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Satellite Pro A300 Screen Problems

post #1 of 8
11/14/11 at 2:17pm
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When the laptop is booted, after between 30 seconds and 2 mins the screen freezes and looks like this:

 

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Does anyone know what could be the problem? Note that the hourglass is up and the mouse pointer cannot be moved (frozen).

 

Thanks guys

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post #2 of 8
11/14/11 at 2:33pm
Hook up an external monitor and see if the same issue occurs. Try also in Safe Mode. If both of these fail -> your graphic card is on the way out

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post #3 of 8
11/14/11 at 5:43pm
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I tried that - a blue screen came up this time on both the laptop and the external monitor (my lcd TV). Does this give you any more information? Thanks by the way...

 

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post #4 of 8
11/15/11 at 2:05am
Let's try swapping out the ram modules, using one at a time if you have 2. Check for other devices (wireless card, hard drive ..) for being loose

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post #5 of 8
11/15/11 at 3:56am
How long has this beeen going on..any new hardware/software added just before this started...if after trying qhn's suggestions and it still does the same..have you considered doing a system restore back to an earlier date before this started????
It does appear to be a parts failure though...
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post #6 of 8
11/15/11 at 4:22pm
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No new software/hardware, we already sis a system restore before coming on here. I tried the memory modules, HDD, didnt seem to be loose and i ran the computer with only 1 memory module at a time and neither made a difference.

 

One thing that did happen when this started was my brother left it on his bed and it shut down due to an overheat. Ever since that it hasn't worked...

 

 

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post #7 of 8
11/15/11 at 6:06pm
Well, because of that overheating..bets are that it did damage to the GPU circuitry and its now on its way out...
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post #8 of 8
11/16/11 at 3:20am
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