Video card problems.

Playing any game I get texture problems (example 1) and random polygons (example 2). This has been happening ever since I have had the laptop, under clocking, over clocking, reinstalling, changing video drivers, flashing bios seem to have no effect. The only thing that fixes it is alt-tabbing or changing the resolution. But, even then, it usually returns instantly or after a few minutes.

I have an Asus A8JM w/ Nvidia 7600 1gb Ram.

Anyone able to help?

Screenshots:

Example 1

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff188/courtlandre/example1.jpg

Example 2

http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff188/courtlandre/example2.jpg

I also get this when playing WoW:

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/1307/wowscrnshot112507235914qc5.jpg

 

All I can suggest is maybe contacting Asus. It could be a hardware issue and could be replaced under warranty if it's not too late. I'm going to assume that you're running Vista, mainly because many people seem to have graphical problems when gaming under a Vista OS... maybe a Direct X repair or re-install?

 

It's actually XP home. I do need to contact Asus, its been doing it since I bought it over 1.5 years ago. Fortunately it is still under warranty.

 

check the temps, it's probably overheating and if it's been doing it from the start then the heatsink/fan was probably installed incorrectly. this would explain why alt-tabbing it would help it for a little bit, it gives the card a chance to cool down a little

 

The temps don't seem too high, using EVEREST it reports temps in the high 70's. Once or twice it has reached 80. With a chillpad, it is about 10 degrees cooler, but still had problems.