what does this look like to you

worthingsaxovtr · 21 Aug 2007 at 19:03

a laptop I am working on, is fine for about 5 seconds then ends up looking like this

I wanted to try it on another screen but it doesnt have the facility to be hooked up to an external monitor

so I cant work out if it is the graphis or the monitor,

did try and reinstall the graphics driver but couldnt see much so stopped it

the green box is ment to be the box to adjust display settings and screen saver

Conscript · 21 Aug 2007 at 19:10

Pretty certain thats the GFX card knackered. Ive seen similar patterns on dozens of cards when their memory has become damaged. I woudlnt expect the entire LCD screen to break like that, it would be more likely to break only over a certain section of the screen Im guessing.

The best way is obviously to plug it into a different monitor....sure theres no VGA output or anything? Thought nearly all laptops had that.

JsD · 21 Aug 2007 at 19:10

Looks like a graphic card issue to me.

worthingsaxovtr · 21 Aug 2007 at 19:12

looked on the back of the laptop, to see if i could plug a monitor in, and normaly it has the female socket on the back and the male is on the monitor

but it only has a male socket on the back

jammir · 21 Aug 2007 at 19:13

i have had a pc gfx card that went like that and last week saw a toshiba tablet that also had same sort of screen issues but that one had a problem with motherboard to screen contact but yours sounds more like a gpu prob

jammir · 21 Aug 2007 at 19:15

btw i got the laptop working by shaking it for about 5 mins but only try that at your own risk lol

worthingsaxovtr · 21 Aug 2007 at 19:25

right managed to hook up an external monitor to the laptop , dont ask long story

and the same thing happened on the monitor,

so I take it its the gfx card, as if it had been the monitor screen the external monitor would have been fine ?

cheers for all your help by the way

nigel

Dharok · 21 Aug 2007 at 19:46

Definately the internal graphics or GPU. Not the screen at all. You can tell by the look of the pixels there, get it looked at preferibly not the plonkers in purple tees.

Mutu · 21 Aug 2007 at 19:50

jammir said:
btw i got the laptop working by shaking it for about 5 mins but only try that at your own risk lol

PhillyDee · 21 Aug 2007 at 20:01

Looks fine through my 3d specs. . . . .

NightSt@lk3r · 21 Aug 2007 at 20:04

tryed booting in safe mode and uninstalling the drivers?

Selekt0r · 21 Aug 2007 at 20:05

jammir said:
btw i got the laptop working by shaking it for about 5 mins but only try that at your own risk lol

A real old-school laptop?

Continuity · 21 Aug 2007 at 21:58

Thats definetly a GFX card gone, which on a laptop, normally means new mobo..

If its in warrenty ring em up and get it sorted.

artaxerxes · 21 Aug 2007 at 23:19

Potentially a heat issue, there might be a dead fan in there.

Try identifying the chipset and see if you can underclock the gfx, there are utilities, and the timing does siggest this.

Best case scenario. It might be bad ram.. if the graphics shares ram, try adjusting the amount in the BIOS to see if that makes any difference. Then replace that ram... unlikely but possible.