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POP! Screen blew up

post #1 of 8
3/25/06 at 11:37am
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I sat down to my 5690 yesterday (which I've loved since 2004), it had been on overnight, and touched the mouse with a little shock and *pop*, the screen started to go white from the edges and it bled inward. Then it showed this wallpaper-ish pattern over the screen and then it went black (off, no glow or anything).

I also have another monitor hooked to the laptop and as soon as that happened it said "No signal". I turned it off and turned it back on and it sounded like it started up fine, but the screen was still black and the second monitor was still not receiving a signal.

I thought, "okay, well maybe it just blew the video card". But I went to start it today and it tries to start up, the fans start to blow for about 2 seconds and then cuts off.

I'm freaking out. Did it blow a whole lot more than the video card?

Feedback of any kind would be greatly appreciated. Even if it's severly bad news.
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post #2 of 8
3/25/06 at 12:41pm
it might be the mobo, the video card is built into the mobo
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post #3 of 8
3/26/06 at 2:43pm
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Thanks for the reply doggie96.

I'm checking with Sager, but I wanted to see if I got a quick response here. How much would a new mobo cost, with shipping and everything for a 5690?
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post #4 of 8
3/26/06 at 5:44pm
prolly 500-600
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post #5 of 8
3/26/06 at 6:13pm
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Yeah, that's kind of what I thought.

Thanks for the replies doggie96. It's much appreciated!
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post #6 of 8
4/9/06 at 3:00pm
did you send it in?
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post #7 of 8
4/10/06 at 10:03am
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I've been bad* and haven't talked to Sager yet. But I better do it this week cause I have projects to work on. I was wondering if it would be worth it to have someone local check it out just to tell me what's wrong with it or should I go ahead and send it back to Sager since they should probably fix it (it's not under warranty anymore, but who else would fix it?).

Thanks for the follow-up doggie, maybe it'll get me in gear.

*lazy
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post #8 of 8
4/10/06 at 9:26pm
i wouldnt wast money checking it local
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