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M1710 display problem?

post #1 of 9
5/17/10 at 12:00pm
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I have had my M1710 for almost 3 years now. My laptop display already had a problem with dots which i asked help for in this thread: http://www.notebookforums.com/thread230986.html

Since I didn't want to spend any money on repairing it, I was using an external monitor and everything was fine until today.

While playing a game, it stopped and it showed purplish lines for a second and after a minute of blank screen I got BSOD which wasn't clearly visible. It showed some n..... driver was at fault and it paged/copied something to my harddrive and then it shut down.

Now when i power it up, I can see the CPU light working and laptop display lit up probably as i can see white from the bottom of screen but nothing on display nor on the external one when i press Fn+F8. The cpu seems to processing as if booting but both the fans are not powering up as well.

I did some search and i can't figure out what the problem is. Is it gpu needing to be baked :P or mobo failure?

Please help me

Edit: forgot to add the laptop wasn't very hot when this happened. It used to get way hotter before when I used to overclock very high.
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post #2 of 9
5/17/10 at 1:03pm
It is more likely the GPU card since both external and internal displays are getting the same thing.

Hopefully baking will bring it back for you.

when you open it up clean out the fans and heat pipe assemblies, and replace the thermal paste on the CPU and of course the GPU after baking.
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post #3 of 9
5/17/10 at 4:15pm
Wonder if we should make a thread on "how long did your baking lasts" since it seems to be the way to go nowadays due to hard to find parts, expensive parts or simply just for fun.

cheers ...
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post #4 of 9
5/19/10 at 5:53am
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hey. i got a torx screw driver and finally started to remove the heatsink unit only to find they don't come out.... Is the top part that has both the pipes connected even supposed to be removed? I have seen some pics who have removed it. My screw driver keeps turning and turning but not coming out.
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post #5 of 9
5/19/10 at 8:50am
Screws might be stripped somehow?

cheers ...
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post #6 of 9
5/19/10 at 8:58am
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Lol. I couldn't figure it out so just put the whole thing in there, with the two pipes. Was a bit awkward as in India we don't use conventional ovens a lot but had an old small one still working.

After 9 mins at 200C and 15 mins of cooling, i didn't really have much hope and thought i might have have botched it completely doing this. But amazingly it worked!! I am writing this on my laptop and its working as normal.

Will test with games after some time and post some pics i took on my mobile.

Thanks everyone as i heard about baking first on this board and then researched it on google. Cheers!
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post #7 of 9
5/19/10 at 9:03am
15min of cooling. You were lucky that it worked I usually let it sits in the oven for at least one hour, as it is still hardening after the baking and any movements can "shift" the soldering

Good going anyway. Welcome to the crazy baking club.

cheers ...
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post #8 of 9
5/19/10 at 11:43am
Glad it worked

Try to keep it cool as possible, and no more over clocking - which will help it last longer
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post #9 of 9
5/23/10 at 2:25pm
Thats not too good for the heatsink to be honest...

The screws have brackets so they don't fall out, if they're always turning then they are out, the reason it wasn't coming apart was cause the dell thermal shit paste is like glue when its cold, you need to heat it up with a hairdryer than it comes off perfectly. For next time. :P
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