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    Asus A8sc split into 6 screens

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by dotless, Mar 20, 2011.

  1. dotless

    dotless Newbie

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    Hi,
    My notebook had the blue screen of death and it split into 6 identical screens. are there any solutions for it?

    I've tried safe mode and system restore and it's all the same. should i bring it in to a shop?

    an update,

    nothing seems to solve the problem. still have the 6 screens
     
    dotless, Mar 20, 2011
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  2. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Try and connect your laptop to an external monitor. If you don't see the same issue on the external monitor, then your inverter needs replacement. If you still see the same issue, it's most likely caused by a faulty graphics card.
     
    David, Mar 23, 2011
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  3. dotless

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    I've tried connecting it to an external display and it's all fine in safe mode.

    However, when i try to start it up in normal mode, the notebook hangs and restarts by itself. is a notebook's graphic card expensive?
     
    dotless, Mar 23, 2011
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    How about running safe mode on your laptop screen?
     
    David, Mar 23, 2011
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    do you have the screen issue at boot? or is it only on startup
    > might be a driver issue
     
    pear-i, Mar 23, 2011
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  6. dotless

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    in safe mode, it is in 6 screens as well.
    During boot, it is also in 6 screens.
     
    dotless, Mar 24, 2011
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  7. ALLurGroceries

    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    Your GPU may be defective, it's an 8400, correct?

    Have you tried booting with a linux livecd/liveusb like ubuntu to see if the problem persists across OSes?
     
    ALLurGroceries, Mar 24, 2011
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  8. dotless

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    sorry dude,
    doing all these like running it on linux,using ubuntu etc. i'm a real noob with this kind of stuff.
    besides, i tried a reformat and now, it hangs even before windows can load(in safe and normal mode) so my reformat is incomplete. im dead.
     
    dotless, Mar 25, 2011
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    ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator

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    All you'd have to do is burn an ubuntu CD and select the boot option to try it with no changes to your computer. That will run it in livecd mode.

    Download | Ubuntu

    It sounds like you have a hardware problem in any event - just trying to help you find it. Might be the graphics card.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Mar 25, 2011
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