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    Good night sweet prince - M860TU's bit the dust

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Clyzm, Oct 16, 2009.

  1. Clyzm

    Clyzm Notebook Evangelist

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    So I think my launch M860TU's officially crapped out on me...

    Had this one pre-ordered on 07/16/2008 from Xotic PC, shipped on 08/21/2008 (had some credit issues, and my video card has officially died on 10/16/2009.

    If anyone is curious, the issue is that I now have video artifacts on ALL screens (straight from BIOS), and my operating system now boots straight into a blue screen and restarts.

    If anyone's got a proposed solution I'd love to hear it, but at this point when even booting to DOS off a USB key is showing jumbled letters and artifacts, I think it's bitten the dust.
     
    Clyzm, Oct 16, 2009
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  2. Eivind

    Eivind Notebook Evangelist

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    Ouch, sorry for your loss. But that are some high memory/shader clocks you had there.

    No guarantee?
     
    Eivind, Oct 16, 2009
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  3. Clyzm

    Clyzm Notebook Evangelist

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    Nope, no warranty. I'm thinking of scrapping it, taking everything apart and ebaying it, including the dead 9800 if anyone's ballsy enough to try to work with it XD
     
    Clyzm, Oct 16, 2009
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  4. Eivind

    Eivind Notebook Evangelist

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    You can always try to cook it? :)
     
    Eivind, Oct 16, 2009
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  5. BrandonSi

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    Re-flash system bios? Probably not going to help..

    Turn it in to home owners insurance so you're not out all the money?
     
    BrandonSi, Oct 16, 2009
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    Purlpo, Oct 16, 2009
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  7. BobXX

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    Man, GPU's today are lasting shorter and shorter amounts of time. :(

    In fact, some people over in the Asus forum are reporting that their GTX260m's have already failed, only 2-3 months after coming out (though it might partially be attributed to the poor case design, heat, etc.). Scary...
     
    BobXX, Oct 16, 2009
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  8. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    I see an 8800M GTX on eBay for $250. Jump on it.
     
    Kevin, Oct 17, 2009
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  9. Clyzm

    Clyzm Notebook Evangelist

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    Honestly, I'm probably going to go back to my desktop. My experience with a 15" powerful laptop has been that it's really similar to a desktop replacement. I haven't used it or moved it around enough to say that it's better than the quad core desktop that I could throw $500 into to fix up (which more performance than any laptop).
     
    Clyzm, Oct 17, 2009
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  10. Soviet Sunrise

    Soviet Sunrise Notebook Prophet

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    Clyzm. Your 9800M GT memory is rated for 800MHz. You clocked that sucker 200MHz over the max rating, so you shouldn't be surprised that your card died so quickly.
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Oct 17, 2009
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  11. Blacky

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    Yeah, now I've noticed. Soviet is right, the factory frequency for the 8800M is 800 Mhz. Just check my GDDR frequency guide.

    Bottom line, you've fried the memories.
     
    Blacky, Oct 17, 2009
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  12. jgs9455

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    Why not buy the replacement GPU on ebay and then sell the whole working laptop and put the proceeds towards upgrading your desktop?
     
    jgs9455, Oct 17, 2009
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  13. Aistin

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    If you decide to sell as a working laptop, I have a 9800M GTS available (for sale). I pulled it out of my M860TU when I put in my 260M.
     
    Aistin, Oct 17, 2009
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