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    Havin a problem

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Tyo, Jul 2, 2010.

  1. Tyo

    Tyo Notebook Deity

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    I played global agenda on my 6860 for an hour today and sometimes the game gets stuck while loading, I always wonder if it's due to major heat buildup from the gpu, the temps get high :)
    So I hold the power button, till the comp turns off and then turn it back on, the problem is that power goes on, but screen doesn't light up. The computer appers to be running, thought I don't hear no windows load sound.
    Any ideas ? :)

    Edit: Now I tried to put the laptop on after 1hr of rest, 3 times in a row I press the power button and the laptop turns on, still the screen does not turn on, and after 5sec it turns itself off automatically, weird.
     
    Tyo, Jul 2, 2010
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  2. Kamin_Majere

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    When was the last time you cleaned the system? It sounds like it overheated
     
    Kamin_Majere, Jul 2, 2010
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  3. Tyo

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    Well, still nothing....
    When I unplug the power cable from the lap and turn it on, it turns itself off within 5 sec, but when I plug the power cable back in, the laptop will turn on, will work, whatever state it is in, not sure cuz screen does not turn on :(

    Hope I can fix this somehow, will try hooking up external monitor, and maybe swapping different hdd to boot from, it would be really sad to see this comp fried.
     
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  4. kosti

    kosti Notebook Virtuoso

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    Same symptoms with mine and it turned out to be the gpu. Try the external display. If that doesn't work, chances are it's a bad gpu which is a notorious issue with these laptops. Basically what happens is the GPU gets so hot that the solder points from the gpu to the motherboard heat up enough to starting melting and detaching. A common fix is to bake the motherboard in an oven at 380F for around 10 minutes in an attempt to reflow the solder; although it seems to be a temporary fix for most, including myself.
     
    kosti, Jul 4, 2010
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    Can you also check your hard drive for bad sectors? After so many crashes and forced shutdowns I'd be surprised to find that there was no corrupted or highly fragmented data on that drive.
     
    micman, Jul 5, 2010
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    If it was a bad hard drive, the system would still POST.
     
    kosti, Jul 5, 2010
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  7. Tyo

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    I think the system is done :( I tried external monitor and nothing. I read few posts of others before about the same problem. Only think that would show that the system is on would be the lights lighting up at the top, no fan running, no monitor on, no sounds coming out, sucks.
    I will most likely sell both cpu's, hdd, ram and optical drive to get whatever money I get out of this :)
     
    Tyo, Jul 5, 2010
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