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    screen problem?? help!

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by meth0d1244, Jan 10, 2008.

  1. meth0d1244

    meth0d1244 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys

    today i got a sager m57ru with a nvidia 7950 card..i booted it up and everything was fine..so i figured i would install cod4...well i installed it and everything was going great.

    and then the screen turned to a ugly green color...and now it just either flickers from normal to green..or it just boots up and stay greenish...i can see everything on my desktop and everything..it just has a fluresentish? kinda of green overlay..i have look into new drivers ect and even hooked it up to an external monitor to see if it was the GFX card but it displayed fine on the external which makes me think its the screen :/

    anyone else gone through this?.

    and anyway to fix it without sending it back to eurocom?.

    any help welcome.

    thanks
     
    meth0d1244, Jan 10, 2008
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  2. Noctilum

    Noctilum Notebook Evangelist

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    I know that PC monitors can do that occassionally if the monitor cable isn't plugged completely into the video card. Perhaps that is the case here? I am not sure if you want to check to see if anything is lose or not (don't know your warranty terms).
     
    Noctilum, Jan 10, 2008
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  3. meth0d1244

    meth0d1244 Notebook Enthusiast

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    can i do that by just unscrewing the hindges? or do i have to take the back off?? its my first laptop so im kinda lost on how everything hooks up lol.
     
    meth0d1244, Jan 10, 2008
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    justanormalguy Notebook Consultant

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    If it's brand new I wouldn't do that. If you have an external monitor I suggest you plug your laptop in to that. That will tell us whether or not your notebook's LCD is busted, or it might be the GPU.
     
    justanormalguy, Jan 10, 2008
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  5. meth0d1244

    meth0d1244 Notebook Enthusiast

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    yes i hooked it to an external monitor and it displayed fine on it....i bought the laptop from these forums on saturday and i just got it today...it still is under warrenty but if its just a loose wire i can probably fix it..just not sure where it connects is all.
     
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    justanormalguy Notebook Consultant

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    Ok well then it's definitely the LCD panel cable, you cannot open the chasis without voiding the warranty. You have to send it back man...since its brand new I'm sure they'll work something out for you.
     
    justanormalguy, Jan 10, 2008
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    Wow... eurocom sent a lot of bad system... we are 3 with dead pixel... and now this guy with lcd problem...
     
    MegaBUD, Jan 11, 2008
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    meth0d1244 Notebook Enthusiast

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    and i sucks lol..i been looking forward to getting it all week...and now this :(
     
    meth0d1244, Jan 11, 2008
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