Hey everyone. I've had my 9262 from XoticPC since summer 2008, and have been extremely happy with it. My video card is an nVidia 9800M GTX, 1 gb. I'm now running Windows 7 with the latest DirectX and nVidia drivers.
Last night, the following sequence of events happened:
1. While playing starcraft 2, the screen started getting garbled, then the comp locked.
2. I had to do a hard reboot. Tried SC again. Locked after 30 seconds.
3. Rebooted. Now, when in windows, ANY window that would have movement on it would start to get artifacting rain. The window would look OK when I first opened it, but if I'd scroll down the page, it would garble. See the attached screenshot that I managed to capture.
4. Tried to run a video memory diagnostic stress test. It ends quickly and seemed to come up with errors.
5. Computer locked up again. Hard shutdown and reboot. Now, the BIOS startup screen and windows boot screen are garbled.
6. Had to reboot again. Still garbled. Only now, I cannot even get into windows. Windows tells me its unable to start and runs some tests that show nothing.
I'm stuck here, with garbled BIOS screens and unable to boot into Windows. I hope its my video card (cheap to replace at this point) and not my motherboard. Any thoughts?
I'm not sure what kind of native video the 9262 has, but I'm thinking that when I get home from work tonight, I'll pull the 9800 out and see if the system will boot... if its the card, I should experience normal startup, right? I've never seen a video card prevent windows from booting normally before, thats the only thing weirding me out.
Any thoughts or advice appreciated. My secondary question would be, if it IS the card, would anyone be able to recommend another, slightly more advanced card around the $150 price range that would fit my 9262? I could maybe get a slight upgrade while I'm at it.
Thanks so much in advance.
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It probably is the GPU because you are getting the artifacts at boot and also are unable to get into windows.
If you go into safe mode and remove the nvidia drivers and reboot then you should be able to get into windows no problem.
As for a solution you could try the bake method which I have done many times on my 9800m gtx when it stops working.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...r-your-dead-graphics-card-your-alienware.html
If you were to buy a newer model card or even the same 9800 it will easily cost $500+. You can have a look on ebay though and also maybe check for a lower spec card.
NP9262 artifacting with 9800M GTX
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