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post #1 of 8
6/10/09 at 3:51pm
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*****EDIT***** I just opened World of Warcraft on my laptop and the screen had horizontal red lines across it. What should I be doing. I thought I was in the clear but i guess not

*EDIT* I messed with the resolution after the format and reinstalled the drivers. Things are looking good again, but leaves me to wonder if my card is slowly killing itself. I guess it is, aka above edit.



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7950 GTX

This morning i woke up and was on my laptop checking my usual websites when i left the room to come back with some vertical lines (red i believe) around my mouse. My screen was frozen and nothing responding. I manually turned off the laptop and turned it back on. Now there are rows of vertical lines, and when i entered the BIOS, most letters had some strange tearing with vertical lines on them as well. After doing some research, people say this is probably because of a graphics card overheat and is probably permanently damaged. I am very nervous at the moment because I do not know how my card could have overheated, specially when it was at the desktop and had my laptop on. I formatted my hard drive and reinstalled windows with no luck. Do I have to dish out some money to buy the same card?


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Paymon
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post #2 of 8
6/10/09 at 5:20pm
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Posting from iPod. Restarted after crash ok. Tried opening world of Warcraft. Systtem crashed with red lines. During startup got thesame issue as beffore with the lines.what do I do

Can a Mod move this to the tech forum please, i believe this is where this thread shud go :P
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post #3 of 8
6/11/09 at 2:44am
I would try different video drivers and stick an external monitor and see. Hopefully it is just the LCD, but crashing does not sound good.

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post #4 of 8
6/11/09 at 12:24pm
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Originally Posted by paymon View Post

*****EDIT***** I just opened World of Warcraft on my laptop and the screen had horizontal red lines across it. What should I be doing. I thought I was in the clear but i guess not

*EDIT* I messed with the resolution after the format and reinstalled the drivers. Things are looking good again, but leaves me to wonder if my card is slowly killing itself. I guess it is, aka above edit.



Sager 5760
7950 GTX

This morning i woke up and was on my laptop checking my usual websites when i left the room to come back with some vertical lines (red i believe) around my mouse. My screen was frozen and nothing responding. I manually turned off the laptop and turned it back on. Now there are rows of vertical lines, and when i entered the BIOS, most letters had some strange tearing with vertical lines on them as well. After doing some research, people say this is probably because of a graphics card overheat and is probably permanently damaged. I am very nervous at the moment because I do not know how my card could have overheated, specially when it was at the desktop and had my laptop on. I formatted my hard drive and reinstalled windows with no luck. Do I have to dish out some money to buy the same card?


Thankyou,
Paymon
Based on your description, the problem does not indicate a failure of the video card or video cable.
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post #5 of 8
6/11/09 at 3:04pm
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What would be the problem?
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post #6 of 8
6/12/09 at 1:49am
Unfortunately, this sort of issue can only be pinpointed through a physical inspection of the unit. If you are still experiencing problems, we suggest you contact technical support at 800-741-2219. Good luck!
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post #7 of 8
6/14/09 at 5:04pm
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I would try different video drivers and stick an external monitor and see. Hopefully it is just the LCD, but crashing does not sound good.

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He said that the problem exists in the BIOS, that rules out the drivers since they are not loaded yet. Normally when the problem existsts during POST it means a hardware failure. If you have a warranty now would be a good time to dig it up.
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post #8 of 8
6/14/09 at 7:48pm
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He said that the problem exists in the BIOS, that rules out the drivers since they are not loaded yet. Normally when the problem existsts during POST it means a hardware failure. If you have a warranty now would be a good time to dig it up.
A good observation, but also ...

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*EDIT* I messed with the resolution after the format and reinstalled the drivers. Things are looking good again, but leaves me to wonder if my card is slowly killing itself. I guess it is, aka above edit.
... thus the statement!

cheers ...
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