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    Video card faults under chassis flex

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Tobuk, Nov 14, 2009.

  1. Tobuk

    Tobuk Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone experience anything like this? It just started a few days ago. More often then not, if I pick up my laptop and it flexes (e.g. lifting from a corner with only one hand) then my whole screen flares nasty pink and green colors. Sometimes it will even do this with moderate palm pressure when I'm typing.

    Then my computer slows to a crawl, and if I leave it alone, occasionally the screen will flick back and windows will give me a message saying "The driver nvk(something-or-other)sms has stopped responding but has been recovered successfully."

    I'm positive this is not a heat related issue, nor an overclocking issue, or driver issue. Also, the laptop has never been damaged, dropped, stepped on, banged on a wall while in it's bag (I take it to school daily). If the laptop is still, it never faults. Any game, and benchmark, for hours straight, no problem. As soon as the chassis takes any moderate stress or flex, it goes bonkers.

    It's almost like the card is loose, but I thought they are soldered on? I began to disassemble my laptop the other day to try and see what was going on. I couldn't get all the way to the motherboard and GPU, but I'm sure that the LCD cable is secure, etc.

    I'm just looking for anyone else encountering this. I will disassemble the thing completely within the next few days to get down to the GPU to see what is going on. Hopefully it's just something loose...
     
    Tobuk, Nov 14, 2009
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  2. stephen0205

    stephen0205 Notebook Consultant

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    i had a slightly similar problem, my screen started flickering pink colors with green lines on the screen, sometimes works, sometimes not, and i thought oh no, graphics card was gonna die, but i hooked it up to a monitor ad it worked fine.

    so i was told its the screen or the flex cable, being that the cable was cheaper i tried that first, it was a doddle to fit and it showed instantly that it had worked, and it has never done it again.

    depending on where you are the cable can be dear, mine was 40 pounds and i had to pay import tax to get it from canada, and the fact i couldnt find it in stock on websites i had to use ebay.

    i wish u the best of luck
     
    stephen0205, Nov 14, 2009
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