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    What is wrong with my m1330?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Corleone187, Jul 9, 2008.

  1. Corleone187

    Corleone187 Notebook Enthusiast

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    It goes to this screen after I boot and use it for 5 minutes. Is it:

    a) video card problem
    b) driver problem
    c) registry
    d) bad ram
    d) ???

    I am stumped. Its only around 4 months old with light usage. nothing ever upgraded. I also only have around 5 programs installed and it was working fine until yesterday. Now I get this screen everytime.

    Thanks!
     

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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Please see this thread. I believe its the videocard
     
    flipfire, Jul 9, 2008
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    Corleone187 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey thanks alot flipfire! That thread really helped!
     
    Corleone187, Jul 9, 2008
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    imzomnia Notebook Evangelist

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    Call Dell and get a motherboard replace. It's a GPU problem.
     
    imzomnia, Jul 9, 2008
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    Corleone187 Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok thanks!
     
    Corleone187, Jul 9, 2008
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    mlkok98 Notebook Guru

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    Me and my friend had the same problem and had to get a motherboard replacement recently. I wonder if it has anything to do with the recent NVidia announcement where they are preparing a one-time charge to their finances to pay for a batch of bad video chips.
    According to a friend, the company he used to work for, which is based in Singapore was one of the companies responsible for producing chips for NVidia and boy were they lax on QC and produced a whole load of crap. :eek:
     
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