broken video card????

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hellhound

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# 40302 28-Aug-2009 14:16

hi im trying to fix a hp laptop for my boss at work but I have run into some problems.

when he gave it to me he said that it wasnt doing what its ment to do. so i brought it home and started it up and it seamed to be running fine.

I tried running a basic game of solitare and it would freeze every now and again but always came right. after about half an hour it suddenley spilt the screen. there is now 6 copies of the desktop on the one screen.

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now this does not happen every time the laptop is turned on but it does seam to be a constant thing if the laptop gets hot.

also it is not a windows thing as it occurs during boot up and even in the bios screen

can anyone tell me what is occuring here. is it a cracked graphics card/motherboard.

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# 251312 28-Aug-2009 14:20

If it only happens when it gets hot, and always happens, I'd say there might be a fried IC or perhaps a bad joint somewhere.

In all likelihood its a major, and unless the laptop is under warranty, it is probably not worth pursuing further, unless you can get a whole new board cheap (unlikely).

I would nake sure all the fans are operating, and that the vents and heatsinks (and indeed the entire inside of the lappy) are not coated/blocked/caked with dust/jam/play-doh/etc.

hellhound

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# 251329 28-Aug-2009 14:53

ok pulled it apart and it looks like the cpu fan is stuffed. so ill tell him he needs a replacement for it. should be able to get one through work so thats not going to be to bad.

also i laughed at play-doh but when i pulled the back cover off i found a strange orange gunk though alot of it that i have no idea what its from????

thanks for the help