Dell D630 - GPU faulty?

iMacMart · 30 Jun 2013 at 13:32

Guys

This is the GF parents, get the back lit screen light up, no other display, Dell diagnostics shows all the correct colors on the screen, when I plugged a vga in the back and display onto my office monitor I get the below

Bin it?

Thanks

Mart

Kei · 30 Jun 2013 at 21:43

Dismantle it and stick the gpu or whole motherboard in the oven at 200 degrees for 7 minutes. (I used fan mode) Fixed my dead geforce go 7600 from my toshiba satellite pro p100. (Which looked just like your picture via vga)

It's a common problem with a lot of laptops. The process is well documented.

spleenharvester · 30 Jun 2013 at 22:41

That, my friend, is the textbook case of a faulty GPU. Trust me, speaking as someone who wrote a whole guide on this stuff - unless you need it working in the meantime, IMO don't bother faffing around with oven tricks etc, just replace it.

You can get similar specced laptops for not a lot of £ these days.

iMacMart · 1 Jul 2013 at 08:15

Kei said:
Dismantle it and stick the gpu or whole motherboard in the oven at 200 degrees for 7 minutes. (I used fan mode) Fixed my dead geforce go 7600 from my toshiba satellite pro p100. (Which looked just like your picture via vga)

It's a common problem with a lot of laptops. The process is well documented.

spleenharvester said:
That, my friend, is the textbook case of a faulty GPU. Trust me, speaking as someone who wrote a whole guide on this stuff - unless you need it working in the meantime, IMO don't bother faffing around with oven tricks etc, just replace it.

You can get similar specced laptops for not a lot of £ these days.

They have gone an got another, so for a giggle I might cook it later ..

Thanks gents