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    NVIDIA Chip stopped working(FZ Series)

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by kaveh_kad, Feb 25, 2009.

  1. kaveh_kad

    kaveh_kad Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi everyone
    I was playing a game and suddenly the game crashed and it jumped into windows ,an icon appeared saying display driver stopped working ,i entered the game again game crashed this time it restarted the system, now the system cant even show the VAIO and phoenix logo. its full of lines with extremely low resolutions,as i try to enter windows blue screen shows up and it restart the system auto.
    i entered safe mode and i found out ASA i uninstall the nvidia driver(8400M GT),the windows start up.Now the driver is uninstalled and i can work in windows,but in very low setting,like i am having onboard graphic chip,i cant modify my graphic card and the chip and DAC type are all unavaiable,(instead i have unknow device in my device manager) i think i need to flash my BIOS, but i searched the internet for my bios couldnt find anything,i think i need to do it manual.
    I would be grateful if you guys could help me with this issue.
    I even took out the hard drive and i reset the bios with F2 key at start up but nothing changed.

    Best
     
    kaveh_kad, Feb 25, 2009
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  2. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Please do NOT double post the same message in multiple threads.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Feb 25, 2009
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  3. kaveh_kad

    kaveh_kad Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sorry mate,thought no one would view it in sony general Reviews so i thought it would be better if i put in in FZ section.
     
    kaveh_kad, Feb 25, 2009
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    jam12, Feb 25, 2009
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    *gasp* sounds like the case of the... Overheating and buggered 8 series chips!!
     
    Tinselworm, Feb 25, 2009
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