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Inpiron 8200 - Screen is messed up - Picture included
http://flickr.com/photos/12275566@N07/2054110901/
I have a ATI Radeon 9000 Mobility. This appeared one morning out of the blue. It is affected by applying pressure on the underside of the computer. It can even go away for a short while. I have tried reseating the video card but that did not fix the problem.
The only thing i can come up with that i have'nt tried is using some kind of solvent for cleaning the graphics card pins and connectors.
Or reapplying thermal tape to the gpu, beacuse the gpu is in contact with the copper heatsink on the underside of the keyboard. My computer is several years old so i thought the thermal tape already there has stopped working or something.
Does anybody recognise this? Did you solve it?
Lots of gratitude to anyone who helps!
I have a ATI Radeon 9000 Mobility. This appeared one morning out of the blue. It is affected by applying pressure on the underside of the computer. It can even go away for a short while. I have tried reseating the video card but that did not fix the problem.
The only thing i can come up with that i have'nt tried is using some kind of solvent for cleaning the graphics card pins and connectors.
Or reapplying thermal tape to the gpu, beacuse the gpu is in contact with the copper heatsink on the underside of the keyboard. My computer is several years old so i thought the thermal tape already there has stopped working or something.
Does anybody recognise this? Did you solve it?
Lots of gratitude to anyone who helps!
FunkeXMix
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November 22nd, 2007 10:00
Message Edited by FunkeXMix on 11-22-2007 06:38 AM
ejn63
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November 22nd, 2007 10:00
If the external monitor shows the same fault as the internal, replace the video card.
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November 22nd, 2007 12:00
FunkeXMix
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November 22nd, 2007 15:00
FunkeXMix
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November 23rd, 2007 12:00
Here is a link that might help alot of people with faulty graphic cards. It has nothing to do with my problem.
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_garbled_screen
Message Edited by FunkeXMix on 11-23-2007 08:45 AM
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November 24th, 2007 05:00
nucpanos2
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February 6th, 2008 01:00
I have the same issue but no ATI Radeon 9000. I never upgraded the card - stock card is Nvidia GeForce 2. My screen flickered for about a month and then completely went blank. I bought an external monitor - big mistake! it still happened. The external is getting messed up. I also reseated the ribbon but that didn't help.
I am considering replacing the card or vga adapter (correct me here please) but i don't know if i should fix the pc or buy new. The USB ports are 1.0, PCI cards are broke, mother is outdated, internet connection (DSL) is flaky; sometimes disconnects and have to reset router. I'm not a gamer don't need anything super fast but I'm weary of Vista -- don't like the fact that it eats memory and necessitates 2gig. then again, if i buy a new pc i don't want to be left behind.
Nucpanos2
My System: Inspiron 8200 laptop
P4 Mobile CPU 1.60GHz
2048MB PC2100 SODIMM
Internal FUJITSU 60Gb
External Fantom Titanium 2.0USB 120Gb
TOSHIBA CDRW/DVD 40x/24x/8x
Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 32Mb
eheyman
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February 6th, 2008 07:00
nucpanos2
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February 6th, 2008 23:00
thanks for the help
Nucpanos2
My System: Inspiron 8200
P4 Mobile CPU 1.60GHz
2048MB PC2100 SODIMM
Internal FUJITSU 60Gb
External Fantom Titanium 2.0USB 120Gb
TOSHIBA CDRW/DVD 40x/24x/8x
Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
NVIDIA GeForce2 Go 32Mb