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    could this be the nVidia issue again?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by ihavenofate, Nov 14, 2009.

  1. ihavenofate

    ihavenofate Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm dual booting Vista and Ubuntu. I restarted from the Ubuntu log in screen and saw green vertical lines and heard a high pitched sound. Now it's just stuck on a white (maybe beige?) screen, even if I restart it. I don't get the blue DELL logo at all. Any ideas?
     
    ihavenofate, Nov 14, 2009
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  2. stephen0205

    stephen0205 Notebook Consultant

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    wow that sounds bad, em u tried an external monitor
     
    stephen0205, Nov 14, 2009
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    ettornio Notebook Deity

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    Sounds like a dead video chip. Call Dell.
     
    ettornio, Nov 14, 2009
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    spradhan01 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thats bad GPU for sure. I had similar trouble before and changed both MB and GPU.
     
    spradhan01, Nov 14, 2009
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    Dead GPU from the looks of it..
     
    sean473, Nov 14, 2009
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