G53sx red speckles games unplayable

[firestorm]

hey guys

i really need your help, i hope someone has seen this before. i have only had my laptop for about a week now. Whenever i put any load on my graphics card, say a game or even the windows rating my screen gets all speckled with red pixels. i will start to run a game and within 20 seconds of doing so the screen just gets covered in red pixels, everything that should be black is red. When i close the game it persists and then slowly dissipates. i have installed the latest drivers but, i really do think its a physical problem because whenever this happens if i tap my desk the red specks will flicker.

[xeromist]

If it takes time to appear and fade it sounds heat related. Something related to the video system might be loose or damaged. I would exchange it with the store for a new one.

[dstrakele]

firestorm wrote:
i have installed the latest drivers but, i really do think its a physical problem because whenever this happens if i tap my desk the red specks will flicker.

That is a good observation that indicates you are experiencing a hardware, rather than software issue. I agree with @xeromist's recommendation.

[firestorm]

thx guys i'll try to do just that.

[BrodyBoy]

firestorm wrote:
thx guys i'll try to do just that.

Don't let them try to push you into a warranty repair or anything like that. You have every right to expect a unit that isn't defective out-of-the-box.