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    Question Monitors lose signal with dedicated GPU but fine with iGPU ?

    Shouldn't have posted that W because it black screened and crashed again about an hour later. Kernel event 117. The screens stayed black even after a reboot this time, I had to plug them into iGPU. After running DDU I can now use the GPU again. Seems like something is periodically corrupting the...
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    Question Monitors lose signal with dedicated GPU but fine with iGPU ?

    The monitors worked well enough to run diagnostics and some other things in regular windows so I haven't spent much time in safe mode (other than DDU). I may have found a bandaid fix, for now anyway. I installed MSI afterburner and underclocked core and memory clocks by as much as possible (502...
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    Question Monitors lose signal with dedicated GPU but fine with iGPU ?

    Hello! Several months ago I started losing signal on my two monitors intermittently, requiring me to hold the power button until the system went off. When I powered it back on they would work fine. It was usually weeks between having to do this so I didn't think much of it, but recently it's...
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    Sony Vaio (svs13a290x) Replacement Battery Problem

    Hello, my Sony Vaio battery is getting weaker so I got a replacement for it on ebay. It is advertised as OEM and appears to be the real deal - it has the Sony name and shows the same specs listed on it. I can't get it to charge, though, and it is giving off some strange symptoms. When I first...