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    Wierd issue with R2 and Optimus

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by MrD1sturbed, Oct 17, 2010.

  1. MrD1sturbed

    MrD1sturbed Notebook Evangelist

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    I have the latest NV driver loaded (260.63) and the latest Intel driver (2202). The issue I am having and can't seem to find any info on is this.

    If I shutdown the laptop or do a warm boot when the windows login screen comes up it's completely black with no image on the screen (including the mouse). I can approximate the area on the screen where the user login icon is and I can log into the machine using that. When the desktop comes up the mouse appears to be on another monitor. I have NO external display attached. When I go into display properties it shows a phantom display. I can disable this display with no effect on the system but if I reboot it will reappear. And the cycle starts again.

    Is anyone else having this issue and if so does anyone have a clue how to resolve this?
     
    MrD1sturbed, Oct 17, 2010
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  2. instantcold

    instantcold Notebook Consultant

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    Do not use that driver, I had the same issue and could not fix it, use the 260.89, it has better performance and does not have that ghost monitor bug or what ever that problem is
     
    instantcold, Oct 17, 2010
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  3. Vidaluko

    Vidaluko Notebook Evangelist

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    The latest driver in Nvidia site for the 335M is the 258.96
     
    Vidaluko, Oct 17, 2010
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  4. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    namaiki, Oct 17, 2010
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  5. Vidaluko

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    Well, missed the beta option in search... :(
     
    Vidaluko, Oct 17, 2010
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    instantcold, Oct 17, 2010
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  7. tonkatrain

    tonkatrain Notebook Consultant

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    I would personally stay away from the 260.xx series for now. They currently are fairly buggy in exchange for a minor performance boost. Currently i am using 259.22 which are rock solid with optimus and will stick with them until the 260.xx series goes through a few more revisions.
     
    tonkatrain, Oct 17, 2010
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