My nephews Sony Vaio (VGN-AR88E) shut itself off earlier today while he was using it. When he powered it back on he saw the following:
At first I thought the data ribbon for the screen had worked loose. I had to replace the screen a month or so ago because his original screen was badly cracked. Anyway, I removed the screen to check the data ribbon and it was fully inserted. and taped in to place.
When I check Device Manager I see a yellow exclamation mark next to the video device. Also, when the laptop boots in to windows I can just about make out a dialogue box saying "NVIDIA Driver Helper Service has stopped working" (see the 4th image above). I've tried connecting my monitor to the laptop but its not recognized, which is obviously due to the corrupt video/driver.
I don't think its a driver issue because the corruption can be seen while the system is posting.
To me it looks like the laptop has overheated and perhaps burnt out the video controller on the motherboard. Is there anything else I can try or is it obvious from the pics that its knackered?
At first I thought the data ribbon for the screen had worked loose. I had to replace the screen a month or so ago because his original screen was badly cracked. Anyway, I removed the screen to check the data ribbon and it was fully inserted. and taped in to place.
When I check Device Manager I see a yellow exclamation mark next to the video device. Also, when the laptop boots in to windows I can just about make out a dialogue box saying "NVIDIA Driver Helper Service has stopped working" (see the 4th image above). I've tried connecting my monitor to the laptop but its not recognized, which is obviously due to the corrupt video/driver.
I don't think its a driver issue because the corruption can be seen while the system is posting.
To me it looks like the laptop has overheated and perhaps burnt out the video controller on the motherboard. Is there anything else I can try or is it obvious from the pics that its knackered?
