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G53SW Dying gfx card (GTX 460M)

dough
Level 7

‎07-15-2012 10:41 AM - last edited on ‎03-06-2024 08:11 PM by Community Admin

Hi there,

I'm beginning to think that my GTX 460M is failing on my ASUS G53SW-A1 as I've been getting game freezes/crashes that can only be solved by hard-resetting the laptop. Plus, on occassions, I'm beginning to see artifacts (even during bootup, red/pink-ish tearing) from time to time. Hitting/Tapping below the keyboard with the base of my palm could sometimes get it back to normal.

Anyway, I'm curious, is it possible to change/upgrade the G53Sw's graphic card? I'm trying to outsource whatever I can to make this much more affordable.

Thanks!
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Thx1138
Level 7

‎07-16-2012 06:15 PM

This may be a heat problem. What are the gaming/idle temps? Have you checked the fans?
G72GX__ GeForce GTX 260M__ 6GB RAM__ Intel Core 2 Dou CPU p8700 @2.52GHz
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ConspiracyHeist
Level 7

‎07-17-2012 02:30 AM

You know I had the same problem with one of my xbox 360 I would get a green/red color and artifacts. The way I fixed it was repasting the heatsink with arctic silver 5 and making sure the heat sink sat on the GPU nicely and it took the problem away. maybe this would work for your GPU?
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