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So I think my Vostro GPU is either dead or the Fan is Dead

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by Farcus, May 22, 2009.

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    Restart your computer. or shut it down and hold Fn and then press the power button. Run a fan test in dell diagnostics. Best way to check for sure.
     
    namaiki, May 22, 2009
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    i'll get to it
     
    Farcus, May 22, 2009
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    so i don't see the fan test... I was in the diagnostic
     
    Farcus, May 22, 2009
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    After the Pre-boot System Assessment, didn't it open up another thing where theres an option for express test, extended test, custom test, symptoms tree?

    Do you have the dell drivers/resource cd? If you do you can boot from that to get the same thing.
     
    namaiki, May 22, 2009
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    nope thats at my dorm, I'm try one more time thanks for being patient with me
     
    Farcus, May 22, 2009
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    lol have you repartitioned your hard drive?

    if you haven't the partition should still be there to boot from after PSA (i did and on my computer I get a 'please insert the dell drivers/resource cd' message after the tests on the blue screen with white text), otherwise you might remember deleting an ~82MB eisa partition.


    here is a screenshot of the psa (another)
    and here is a screenshot of dell diagnostics (runs after the psa) where the fan test should be.
     
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    oh I guess I did the PSA, but it says it'll take 30 min for it to scan rest of the memory i wasn't gonna do that -_-, i guess i'll have to
     
    Farcus, May 22, 2009
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    Did you do the express test? Fan test is under Custom.
     
    namaiki, May 22, 2009
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    I don't see any custom, i even diid the whole PBA test, afterwards it just reboots for me after PBA, i didn't see fan test under diagnostic
     
    Farcus, May 22, 2009
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    hmm. On my Inspiron 6400, it asks for the cd if there isn't a partition.

    I guess it's different for your dell laptop.

    When you get hold of the disc, boot from the dell resource/driver cd into diagnostics.
     
    namaiki, May 23, 2009
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