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 sublime22
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 Laptop problems...
#5662849 - 05/23/06 01:54 AM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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I use a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop and have been having some issues with the screen. Every so often, the operating system will seize up and the image on the screen will transform into what I can best describe as the "white noise" effect on a TV. But, the white noise is segmented, each one often containing some of the image that was on my screen before the crash. Sometimes the segments are pure static. Anyone have any ideas? I haven't found any particular program or action that seems to cause it.
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 40oz
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Re: Laptop problems... [Re: sublime22]
#5662872 - 05/23/06 02:13 AM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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maybe your video ram is going bad..
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Snaggletooth
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Re: Laptop problems... [Re: 40oz]
#5662879 - 05/23/06 02:18 AM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: Laptop problems... [Re: sublime22]
#5662913 - 05/23/06 02:49 AM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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I repaired laptops for 4 years in high school. Sounds like one of 3 things:
1. The connection between your mother board and the monitor is loose.
2. There is a short in the wiring of the monitor (can lead to a fire hazzard).
3. Your LCD screen is dying.
I doubt it, but maybe what 40oz said is somewhat right. Maybe your graphics card is dying, which sucks because it's part of the motherboard on all laptop's I've repaired.
Either way, sounds like a hardware issue, not software. You could always try downloading and reinstalling the video drivers to see if that fixes it, but it's doubtful. It'd get it to a shop if it becomes a major problem.
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eligal
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Re: Laptop problems... [Re: sublime22]
#5662922 - 05/23/06 02:57 AM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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maybe its ghosts trying to communicate! 
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YawningAnus
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Re: Laptop problems... [Re: sublime22]
#5662930 - 05/23/06 03:07 AM (2 years, 4 months ago) |
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I think you have a fracture in one of the Hydrocoptic marzleveins, as well as one of the swerving bearings is out of alignment with the panametric pham.
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Seuss
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> I doubt it, but maybe what 40oz said is somewhat right.
Bad video ram usually causes the "snow" effect, but doesn't lock up the machine, typically.
I would start by hooking up a monitor to the external video port and see what happens. If you see the same thing happen on both the monitor and the LCD, then you know the problem is logic board related. If you see the problem on the LCD, but not on the monitor, then you know the problem is LCD or cable related.
My guess is going to be a failing logic board; specifically the graphics subsystem of the logic board. Again, if the LCD is going bad, you typically get the snow effect, but not a lockup. This isn't fact, but holds true almost every time.
Very, very seldom have I seen a bad LCD lockup a laptop computer. I have never once seen an LCD signal cable come loose, but I have seen other cables come loose in a laptop. There are typically two sets of cables running from the laptop into the LCD. The bundle of cables that is thicker (more cables) are the data lines while the bundle of cables that are thinner (two wires, usually) are for the backlight.
Your cheapest fix is going to be watching eBay for somebody selling a broken laptop for parts. Assuming you have a bad logic board, find somebody selling a working computer (same model as yours) with a broken display. Take their working logic board and your working display and make one machine out of two.
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