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    Have I damaged my R3?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Alfie McKenzie, Aug 29, 2015.

  1. Alfie McKenzie

    Alfie McKenzie Newbie

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    To cut a long story short, i thumped my Laptop like an over-emotional baboon whilst arguing with my better half. I thumped it just to the left of the touchpad, in the bottom left corner of the laptop, whilst it was turned on, and it instantly blue screened and turned off. It's back on again of course, but I can't help but think i've noticed some small differences in performance, and i've been struggling to get L.A. Noire to work as well. I don't know if L.A. Noire would have worked previously, and i suspect that is more to do with the fact you cannot change the draw distance so it has to render everything all the time unlike GTA 4 and 5 where you can choose what the game renders.

    If it is broken, what can I do to fix it?
     
    Alfie McKenzie, Aug 29, 2015
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Try running a PSA to look for hardware errors. A hit like that could've damaged the HDD. I don't think the GPU would've gotten any damage out of that.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Sep 1, 2015
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