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    XPS M1330 - Video Problems

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Chingyul, Mar 28, 2008.

  1. Chingyul

    Chingyul Notebook Guru

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    Hey Guys,

    My m1330 has been having some video problems. Yesterday, while playing BF2, the screen froze and everything kinda flashed green for a bit. Left it for a bit, and then it kicked me back out to the desktop where it said the video something (driver I think) recovered from a failure.

    Didn't give it much thought, but I've had major troubles today.
    When I try to boot up the computer, i get nothing, and then after a bit, green vertical lines appear..and then more and more vertical lines appear (different colours).

    Sometimes, when restarting, I can actually get to the system recovery application. The computer tries to fix itself, and when it finishes, it restarts and then I get the black screen issues again.

    My guess, some issue with my video card...but beyond that, I got no clue. Anyone else have this?

    If I send it back to dell for warrenty repair (I got this in Aug and have complete care for 3 years), will they wipe out my drive, or just swap my drive into a new computer?

    Thanks
    Dan
     
    Chingyul, Mar 28, 2008
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  2. robgoesfish

    robgoesfish Notebook Enthusiast

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    Go into safe mode and reinstall your video driver. Assuming the screen is working in safe mode, if this fails call dell.

    Rob
     
    robgoesfish, Mar 28, 2008
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  3. callanish

    callanish Notebook Consultant

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    Sounds like you might be in the early stages of Gpu failure due to a bad motherboard. See if the following thread is similar to what you are going through

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=204772

    To answer your drive question; you'll remove your hard drive before sending it in for repair
     
    callanish, Mar 28, 2008
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