Recent content by Starcruiser

The OP and I have been passing PMs and he's using the IGP but wants to play GTA IV. I'm helping him pick out a real GPU that can do that.

So... you have an i5 m580? And you're using the integrated graphics? If so the only way to increase the video memory from integrated graphics is to increase your system RAM. The BIOS and OS will automatically allocate more memory to graphics.

2 months out of warranty sounds about right for the dishonest way manufacturers are running their businesses. They make parts that are low quality but will last just long enough for the warranty under normal use.

It could be a couple of things. Try the computer on battery power instead of the wall plug. If that doesn't do anything, then it sounds like your video card died on you. I had a laptop that did the same thing, it would randomly BSOD with the AMD drivers, but the default ones from Windows Update...

Power problems are known to cause many issues, especially under heavy load. The best indicator for a laptop is usually when a problem occurs when the laptop is plugged in, but not on battery. It seems there is 2 versions of your power adapter, one is 90 Watts and the other 130 Watts. If you...

Glad to hear it's working, but this is a problem that may come back with a vengeance later. I had a laptop that did this same thing, until it just quit booting windows altogether, but for some reason Linux still works...

Have you tried repositioning the screen to see if it shows at a different angle? It could be a loose cable. Another thing to try is uninstalling the drivers completely, remove the old driver installers, then letting windows update automatically install the driver or choosing"update driver" from...

The way the system is set by default, performance it supposed to drop while on batteries to save power. You can set the power save settings so that it doesn't, the high performance power plan usually works. What the fact that it doesn't work on AC power but it does on batteries means is that the...

Do you see the BIOS post on your internal display?

Laptop displays are difficult to diagnose. Since you only encountered the problem after updating the drivers, try clean installing and revert back to an older driver version. You can find all your older version under C:\NVIDIA...

It does sound like there's a problem with either the GPU of the laptop, or possibly the power supply. Does the problem happen both on battery and on power? If your GPU does support changing the clock at all, it's not included in the Nvidia control panel by default. You'll need to install nTune...

I'll give you the example of the Plenti Points program, where you can gain points from multiple very different retailers. https://www.plenti.com/ The major problem you will face in setting up something similar will be getting the individual retailers to sign on with your program, and then there...

For the programs that don't appear well after moving them from the 4K screen to the 1080 screen, try temporarily setting your laptop resolution to 1080p. (I promise it will look fine) I think those programs are using the default DPI setting, as another has mentioned. If you set the main screen...