Posts by Philip.Joris

Hello again, I've baked my GPU last week. I've set the oven to 180C and left it in there for about 8 minutes. And miracously my GPU works again ! I've reseated it, applied thermal paste, installed drivers, and done! I'm not sure for...

Okey, thank you. I should be able to fix my problem with all the info you guys provided. Thank you to all the people that put time in typing those helpfull posts. Best regards, Philip

Dave, thank you for your explanation! I've never heard of it, but I'll give it a try for sure, but only when I'm 100% positive it's my GPU. I'm starting to doubt that because of the following: When I boot up my laptop, and the BIOS is...

I'm sorry, I do not know what you mean by baking?

Update: today, my screen started acting up again when using my internal GPU... I took some pictures to show u guys: http://img508.imageshack.us/i/img0209xg.jpg/ http://img293.imageshack.us/i/img0208m.jpg/

Hm okay, crap! So uhm, I'm pretty much ****ed? Or do you think there are other cards out there that will fit my laptop? (that áre being sold at the moment) Thanks for your help by the way!

Well, I guess I'll be buying a new GPU then... I'm probably just going to buy the same GPU (nVidia Geforce 8800 GTX M), since I'm sure it will fit then. Does anyone know a good place to find this card? I've been searching, but I...

Well, I've boon on onboard graphics for a few days now, and none of the above mentioned symptoms are showing now... So I starting to think it's my GPU after all... Would be kinda messed up, since my GPU costs more than my motherboard...

Hey, Well, it's not under a warranty anymore so, damn! I did a format and clean install of all drivers, but this did not help... What diagnostics test do you when? I'm not sure what you mean.. @Steve: I don't think it's an...

Hey all, I've had my AW m15x for about 2.5 years now, and I've been using it till now. But now, I've got some really bad problems. I've sent an email to AW, but I need my laptop back as soon as possible, so I'm also trying my luck...