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    Blank screen with Geforce Go 7XXX workaround

    Discussion in 'HP' started by smagi, Oct 3, 2008.

  1. smagi

    smagi Newbie

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    I accidentally fixed the blank screen problem of my friends' DV2197EA, the configuration is T7200, 2G, Geforce Go7200. The method is to change one of the memory stick to PC4200 512M. I am not sure if just lower the RAM speed or break the dual channel fixed the problem as that is the only spare component I have. If it can be fixed by lowering the RAM speed, I think a bios modification will be good enough from HP. The bad part is some performance degrade, the good part is we get our notebook back to life. :)
     
    smagi, Oct 3, 2008
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    could have been faulty ram to begin with..
     
    flipfire, Oct 4, 2008
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  3. Pranalien

    Pranalien Notebook Veteran

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    Exactly I agree with flipfire. It depends on the beep codes. Most of the users with the Go 7200 and Go 7600 were having the 1 long beep + 2 short beeps problem which meant the GPU failed.
     
    Pranalien, Oct 4, 2008
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  4. smagi

    smagi Newbie

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    It doesn;t hurt trying. The notebook display same symptom:
    1. It died after ~1 year
    2. It can be brought back by re-sit DRAM
    3. It died after a standby and can't boot after power cycle
    Which I found common for all the blank screen problem.
    Please just try and report the test result before jump to a conclusion
     
    smagi, Oct 4, 2008
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