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    7805u Take back or not

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by 911OP, Mar 1, 2009.

  1. 911OP

    911OP Notebook Enthusiast

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    Guys lemme know your opinion on some items here, I bought my 7805 at best buy on Jan 19th and have had intermittent problems. nothing serious but I would watch a divx video or play a random game and then get booted out , lock up or bsod usually with the error report nvidia driver failure

    I've changed drivers a couple of times and now I've run up on a couple of posts saying that it could be a ram problem , welp checked the system ram and got nadda and today it hits me check the video memory. The only application I could find to do such was BurnInTest . I've run that a couple of times and up pops the message video memory corruption. so the question is do I take it back if possible or what?

    it only happens every so often and its not a constant problem. I cant make it happen every time unless I hook up to an external monitor and really push the video card but I can make it do it when I just keep repeating the test at odd intervals , also my temps have been everywhere in the 60 - 90 c range when I do my tests I've tried at different start temps
     
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  2. aceofspades1217

    aceofspades1217 Notebook Geek

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    exchange it dude. It certainly can't hurt. And maybe you could go check the batch numbers and see if you can get an LG.
     
    aceofspades1217, Mar 1, 2009
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  3. SemiGamer

    SemiGamer Notebook Deity

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    Your kind of stuck with it now, only 14day return policy at bestbuy.
     
    SemiGamer, Mar 1, 2009
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  4. rudinater

    rudinater Notebook Guru

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    Hope you bought a extended warranty at Best Buy or you will need to ship your computer to Gateway.
     
    rudinater, Mar 1, 2009
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  5. aceofspades1217

    aceofspades1217 Notebook Geek

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    Well your SOL...just going to have ship it back.
     
    aceofspades1217, Mar 1, 2009
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