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    M1730 Bios screen doesn't show up?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by The12thMan, Dec 9, 2010.

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    The12thMan Notebook Consultant

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    I've had my laptop for two years. It has a 8800M GTX Sli and now the bios won't show up, well sometimes it does. It will show up and starts to load and then go black. It has been going black for the past month or so. Like when I surf the net, it'll go black. Now it won't show BIOS loading screen 95% of the time. So I am assuming my video card is bad? If I bake the card, do i have to remove the rubber thing (where is says PUSH HERE on it)? There's no warranty on it. I guess I can only bake or buy a new one. Not thrilled with the idea of spending 600 bucks on a video card. Does anyone know what's wrong with my laptop?
     
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    bumpy bumpy
     
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