help quick plz!!!!

as i type this my comp. is in safe mode......i just re applied my thermal paste like every other month and a half. today i decided to do something different i put i copper sheem well at least it looked like copper....then i turned the comp. ON everything was running fine until i logged in to notebook review as i waited for the page to load it turned off with a green semi white boxes...i think my graphic card just gave out.....what u guys think.....or is it the operating system that got messed up......help quick


THANKS IN ADVANCE

 

Is that not a bit aggressive? I would just take the copper out. My thinking is that you somehow with this copper, "raise" the gap between the GPU and the heat sink.

Hopefully that the GPU is "recoverable"

cheers ...

 

i took it out but what i noticed about 10mins ago is that it goes to the welcome screen then it freezes.... is it the hard drive

 

At this moment it is hard to say. How about just take the ram modules and drive out. Let them sit for a few minutes and reassemble them nicely? Check all your screws again as well.

cheers ...

 

im about to start crying i have no money for a new lappy but i doubt is the gpu cuz it goes to safe mode and everything....thanks for your help qhn

 

Let us hope that it will run again, just like before this last copper venture ;-)

cheers ...

 

You shouldnt use a copper shim unless your GPU uses a thermal pad. If it uses paste then use paste. You put too much pressure on the GPU die.

Change the paste every 6 or so months, the same time you clean out the fans.

My guess is you corrupted windows.

Do you have any linux live cds?

 

Actually L1GHT GAM3R


It does sound like the gpu... Sorry to say, but yes safe mode will almost always still boot even with a dead card... That said.. Why not take the ultimate risk and cook it back to life !!! As long as you didn't fry the ram it's worth a shot... if you have any questions about how just ask here... You'll get through this it'll be ok

A/J

 

If you mean you stuck a copper plate flush between the heatsink and the GPU, the copper would have expanded as it heated up and crushed your graphics chip.

You can test for hardware failure by booting from a LiveCD. If it turns out to be that, then it sucks, but at least there is no data loss.

 

im running vista 64 bit.........i managed to get in and then windows froze with in 15mins with 2 lines in the middle....then it restarted....u think i should re install vista again or no...my fan is spinning like crazy right now

 

Take a break first -Lightgam3r- ;-)

cheers ...

 

I'm sorry to say this...

But with your last comment it definitly sounds like a gpu crash... As I mentioned I'd be happy to walk you through baking it... if you'd like to give it a shot... There is really nothing to lose if the card is already fubared... Anyways either way good luck my friend

A/J

 

is it bad if i run my computer in safe mode...my fan is spinning at full speed.....all i remember is that some thermal paste went underneath the gpu sticker that is yellow...is that bad....man now i have to sell this thing for parts...im poor ...lol

 

Do a clean install of windows to completely rule out a software issue. If it still occurs after then its the probably the hardware.

 

backing up everything that is important to my ipod....thanks all of u that helped me today .....u guys will get rep since im limited to a 24hr period....i will do this through out the week...thanks everyone for your support...

u guys will prob. see some parts for sell if the fresh install doesn't work....lol

 

Your welcome

And good luck my friend... Hopefully all is not lost..

A/J

 

i was about to re install my OS until i started to see lines going across my screen i was like OMG then i got a BSOD and this is what it said........ win32k.sys the driver mistakenly marked a part of its image pageable instead of non pageable.......***STOP:0x0000003D3 (0xFFFFF460002B7BC) what does mean? is my gpu dead or is it the graphic driver........ THANKS IN ADVANCE

 

Are you sure that was the actual stop code? It's got 9 digits after the "0x" which is incorrect, it should have 8 digits. Also, a standard MS BSOD error code should have four hexadecimal numbers in the parentheses following the stop code, and those should also each have 8 digits after the "0x". On the other hand, if you're running 64-bit _Vista, then they should have 16 digits after the "0x".

EDIT: After a little googling, it looks like this sort of error can be caused by a corrupt driver, or by hardware problems (incl. bad RAM or a failing GPU), so, unfortunately, that won't allow you to decide between hardware failure and software failure.

 

At this stage, re-install first and panic afterward.

cheers ...