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    Hw or SW problem Clevo m860tu

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by SrSul, Mar 22, 2010.

  1. SrSul

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    Recently while using the laptop the screen just all of a sudden starts to pixelate up with random colours and freezes my notebook, the only way to get the screen back to normal was to restart the laptop.
    Well i say was because this doesn't work anymore today after i got the fizzeling screen i did a reboot and all seemed normal except for the screen on which only the backlight came on.
    I tried pluging in an external monitor but still wont show me anything.
    The leds seem to be blinking as they should, also tried sone Fn+combinations to see if the leds come on and off and they do, also i can change the brightness of the backlight, but when i tried to search for the computer on my wireless lan i didnt find it, althou the wireless led was on.
    So i dont know what to make of this...at first it seems to me the graphics card has stopped working but im not quite sure.

    Any opinions?
     
    SrSul, Mar 22, 2010
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    Maybe resetting to "factory defaults" in the BIOS?
     
    rachmaninoff, Mar 22, 2010
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    Do you have a 9800M GT by chance?
     
    5482741, Mar 22, 2010
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    Don't make me nervous :)
     
    link1313, Mar 22, 2010
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    Sounds like a dead GPU?
     
    IKAS V, Mar 22, 2010
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    Out of the dead M860TU threads I remember, they've all had 9800M GT's.

    EDIT: Now that I think about it, that could have something to do with NVIDIA's discontinuing them.
     
    5482741, Mar 22, 2010
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    i'm starting to hate nvidia... lets hope our gtx260ms dont start dying all at the same time in a year and a half
     
    roymathieu, Mar 22, 2010
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    Your problem sounds like a dead GPU. Have you considered baking it?
     
    ettornio, Mar 23, 2010
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  9. SrSul

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    To start off in order:
    1.Cant reset to default setting in bios cose i can see the bios nothing apears when i turn it on and if u're refering to the battery i dont really know were it is if anyone has a pic pls post it.
    2.No it isn't a 9800GT it's a 8800GTX its abit older
    3.And yes it just passed 1year and a half since i got it :D

    So its most likely the gpu huh?
     
    SrSul, Mar 23, 2010
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  10. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yes.

    Lots of people had problems with the 8800m cards. Just search the forum and you will find the threads.

    If the card is faulty, I could buy it from you if you want ;) (I like baking)
     
    moral hazard, Mar 23, 2010
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    my 18 month old 9800gt is still going strong.
    also the 9800gt is a rebranded 8800gtx card so its the same thing.

    and finally please tell me you didnt overclock as this will most probably invalidate your warranty depending on supplier.

    contact your oem for better advice.
     
    MrDJ, Mar 23, 2010
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  12. SrSul

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    No i didn't do anything to the notebook no OC's :) and it still has 6months warranty , but that isn't the problem.
    The problem is that if i give my notebook to the service center ill have it back in about 1 month as i dont think they have on stock a new GPU.

    Oh and btw MrDJ i see u feel strongly about kobalt-computers :) , i was acctualy planing on getting my next notebook from the UK, may i ask u some question related to that?
     
    SrSul, Mar 23, 2010
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  13. SrSul

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    Can I ask u guys if anyone know were i could buy GPU on my own?
     
    SrSul, Mar 25, 2010
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    moral hazard, Mar 25, 2010
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  15. Blacky

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    If you are in US you can also try RJ TEch.
     
    Blacky, Mar 25, 2010
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