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    Asus F3Sv Video Card Error

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by aXema, Feb 17, 2009.

  1. aXema

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    Yesterday while playing a game of Quake my laptop screen froze, I figured it was nothing so I rebooted and when I rebooted my laptop, the image was highly distorted and appearing 6 times on the screen. In addition to this there is a black bar in the middle of the images. I called Asus and they asked me to send it in to them, I was just wondering if anyone had an idea as to what caused this I know its a video card problem but does anyone know what might have caused it or how to fix it?
     
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  2. Wishmaker

    Wishmaker BBQ Expert

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    Did you check the temps on it? Most probably, clogged cooling system and high temp on the GC.
     
    Wishmaker, Feb 17, 2009
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    I thought it might be a temp issue also, but I opened the back and air dusted out the fan its totally clean running at low temp and still 6x blurry images + black bar down middle of screen. Totally lost because shouldnt a laptop not show any images if the VC is defective or does the mobo have any form of built in graphics?
     
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    You burned it while playing. It is not dead 100 % that is why you have lines and stuff.
     
    Wishmaker, Feb 17, 2009
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