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    damaged screen cable

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by zeilgekje, Oct 6, 2009.

  1. zeilgekje

    zeilgekje Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey,

    I have an M15x notebook from (april 2008) and since 1 week this happens too my screen, if you look really good you see that al the back thing`s on my screen appear to bee green :confused:. but this only happens when it is in External VGA Mode.

    does anyone have seen this before?

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    external GPU
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    Internal GPU this is how it should be
    i hope to hear some respons.

    kind regards
     
    zeilgekje, Oct 6, 2009
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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Did you try to update the video driver?
     
    moral hazard, Oct 6, 2009
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  3. zeilgekje

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    Didnt tought about that.. will try it right away!
     
    zeilgekje, Oct 6, 2009
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  4. zeilgekje

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    actually it can`t be the driver becaus if i whobble the screen is become`s worse or sometimes better.

    kind regards
     
    zeilgekje, Oct 6, 2009
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  5. moral hazard

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    That sounds bad.

    Do you have warranty?
     
    moral hazard, Oct 6, 2009
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  6. zeilgekje

    zeilgekje Notebook Enthusiast

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    no not anymore :(
     
    zeilgekje, Oct 6, 2009
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    loose connector to the gpu perhaps?

    only time i've had something similar was when i had a massive crt hooked up to my pc and the vga cable going into my 7950gt was loose, and gave everything a blue tint
     
    menengroth, Oct 6, 2009
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  8. zeilgekje

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    I checked the lcd inverter board cable. that one is fine and i think there are no connections on te GPU becous pluged into the motherboard by a slot.
     
    zeilgekje, Oct 6, 2009
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    You say this only happens in External VGA Mode. What are you using on the other end of the VGA cable? It might be a resolution/Color Quality Issue (16-bit/32-Bit Color) between the External VGA Device and your laptop screen. Try lowering the resolution of the VGA Device and/or lowering the color quality of the VGA device (second screen), and see if that has any effect.
     
    Marvie100, Oct 6, 2009
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  10. zeilgekje

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    sorry, I ment with external my m 8800GTX, becaus the m15x has a vga module on the motherboard as well, not an external monitor or something.

    thanks anyway
     
    zeilgekje, Oct 6, 2009
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  11. zeilgekje

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    hey,

    after i reseated the GPU my notebook won`t start up anymore :( Guess i have to send it back to Alienware now..
     
    zeilgekje, Oct 9, 2009
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    Boo, sounds like a bad GPU or maybe a motherboard problem, specially with the reseating thing :(
     
    ZackB, Oct 9, 2009
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