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    DV6000 problem

    Discussion in 'HP' started by nitram100, Jun 11, 2009.

  1. nitram100

    nitram100 Newbie

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    Hi everyone,

    My exact laptop model number is DV6330EA.

    I have had this laptop for about 2 years and it has worked very wll, but last week it broke down.

    When i turn it on the screen is blank, you can see that the video card has started but it's like a black bios screen with nothing on it.

    I've tried lots of things, reinstalling different OS's XP, Vista, Windows 7 but all the same.

    But here is the part that is baffling me, when i connect an external monitor to it, it works fine, but only with standard VGA drivers, once i install geforce drivers, it won't boot to the OS. Also, if i reinstall a new OS, the laptop screen will work for one time only until i try to install updated graphics card drivers, which results in the blank screen returning, so i know the screen works fine.

    Could the graphics card be gone?

    Thanks alot for any help!

    Martin
     
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    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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