfx bridge is damaged or the slave is dieing

    disabeling catalyst A.I diable CFX al together so you are running on one card
     
    granyte, Apr 28, 2011
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    In the end i just unplugged and plugged in again the crossfire cable and now it works like a charm ;)
     
    kuntazzo, Apr 30, 2011
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    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    or just needed reseating lol
     
    granyte, Apr 30, 2011
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