i.bakar Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 i did this upgrade a year ago and i experienced this issue that time but then i lost my motherboard so i let it go however a few weeks back i replaced my motherboard and restored the machine , fresh installed every thing and again i experienced the same issue ! the issue is this... once i install NVidia driver the desktop wallpaper in-print in any app that i open. i attached an image to demonstrate this. has anyone came across this issue with this upgrade or with any other driver or GPU ? here is what i did to diagnose : - install older driver , new driver and microsoft recommended driver. the issue remains. - disable the SLI the issue remains. - replace the screen with another one from my friend Alienware 18. the issue remains. - reflash the bios with the stock one. i'm running UEFI on the unlocked bios A12 Alienware M18X R1, i7 2960XM @ 4.4Ghz, Nvidia GTX 880M SLI , 32GB RAM , samsung 840pro + samsung 860evo ( THE BEST I EVER HAVE) Alienware Area-51M R1, i9 9900K @ 5.1Ghz, Nvidia RTX 2080, 64GB RAM, samsung 980 Pro( LOVELY MACHINE WITH BAD BIOS ) Alienware 18 , I7 4930MX @ 4.2Ghz , GTX 980M SLI, 32GB RAM ( MAY REST IN PEACE) (CAME BACK TO LIFE) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerryzago Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Weird. First time I've ever seen this. I also have an 980m SLI. Mine is a m18x R2 though. Seems the problem is following the GPUs. Maybe Since you disabled SLI and the problem is there, maybe the GPU in slot one has the problem. Swap them maybe, or flash a different vbios. Flash the one from DELL to see if that makes a difference 1 Spoiler Alienware M18x R2 i7 3720qm -> i7 3940XM Dual 7970m -> 980m SLI -> HP Quadro RTX 3000 Alienware 17 R1 4710MQ 880M GTX -> PNY Quadro RTX 3000 HP 8570w i7 3820qm Quadro K2000M HP DV6000 T72000 -> T9500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.bakar Posted March 11, 2023 Author Share Posted March 11, 2023 thanks @Jerryzagoi did swap the cards between the first and the second slot . i also tried one card only. the second card in the first slot with the second slot empty . the same issue . i also used the official dell vbios for the SLI setup ( 2 different bios ) same issue . its realy weird ... i noticed my card missing some items here is a picture to compare it to urs if u have a picture .... ( look at the chips at the left side of the picture) 1 Alienware M18X R1, i7 2960XM @ 4.4Ghz, Nvidia GTX 880M SLI , 32GB RAM , samsung 840pro + samsung 860evo ( THE BEST I EVER HAVE) Alienware Area-51M R1, i9 9900K @ 5.1Ghz, Nvidia RTX 2080, 64GB RAM, samsung 980 Pro( LOVELY MACHINE WITH BAD BIOS ) Alienware 18 , I7 4930MX @ 4.2Ghz , GTX 980M SLI, 32GB RAM ( MAY REST IN PEACE) (CAME BACK TO LIFE) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerryzago Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Maybe try another OS. Try running Ubuntu from CD or even Chrome Flex OS and see if the problem persists. Both of the can run without installing them to your hard drive. I belive you have made a clean install to the drivers with DDU, prior installing anything? Spoiler Alienware M18x R2 i7 3720qm -> i7 3940XM Dual 7970m -> 980m SLI -> HP Quadro RTX 3000 Alienware 17 R1 4710MQ 880M GTX -> PNY Quadro RTX 3000 HP 8570w i7 3820qm Quadro K2000M HP DV6000 T72000 -> T9500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssj92 Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 Try windows 7, 8.1, 11 and se if issue exists. 980m sli is officially supported on aw18 Alienware m18 : Intel Core i9 13900HX @ 5.0Ghz | nVidia GeForce RTX 4090 | K1675 | 2x1TB SSDs Alienware Area-51M : Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.3Ghz | nVidia GeForce RTX 2080 | AX210 | Samsung 970 Evo+ Alienware M18x R2 : Intel Core i7 3920XM @ 4.7Ghz | nVidia Quadro RTX 3000 | AX210 | Samsung 980 PRO Alienware 18 : Intel Core i7 4930MX @ 4.5Ghz | nVidia Quadro RTX 5000 | AX210 | Samsung 980 NVMe More Laps: M14x (555m) | M14xR2 (650m) | M15x (980m) | M17xR3 (880m) | M18xR1 (RTX 5000) DT: Aurora R4 (i9 10980XE/RTX 4070) | Area-51 R2 (22-Core Xeon/Titan V) | SR-2 [2x6-Core/3x980Ti] | CS Studios YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CSStudiosYT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electrosoft Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Does it do this too on an external display? Electrosoft Prime: SP109 14900KS | Asrock Z790i Lightning | MSI Suprim X Liquid 4090 | AC LF II 420 | TG 2x16GB 8200 | Samsung 990 Pro 2TB | EVGA 1600w P2 | Phanteks Ethroo Pro | Alienware AW3225QF 32" OLED Heath: i9-12900k | EVGA CLC 280 | Asus Strix Z690 D4 | Asus Strix 3080 | 32GB DDR4 2x16GB B-Die 4000 | WD Black SN850 512GB | EVGA DG-77 | Samsung G7 32" 144hz 32" My for sale items on eBay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.bakar Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 i tried the external monitor ( TV) On 3/11/2023 at 10:40 PM, Jerryzago said: Maybe try another OS. Try running Ubuntu from CD or even Chrome Flex OS and see if the problem persists. Both of the can run without installing them to your hard drive. I belive you have made a clean install to the drivers with DDU, prior installing anything? good idea i tried garuda since i'm familiar with it and the shadows disappeared!!! which means its a driver issue ( i guess its one of nvidia options that needs to be disabled or enabled ) anyone have any idea where i start ? yes driver installation was done after DDU cleanup on safe mode On 3/12/2023 at 2:24 AM, ssj92 said: Try windows 7, 8.1, 11 and se if issue exists. 