6860FX graphic problem

Hello. I bought 6860FX about 2years ago and I loved it!
But about 5 days ago, when I turned it on Windows boot up but I did not get any screen.(it was all black). So I went to safe mode and disabled Geforce driver. I am able to get to Windows now but I get this weird pink wavy lines all over the screen. Does anyone know what is happening to my laptop? Please help me! I want to be able to use Geforce driver! but even installed different versions of driver...everytime it just shows black screen and nothing.

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I reinstalled the Windows vista. Still Same.

 

Sorry to tell you but I think your gpu is dead. That's what my 8600m gt did when it died. You can look into baking your mobo for a Temporary solution but a true fix will require a new mobo or a new laptop.

 

There Can be one more thing , that happned to me P6860fx ....some year back
it was becoz of manhandling it During traveling ...screen becoming red and some times blank , even when it run it shows red lines on screen. I just made that i have to buy new laptop . but then i just few taps on the BACK of the screen make it work like new But after 10 days of course ..............may be it work ....try out

 

thank you for your reply!
I tried tap the screen and did not work...Thanks for the tip though!
this afternoon, to bake mobo, i tried to disassemble through the guideline. but I got all confused and scared that I might damaged the computer.

I contacted gateway(I'm out of warranty) and they said if I pay $200+shipping fee they will fix it for me. I was wondering, is it worth it? or should I just buy another computer?

 

$200 + shipping is a bit steep, but its a fair price for a factory motherboard replacement. i think your 6860 is worth more than $200, and you'd still be paying significantly more $ to get a laptop with a GPU as strong as these.

 

Looks like my GPU is dead too. I am only getting this during start up but I went ahead and took it into best buy and they are going to "junk out" my 6860 leaving me with $1350 of best buy credit.

 

Not a bad offer from BB.
How long you keep your GPU overclocked. I have never did it since my CPU is slow as turtle so no need.

 

I had my GPU overclocked all the time haha. 600,900,1500 was my default speed. Strange thing is though when it failed I wasn't overclocked, I was playing TF2 and I kept getting driver crashes so I went to stock clocks and leter on that night I started to get lines all over the screen.

 

$1300 ???? Did you have an extended warranty or something?

 

This Same thing happned to me same lines and booting screens but some hard kick on the back of the screen made it come back alive. .....Seems just Luck tough.....

 

Yeah I had the 3 year warranty. It is not cheap but it is worth it when they have to replace your laptop. since I paid $1350 for my 6860 I have that amount to put towards a new laptop.

 

Nice Good one ....I always thought 3 years Warranty was Only money maker for Best Buy.....

 

Baking fixed mine when it did that.

Either way, grab yourself some nice desktop components instead + a Asus Eee or something. That's what I'm doing next time I have some money saved up.

 

The credit can only go towards a new laptop. If i pick a laptop cheaper than what I paid for then I loose the rest ot the credit. I am probably going to get the best buy version of the g73. I am waiting for them to get the one with the Nvidia card. They have the i7-740, 5870, 6gb for $1199 right now but I want the GTX 460m.

 

Good choice, it'll be a screamer. Hopefully it lasts longer than the gateway ;D

 

When these lines appear and device manager shows Nvidia error 43 is the situation repairable in P6860Fx......Plz reply seems mine dead too......same lines as Erik,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,....if yes plz tell me what is the solution

i am sure no overheating.....just closed in night and opened in morning, it happned ..........updated driver and all those things no effect same lines in screen

thanks

 

Only way I know to fix it is to bake the mobo or get a new mobo.