Lonesniper

Prema, you're my hero, works like a charm again! (I also replaced the thermal paste and flashed with your mod) This guy here was the bad boy:

Thank you very much! I will buy an LCD cable and post here if that resolved the issue. Greetings, Viktor

Hi guys! I'm new to this forum but since I discovered I'm not the only one using Clevo notebooks I decided to post my issue here, maybe some of you are familiar with it and can help me out. So I bought a Clevo W230ST back in Nov '13. While i think it's a fine piece of hardware, I am fighting with the following issue(s): 1) While on Linux and playing games (tested: CS:GO and glxgears which is not a game really, but w/e) on the dedicated GTX 765M (optirun and primusrun), some sort of artifacts come up after a certain time - about 10-15 minutes. Best described as flashing pixel-salad (best seen in Pic #1) and greenish picture shifting (kind of #Pic 2 but it's rather blurred). Same errors come up if I move the lid of my laptop, even if I don't use the dedicated GTX 765M. There are no errors on an external display if connected. 2) Windows 7 / 8 (i tried both, same error) on the other hand is much worse - after installing the Intel 4600 graphics adapter drivers the internal screen goes ape**** (look at Pic #3). After conneting an external display, the picture comes back to the internal monitor yet windows states that the picture is displayed on the external display, which is really odd. 3) Also, if I pull the A/C adapter connector and put it back in while the adapter is still powered the internal display goes black until the notebook is shutdown / restarted / hibernated. External displays are fine again. This error occurs irregardless of the OS, even in BIOS and while powering up. When I pull out the connector, pull the adapter's plug, then wait a few seconds, then connect the A/C adapter to the laptop and THEN power it up, then everything works fine. The adapter also cheeps very quietly when powered, but I think it's kinda common. Looking at issue only I'd say it's because of the internal connector cable between the display and the mainboard. I once had to repair a notebook which had similiar issues, i locked it down to a broken connector cable. But issues 2) and 3) confuse the hell out of me. Then again maybe it's a broken display connector and power adapter but both things occured at the same time. Sending it back to the vendor is not an option at the moment, because i only had a 1-year-guarantee and for every issue after this period i have to prove that the error already was there as I bought the notebook - which wasn't. (On a sidenote: if you value support, never buy anything from one.de. had 3 notebooks from them now, for every single one i had to contact their support and was disappointed every single time) Hope you guys can help me. Maybe some of you had similiar experiences or maybe there's something to test I didn't think of. Greetings, Viktor