Posts by bacarisse

I am out of warranty, which is why i need to figure this out for myself. When i opened up the computer previously i dont think i reseated that connection, but i can give it a try. I just wanted to make sure it was definitely the vid...

is there anyway that i, without taking it in somewhere, can verify what component is screwing up? I tried the dell diagnostic on the cd, but it said everythign was fine.

First of all, my computer is an Inspiron 8500 with an Nvidia Geforce4 4200 Go, 512MB RAM, and a WUXGA Display. My problem first started a while back. What would happen is that upon opening my computer's lid and returning from...