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    display driver problem. help!

    Discussion in 'HP' started by cotton_mouth, Jan 22, 2009.

  1. cotton_mouth

    cotton_mouth Notebook Geek

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    my laptop is dv2500 and for e past 2 days, my display driver has been giving me a lot of problems.

    at times, the screen would just go fuzzy and i won't be able to see anything so i have to power off my computer. at times, the screen goes totally blank and the computer restarts itself. when it does restart the screen stays blank and i have to shut down using alt+f4. at times i'll just get a BSOD for nvlddmkm error. and at times, the screen will go black and then return with the message "the display driver stopped responding and has recovered". the screen was fuzzy but i still did manage to make out that message.

    i rolled back my driver to the default drivers that came with this laptop and after that, e screen has only gone blank once only to come back again totally alright 3 secs later with the same "display driver recovered" message.

    this only started happening like 2-3 days ago but today it happened like atleast 5-6 times within 6 hrs. so i was wondering what's really the problem? i have searched around for people having this problem but their problem isn't as unique as mine. for them, it usually happens while playing games. for me it happens anytime, like during normal usage or whatever.

    so can anyone tell me what is the problem with my laptop and if there's anyway i can fix this? thanks in advance
     
    cotton_mouth, Jan 22, 2009
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    kanehi Notebook Deity

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    yes in fact i actually forgot to mention that earlier. my laptop gets EXTREMELY hot. when i say extremely hot, it's like i cant even put my palm for long at times on the left side. and there's no way u can put the laptop on your lap cos it'll literally make your skin sore. it's only the left side tho.

    anyway, my laptop is 1.5 years old already and i checked, it's not under warranty anymore. so should i still send it for repairs? is the cost going to be high for this kinda problem?
     
    cotton_mouth, Jan 22, 2009
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