Will_R Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Ok so I was watching a tv program on 4OD then suddenly everything on the screen starts getting fuzzy then the picture starts to melt with loads of random colours!?Could anybody shed some light on what appears to be wrong? Starts of like this:Then gets worse...Then after about a minute it looks like this:The laptop had been on about half an hour, had t-f and 4od player open, nothing else, this is like the millionth thing to go wrong but this time i have no idea what it is, pleease help Thaanks Will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nick Riviera Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 i'd say it was f**ked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will_R Posted February 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 That is what I feared Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Unfortunately identifying the problem could be expensive...I'd say it was a graphics card problem but the only way of telling is to try it in a different laptop or to buy a new card...but if it still doesn't work its a useless expense.Probably the best bet is to remove the hard drive and stick it on e-bay as a faulty product and get a little money back on it; then buy a new one...thats what I'd do if I were satisifed that it was f**ked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 I'd say it was a graphics card problemMe too. If you're lucky it'll have just overheated a bit and once you let it cool down it might work again. Does it work now? If it does work now, don't use it too much and try and sort out the cooling inside it. It might be full of dust or the heatsink might have come off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will_R Posted February 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Yeh i've had overheating problems before, it was cooler than normal though. Ok, just left for about hour and turned back on, did the same thing even faster than before. Starting to think it's properly shagged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 That's probably good news. I'm 80% sure it's it's the cooling on your graphics chip. Have you dropped it recently? You might have dislodged the heatsink so it can't cool down properly. The pattern looks very similar to when my graphics card overheats.If it IS that, you (or someone more knowledgeable) will have to open it up and re-attach the heatsink, probably with some new thermal paste. It shouldn't be that hard to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will_R Posted February 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Yehhh I throw it about a bit Will I be able to see if the heatsink is lose/dislodged? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Not without taking it apart. Or at least taking the case off. Then, if you know what you're looking for you might be able to work out what's wrong.Guessing it's not under warranty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 I'd say you've almost definitely fried the GPU. Even if you do manage to re-attach the heatsink, the chip is nackered. Let's hope you haven't got an onboard graphics card! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 I'd say you've almost definitely fried the GPU. Even if you do manage to re-attach the heatsink, the chip is nackered. Let's hope you haven't got an onboard graphics card!Nah I wouldn't be so sure. I have to underclock my graphics card on my PC. If I try and play a game with it and forget to underclock it, it artifacts horribly like in those pictures. As soon as I turn it down, it cools off a bit and it works fine. It's been like that for 3+ years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Deere Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Contrary to what everyone has said, it's not the GPU.It's worse, it's the screen.It's pretty easy to tell the difference in problems between the two, the photos you show clearly display analogue display problems, as opposed to digital display problems that the GPU would churn out. Also, as it gets worse over time this is another clear sign that this is an analogue problem rather than a GPU problem.If it was the GPU you could get it replaced, but unfortunately while you can get the screens on laptops replaced it's usually as expensive as buying a new laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boswell Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 Is that a HP Pavillion dv2000? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 at least it looks cool lolsell it as artwork, you could cash in big time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will_R Posted February 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 (edited) Forgot to add, everything freezes when the screen does this, would that still be the screen causing the problem? If i keep hitting 'start' for a while it returns to normal for about 5 seconds then decends into it's spaz self.Is that a HP Pavillion dv2000?Yeh it is, has been nothing but trouble, in the last year and 2/3 months it's already had a new hard drive, speakers, cd drive, problems with overheating, now this and the new cd doesn't even open. Shame because it's great when it works, but it's fooking annoying breaking all the time. Hp warrenty is b*ll*cks, consumer rights will be getting another e-mail. Waste of £700!!Cheers guysssss, Will Edited February 23, 2008 by Will_R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boswell Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Forgot to add, everything freezes when the screen does this, would that still be the screen causing the problem? If i keep hitting 'start' for a while it returns to normal for about 5 seconds then decends into it's spaz self.Yeh it is, has been nothing but trouble, in the last year and 2/3 months it's already had a new hard drive, speakers, cd drive, problems with overheating, now this and the new cd doesn't even open. Shame because it's great when it works, but it's fooking annoying breaking all the time. Hp warrenty is b*ll*cks, consumer rights will be getting another e-mail. Waste of £700!!Cheers guysssss, Will Well I have had one for about 14 months with no problems except for some drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will_R Posted February 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Yeh, my friend has one, his has been fine, i'm just unlucky with stuff. Will probs end up letting one of my dads friends to look at it, see if it's worth salvaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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