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    Black Screen of Death!! And no warranty...

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by dayvancowboy85, Jul 28, 2009.

  1. dayvancowboy85

    dayvancowboy85 Newbie

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    Hey all,
    Yesterday while I was on my XPS 1530 laptop, the colors on the screen turned all screwy and then it crashed to blue screen. Odd... so I rebooted, a few minutes later the same thing happened again.
    It happened about 5 more times until when I tried to turn on my computer, the backlight on the screen would go on, but the screen itself would remain black.

    I can actually hear it booting up normally, it even makes the window log-in noise, but there is simply no image on the screen at all. I even hooked up my external monitor to my laptop, but absolutely nothing comes up on it.

    I'd give you a dxdiagnostic if i could, but obviously I can't get one for my laptop right now, but it has dual-core processors w/ a Gefore m8400 card

    The warranty ran out in December, and this laptop cost me over $2000...
    Am I screwed? :(

    Thanks in advance!
     
    dayvancowboy85, Jul 28, 2009
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  2. jcll03

    jcll03 Notebook Consultant

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    sounds like the m8400 is the culprit. Not sure what you can do about it though. I'm sure someone who is more familiar with the 1530 can help you
     
    jcll03, Jul 28, 2009
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  3. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    No you are not screwed - i bet my money the GPU failed. Call Dell since it is covered by the NVIDIA Fu**up coverage. Your warranty was extended by Dell for 1 year covering this type of failure.
     
    BatBoy, Jul 28, 2009
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  4. dayvancowboy85

    dayvancowboy85 Newbie

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    seriously? Oh man, if thats true, that'd be amazing. I'll call up today when I get a chance and let you know what happens, thanks!
     
    dayvancowboy85, Jul 28, 2009
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    EviL Ras Notebook Consultant

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    EviL Ras, Jul 29, 2009
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