980m sli is officially supported on aw18 this issue shows on windows 10 and 11 both 23 hours ago, electrosoft said: Does it do this too on an external display? i just tried the external display (TV) using HDMI and its also there on the TV which means its related to the data which is transmitted from the GPU somehow .... 1 Alienware M18X R1, i7 2960XM @ 4.4Ghz, Nvidia GTX 880M SLI , 32GB RAM , samsung 840pro + samsung 860evo ( THE BEST I EVER HAVE) Alienware Area-51M R1, i9 9900K @ 5.1Ghz, Nvidia RTX 2080, 64GB RAM, samsung 980 Pro( LOVELY MACHINE WITH BAD BIOS ) Alienware 18 , I7 4930MX @ 4.2Ghz , GTX 980M SLI, 32GB RAM ( MAY REST IN PEACE) (CAME BACK TO LIFE) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerryzago Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 2 hours ago, i.bakar said: good idea i tried garuda since i'm familiar with it and the shadows disappeared!!! which means its a driver issue ( i guess its one of nvidia options that needs to be disabled or enabled ) anyone have any idea where i start ? yes driver installation was done after DDU cleanup on safe mode As I said, I haven't got this issue, and possibly we are the only ones to still run SLI systems, I can only say that now I have 512.95 version. Perhaps try this version instead? I am running Prema Vbios, But I also had Dell Vbios from the Alienware 18 model and never had this issue. So maybe trying the 512.95 version to see if the problem is there? Or maybe the last supported driver for our systems 419.17? Spoiler Alienware M18x R2 i7 3720qm -> i7 3940XM Dual 7970m -> 980m SLI -> HP Quadro RTX 3000 Alienware 17 R1 4710MQ 880M GTX -> PNY Quadro RTX 3000 HP 8570w i7 3820qm Quadro K2000M HP DV6000 T72000 -> T9500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.bakar Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 7 hours ago, Jerryzago said: As I said, I haven't got this issue, and possibly we are the only ones to still run SLI systems, I can only say that now I have 512.95 version. Perhaps try this version instead? I am running Prema Vbios, But I also had Dell Vbios from the Alienware 18 model and never had this issue. So maybe trying the 512.95 version to see if the problem is there? Or maybe the last supported driver for our systems 419.17? i tried drivers from 336. something upto 528. something and the only driver that doesn't Couse this is the 336 but this driver doesn't support GPU rendering on V-ray 3ds max which after doing some digging it turs out this is because the lack of CUDA support for this driver so theoretically this means that CUDA driver is the couse od the issue but after trying linux with nvidia 525 driver ( which support CUDA ) i'm not sure anymore and i'm more confused.... Alienware M18X R1, i7 2960XM @ 4.4Ghz, Nvidia GTX 880M SLI , 32GB RAM , samsung 840pro + samsung 860evo ( THE BEST I EVER HAVE) Alienware Area-51M R1, i9 9900K @ 5.1Ghz, Nvidia RTX 2080, 64GB RAM, samsung 980 Pro( LOVELY MACHINE WITH BAD BIOS ) Alienware 18 , I7 4930MX @ 4.2Ghz , GTX 980M SLI, 32GB RAM ( MAY REST IN PEACE) (CAME BACK TO LIFE) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerryzago Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 6 hours ago, i.bakar said: i tried drivers from 336. something upto 528. something and the only driver that doesn't Couse this is the 336 but this driver doesn't support GPU rendering on V-ray 3ds max which after doing some digging it turs out this is because the lack of CUDA support for this driver so theoretically this means that CUDA driver is the couse od the issue but after trying linux with nvidia 525 driver ( which support CUDA ) i'm not sure anymore and i'm more confused.... Try doing a DDU and intalling the 336 driver. After this do an upgrade without clean install to the latest driver and see what will get you. I updated mine from NVinstall to the latest 531 and it seems to work ok. Could be a hardware problem though... Spoiler Alienware M18x R2 i7 3720qm -> i7 3940XM Dual 7970m -> 980m SLI -> HP Quadro RTX 3000 Alienware 17 R1 4710MQ 880M GTX -> PNY Quadro RTX 3000 HP 8570w i7 3820qm Quadro K2000M HP DV6000 T72000 -> T9500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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