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naguyen
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_ 		12. June 2009 @ 00:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
a few days ago i started having this weird problem on my laptop screen where it looks like the screen is being torn or split. its probably easier to just show a screen shot.




im pretty sure i dont have a virus or something, because ive done numerous scans and avg hasnt picked up anything really big - besides cookies. im not sure if its because of the monitor or if its because of the video card. please help if you know why this is happening. thank you.
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ddp
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_ 		12. June 2009 @ 15:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
it appears you might have a bad stick of ram or bad slot. if have more then 1 stick of ram then try 1 at a time & in each slot to see if problem continues or not. also try external monitor to confirm it is not the screen the problem.
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naguyen
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_ 		17. June 2009 @ 04:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i tried switching the sticks one by one, back and forth... i didnt see any change at all. ahhhhhhhhh... does this mean that its possible that both sticks are bad or worse that both slots are bad? D:
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ddp
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_ 		18. June 2009 @ 00:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
have you tried external monitor?
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naguyen
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_ 		19. June 2009 @ 00:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yeah. the external monitor displays the same problem as well
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naguyen
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_ 		19. June 2009 @ 01:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i recently had someone reinstall windows and the drivers for me... is it possible this could be happening because i have the wrong drivers?
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ddp
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_ 		19. June 2009 @ 16:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what happens in safemode & when you are in the bios setup, does it still have a problem?
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pcdoc1
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_ 		19. June 2009 @ 17:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is it a Dell laptop by any chance?
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naguyen
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_ 		19. June 2009 @ 20:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yeah its still like this in the bios, and yes this is a dell. an inspiron e1705
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pcdoc1
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_ 		19. June 2009 @ 21:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Does the laptop have the ATI or Nvidia graphics card?
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naguyen
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_ 		19. June 2009 @ 22:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
its a nvidia geforce go 7800
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pcdoc1
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_ 		20. June 2009 @ 09:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If the laptop is still under warranty call Dell to have the graphics card replaced. Your description of the problem and screen shot indicates that the GPU is failing.
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naguyen
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_ 		26. June 2009 @ 17:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
the warranty period for this laptop is actually over already
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