Screen flickering when playing games

[Ramy Zaian]

Hey guys, my name is Ramy and I'm experiencing some issues lately when playing games on my laptop.
I've tried searching on this forum but all the topics I found involved desktop or tower computers and no laptops.

This is the problem. As soon as i start up a game, (Arma 2, World of Tanks, DayZ SA etc.) my screen starts flickering. It first happened when I changed some of the video settings on Arma 2 but it continued to happen even when I restored the settings back to when it was still working.

Here are the specs of my laptop:

Intel Core i-7 4700MQ
16GB RAM (no idea which brand or further specs)
nVIDIA GeForce GT755M (2 cards in SLI)

If you guys need any more info pls let me know!


SOLVED!!!!
Updated the drivers ...

 

[flamefire999]

Turn off one of the cards. It's possible that one is damaged and outputting a bad signal.

 

[Ramy Zaian]

Turn off one of the cards. It's possible that one is damaged and outputting a bad signal.

Oops, I accidentally click chose best answer... Let me check it out first lol!

 

[flamefire999]

You can undo it. I'll unpick it as the solution for you.
There. Fixed.

 

[Ramy Zaian]

Turn off one of the cards. It's possible that one is damaged and outputting a bad signal.

I tried turning them off, one at a time but then it looks like the other one is stopped as well.

 

[flamefire999]

What happens when you connect it to an external screen?

 

[Ramy Zaian]

What happens when you connect it to an external screen?

Connected my laptop via a HDMI cable to an external screen, same thing happens. Also tried to remove my 'ultrabay' gpu and placing it back in properly but that didn't make a difference either.

 

[flamefire999]

Do you have a warranty? I would send it back if you could.

 

[Ramy Zaian]

Do you have a warranty? I would send it back if you could.

I'm not sure about that, I need to look up the invoice.
Is it really that bad? 🙁 I wanna try everything I can before sending it back to Lenovo 🙁

 

[flamefire999]

Do you have a warranty? I would send it back if you could.

I'm not sure about that, I need to look up the invoice.
Is it really that bad? 🙁 I wanna try everything I can before sending it back to Lenovo 🙁

It seems like there's something wrong with either the motherboard or the GPUs. Would you be open to uninstalling all the games and reinstalling them? That might fix the problem.

 

[Ramy Zaian]

Do you have a warranty? I would send it back if you could.

I'm not sure about that, I need to look up the invoice.
Is it really that bad? 🙁 I wanna try everything I can before sending it back to Lenovo 🙁

It seems like there's something wrong with either the motherboard or the GPUs. Would you be open to uninstalling all the games and reinstalling them? That might fix the problem.

I will give that a try! If I don't finish it tonight (gotta work tomorrow) I'm going to do it after work, that will be at 9pm gmt!

I will report back to you when it's done! Thanks for helping me out so far!

 

[Ramy Zaian]

Do you have a warranty? I would send it back if you could.

I'm not sure about that, I need to look up the invoice.
Is it really that bad? 🙁 I wanna try everything I can before sending it back to Lenovo 🙁

It seems like there's something wrong with either the motherboard or the GPUs. Would you be open to uninstalling all the games and reinstalling them? That might fix the problem.

Thanks to my ISP I already finished installing lol, gotta love that quick downloading speed!

OT: So I've downloaded and installed Arma 2 incl. all expansions. Tried to run the game, problem not solved... I tried some other games like Payday 2 and that didn't give me a problem at all! DayZ SA works fine now, didn't change anything to that. It's just WoT and Arma 2 + add ons.

I'll try to update my drivers... If it's that, I'll jump off a bridge lol

 

[Ramy Zaian]

Jumping off a bridge... It was the driver al along... WOW, what a waste of time! Thanks anyways Flamefire999