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Area-51m Screen Problem! HELP!

post #1 of 16
3/9/04 at 2:22pm
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Help me with my Area-51m Screen Problem! I play a game for more than an hour, my screen gets very - get this (static)! It looks like a bad TV reception. it's not snowy, it just flickers really fast. im not sure what it is, i think it's a heat issue, it's not a driver issue couse i tried Omega and ATI drivers and it does the same on both. i Log off windows and it still happens.. only way to get rid of it is restarting. anyone got any ideas or have the same thing? PS: It's happen wither it's pluged or unpluged.
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post #2 of 16
3/9/04 at 2:56pm
Does it only happen when on battery power? if so i know what the problem is...
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post #3 of 16
3/9/04 at 3:22pm
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Originally Posted by AlienGreen751
Does it only happen when on battery power? if so i know what the problem is...
okay what is it?
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post #4 of 16
3/9/04 at 4:04pm
I rebooted my AW51m to fix that ... after unplugging it. [Shutdown, unplug, plug, turn on]

I assume that you now have it fixed?
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post #5 of 16
3/9/04 at 4:14pm
Oh its gonna be your battery settings... make sure under your video card menu that all settings are set to performance and not battery life.... that fixed it for me
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post #6 of 16
3/9/04 at 5:47pm
set ATI power play to performance mode.

right click desktop, click properties, settings tab, advanced button, powerplay tab.

-zeal
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post #7 of 16
3/9/04 at 6:00pm
COUGH same solution as mine lol
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post #8 of 16
3/12/04 at 3:48am
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i did do that but 30 minutes of gaming it comes back again. any other ideas?
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post #9 of 16
3/12/04 at 5:05pm
Had the same problem after two vid card I had to send it in to get it fix, apperently I also had a hard drive problem. tell me to you ever hear the fans kick in to over drive. While playing, on a side note I noticed it only happended with DX 9 games
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post #10 of 16
3/13/04 at 5:20am
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Originally Posted by MellowKool
i did do that but 30 minutes of gaming it comes back again. any other ideas?
I used to have screen problem where the screen will give me some weird pinky pixel after like 10- 20 mins of gaming , after I update my bio to 1.13 (now 1.14) it fixed my screen probelm , so I think you should try too
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post #11 of 16
3/13/04 at 12:24pm
Try reinstalling DX9b. I had issues with static and that did the trick for me.

-Craig
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post #12 of 16
3/15/04 at 3:54am
I dont have this problem because i dont mess with my alienware!
off the subject questions:
1)Whats a drifter?(in collage i think)
2)Who here watches undergrads?
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post #13 of 16
3/15/04 at 4:54am
drifter

n : a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

Unless you mean something else??
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post #14 of 16
3/15/04 at 4:42pm
Have you tried the 1.05 BIOS?
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post #15 of 16
3/15/04 at 11:13pm
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i don't think it's bios issue, im using the latest driver now, but it's been doing it other older version also. I don't know. i tried everything.
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post #16 of 16
3/16/04 at 12:50pm
Try the 1.05 BIOS. It's helped a lot of people with issues like yours.

Look at my screen for example, when running any BIOS besides the 1.05.



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