I have an ASUS g53jw laptop, 12GB RAM, NVidia GeForce GTX 460M card, Windows 64bit Ultimate.
The laptop was functioning just fine until recently, when all of a sudden I started getting artifacts (white squares, pinkish color on window headings, etc.). Rebooting did not help. No new software was added. I was running driver 296.16, at native resolution (1980x1080 60Hz, 32bit color).
I updated the driver to the latest from nVidia. Got a blue screen of death, and downgraded back (clean install).
The issue persisted, so I downgraded my color depth to 16 bit, where it seems ok (for now).
Given that nothing has changed in the laptop configuration, what could be the issue - the card, the display, the temp (it is running between 50 and 60 degrees Celsius, so up to 140 F)? CPU and drive are not running hot. I am running a browser (perhaps, too many tabs open, but that was always the case), an email client, and a remote desktop. So, no gaming, nothing too graphics intensive....
Any ideas on where to look??? This is my "workhorse" laptop, so I would prefer if I did not have to replace it (reinstalling everything is a nightmare)...
Thank you in advance!
--Alex
The laptop was functioning just fine until recently, when all of a sudden I started getting artifacts (white squares, pinkish color on window headings, etc.). Rebooting did not help. No new software was added. I was running driver 296.16, at native resolution (1980x1080 60Hz, 32bit color).
I updated the driver to the latest from nVidia. Got a blue screen of death, and downgraded back (clean install).
The issue persisted, so I downgraded my color depth to 16 bit, where it seems ok (for now).
Given that nothing has changed in the laptop configuration, what could be the issue - the card, the display, the temp (it is running between 50 and 60 degrees Celsius, so up to 140 F)? CPU and drive are not running hot. I am running a browser (perhaps, too many tabs open, but that was always the case), an email client, and a remote desktop. So, no gaming, nothing too graphics intensive....
Any ideas on where to look??? This is my "workhorse" laptop, so I would prefer if I did not have to replace it (reinstalling everything is a nightmare)...
Thank you in advance!
--Alex
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