[SOLVED] Nvidia 610M flickering screen

frushiyama · 10-05-2014, 07:38 PM

I have an Asus R500VD-BS71 notebook, which have nvidia optimus graphics, and sometimes the screen goes freeze and flickering. Also there some output on audio (see the video)
I had no input when this happens, the only thing that works is forced shutdown (hold power button).
https://plus.google.com/u/0/11083210...06610669871985
https://plus.google.com/u/0/11083210...06610669871985
I am running Slackware64-current multilib, with latest bumblebee from https://github.com/WhiteWolf1776/Bumblebee-SlackBuilds .
The freeze happens more often when i am running games, like Team Fortress 2, but also happen without games running.
Any hints on how to start find out what is happening?

Andersen · 10-06-2014, 04:57 AM

Looks like a hardware problem. Maybe it's too much stress for 610M, it's entry level card. Possible GPU overheating?

frushiyama · 10-06-2014, 06:29 AM

Could be overheating... but how to watch or log it when the system crash?

irgunII · 10-06-2014, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by frushiyama

Could be overheating... but how to watch or log it when the system crash?

If you're running the nvidia drivers (not the Slackware nvidia drivers, as I don't know about those), then maybe there will be an nvidia log if something happens in /var/log.

frushiyama · 10-06-2014, 08:14 PM

According to the FAQ from nvidia, i should look at X org log (ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Li...EADME/faq.html), so here is my /var/log/Xorg.0.log :
http://pastebin.com/VAisV5TM
Below the 392 line it is when i started some game with primusrun.
The freeze did not happen when the 401 line appears, that line it was already there before the freeze.

frushiyama · 11-11-2014, 05:22 AM

I sent it to RMA and turns out that was malfunction RAM card. Just a replacement and now no more problems in 1 month using it.