VGN Graphics issue

hi all

i have an Sony vgn-ar51j that has a nvidia geforce 8400gt intergrated card running windows 7 with 4g ram and there is a major graphics display issue that i cannot seem to solve!

basically as soon as i boot i get red lines of equal spacing running down the screen with the 7 logo animating fine over these. then when it goes to the desk top the resolution is incredibly low and i am unable to reset. at first i put it down to faulty graphics card or driver but when i put into safe mode and came back out all was well i could even play movies on the T.V. but once i shutdown and rebooted the problem comes back!

i have tried a reinstall and this has made no difference has anyone seen this before and is it fixable?

any advice would be great. as i am completely stuck!!!!

many thanks

 

could you take a picture of the screen and post it on here so it gives us a better idea of what the problem is.

 

Safe mode doesn't load the graphics driver so your card isn't actually isn't really being utilized. Trust me there's a big Nvidia defect from that time and it appears your card finally met the end, sorry for that

 

As for fixable, a new motherboard is the only real fix. There's also reflowing the card, plenty of different methods to achieve it as well

 

hi will do but unfortunatly it will be tomorrow as i work a night shift (there now)

 

hi

i would normally agree with the synopsis however i dont think i have been overly great with my discription. if i go into safe mode and then restart (without powering down) all is fine in fact as good as it gets resolution wise. but when i do a full power down and start up it all comes back lines and all and failed resolution settings also windows cannot see the card calling it generic.

if it was a tower i would just throw the card away and get a new one. now this is im sure a stupid question but am i assuming that these boards do not have a slot for any adapters

 

hi please find a couple of images

 

hmm,thats a new one on me.
it could well be a dying graphics card but not dead yet.
this is what a dead one looks like.
im not sure how sony make their computers but you mentioned a intergrated 8400GT but dont you mean dedicated so if it does totally die it can be replaced.

 

well you could be correct i cleaned down the fans so whilst the case was open i took a look basically the cpu and graphics share the same heat pipe and the graphics just looked like it had been place onto the board i assumed it has been soldered to it