Unlike the 3520, the nVidia chip in the 1530 is known to be of faulty design -- you may be able to eke out a few more days or weeks of use, but the chip is in its death spiral.
The symptoms are classic for a bad nVidia chip - and two things argue for replacing the notebook rather than replacing the mainboard: the cost will be high particularly in light of the advanced age of the notebook, and you'll get another of the same video chip, which has a known design flaw.
A mainboard will run $200+ labor to replace -- not worth the cost.
I agree with EJN63 but I might have another solution. I just fixed my wife's Inspiron 3520 yesterday because it had the same problem. I traced it back to a bad nVidia Geforce GT 620M Graphics driver installation. Try rolling back the video driver and see if the problem clears up.
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Unlike the 3520, the nVidia chip in the 1530 is known to be of faulty design -- you may be able to eke out a few more days or weeks of use, but the chip is in its death spiral.
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The symptoms are classic for a bad nVidia chip - and two things argue for replacing the notebook rather than replacing the mainboard: the cost will be high particularly in light of the advanced age of the notebook, and you'll get another of the same video chip, which has a known design flaw.
A mainboard will run $200+ labor to replace -- not worth the cost.
New system time.
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I agree with EJN63 but I might have another solution. I just fixed my wife's Inspiron 3520 yesterday because it had the same problem. I traced it back to a bad nVidia Geforce GT 620M Graphics driver installation. Try rolling back the video driver and see if the problem clears up.