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    another "is my vid card dieing" thread....

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by whitrzac, Sep 9, 2011.

  1. whitrzac

    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    This just started today, no warning, no nothing....



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    whitrzac, Sep 9, 2011
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    Xsonic Notebook Consultant

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    have you tried connecting to another screen? Might be a screen problem.
     
    Xsonic, Sep 9, 2011
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  3. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    Seems like a lot of died pixels for me...
     
    killkenny1, Sep 9, 2011
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  4. whitrzac

    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    update:

    I the things you see in the pic are not dead pixels, they showed up on the laptop screen as-well.

    I reinstalled the nvidia drivers and everything seems to be working right now, but IDK...
     
    whitrzac, Sep 10, 2011
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    daveh98 P4P King

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    This does seem to be a dying GPU. How long have you had the system? My 8800MGTX was dead at about the 3 year mark and it started with those artifacts. Sorry dude, but I think it's dying man!
     
    daveh98, Sep 10, 2011
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    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    Its an fx3700 that I bought from niff. 2 months ago... :(
     
    whitrzac, Sep 10, 2011
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    daveh98 P4P King

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    RMA it. I would not delay on this one. Those aren't dead pixels, they are artifacts. I could be wrong but number 1 sign of a dying vid card is artifacting. Before my 8800GTX died, it did that and then it would go away after awhile....then it got bad REALLY FAST. Fortunately, even on a completely "BLACK" screen I was able to find the integrated GFx that was on my m15x and was able to press "restart" blind...now I am on integrated graphics and that should last me a good amount more for referencing old files, etc. I got lucky in that sense lol.
     
    daveh98, Sep 10, 2011
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    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    I cant RMA it, I bought it from niffcreature 2 months ago...

    the vid card has never been over 85*....
     
    whitrzac, Sep 10, 2011
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