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    been two months since i bought p7805u, and just encountered first artifact. see photo!

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by pkim1230, May 14, 2009.

  1. pkim1230

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    hey,
    ive never encountered this before, and im worried something might be going wrong.
    i just saw something similar to the picture i attached while turning the computer on.
    it was only for a split second
    what should i do? and dont say nothing
    [​IMG]
     
    pkim1230, May 14, 2009
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    I'd suggest running a MemTest86+ run on the RAM, and download/run ATITool. You don't need to overclock anything, as you should just use this tool to stress the GPU out and scan for artifacts that indicate the video card is defective.
     
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    vista 64 doesnt support stable versions, so i found this page:
    http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/248067-33-atitool-supports-vista

    and i ran the scan for artifact test, and it continuously makes bell sounds and showing "delta xxx of 2 ~ 13 pixels .... No errors for the whole time"
    the bells wont stop.
    is something wrong with my video card?
     
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    how do computers get artifacts? what are artifacts? what causes artifacts?
     
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    no solutions to this delta error?
     
    pkim1230, May 15, 2009
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    completely uninstall your video drivers (Add/Remove programs > Nvidia Drivers), which will cause windows to use its own component instead of the GPU I think... this could tell you if it's the GPU or the monitor, and I'm thinking it could be the monitor

    I also could have no idea what I'm talking about
     
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    Photo??? :confused:
     
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    ??????????
     
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    Install driversweeper and keep on desktop, install whichever drivers you would like (Im sticking with the OEM ones that came from gateway) but Ive read 185.68 dox work well and leave on desktop. Uninstall nvidia drivers via add/remove programs. run driver sweeper. restart. install new drivers. restart. see if that works, if not as Jakamo says it may be the monitor. If all else fails.....reformat!!!!
     
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    ill try, but arent artifacts hardware related issues? not software?
     
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    if it can not be duplicated, there is nothing wrong?
     
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    Well its easier (more convenient, at least) to rule out software as the culprit first, before troubleshooting it as a hardware issue.

    Does it happen every single time you turn the laptop on? If it only does that for a split second, then operates like normal for the rest of the time the laptop is on, then its probably not too much of an issue.
     
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    usually happens when its at that loading screen.
    its different everytime, and happens almost always.
    usually, the bottom half of the loading screen is black for a second, but sometimes it shows multiple lines like shown in the pic.
    i guess itsnot much of a artifact problem..
     
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    that article is very old and i seriously doubt that they couldnt rectify the issue almost 6 months later. im pretty sure that was mostly the 8600m that was defective. of course though you could of been unlucky and got a borderline gpu in which after so much heat for an extended period of time it just crapped out.
     
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