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Forum: Comet Topic: Acer 5920G failed last year, but now miraculously cured!
graeme150
Posted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 1:58 am
Replies: 3 Views: 75
... prompt response, Lapcure, and for the helpful info - much appreciated. The best thing to do would be to download these two utilities which will test your laptop. http://www.nvidiadefect.com/tools-to-test -to-see-if-your-nvidia-gpu-is-about-to-fail-t57.html You should run those two on your laptop ...
Forum: Comet Topic: Acer 5920G failed last year, but now miraculously cured!
Lapcure
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:40 pm
Replies: 3 Views: 75
... affected by the defective Nvidia problem? Well at this stage you cannot. The best thing to do would be to download these two utilities which will test your laptop. http://www.nvidiadefect.com/tools-to-test -to-see-if-your-nvidia-gpu-is-about-to-fail-t57.html You should run those two on your laptop ...
Forum: Other Retailers & General Help & Discussion Topic: Does this sound like the "Nvidia defect"? HP G6000
Lapcure
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:24 pm
Replies: 3 Views: 95
Hello Fro5tie, Well, the best test in my opinion is the rework test . This is where you use a rework tool to perform a partial rework of the GPU. If the laptop works after this test then it is pretty safe to state that the GPU is indeed defective. ...
Forum: PC World/Dixons/Currys Topic: Hp dv9267ea went dead with black screen
Stephenalec
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:22 pm
Replies: 11 Views: 293
Hi Paul. Many thx for ur quickly test to my laptop. How do I back up my data when I receive it next Monday? Thx
Forum: Other Retailers & General Help & Discussion Topic: Does this sound like the "Nvidia defect"? HP G6000
fro5tie
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:12 pm
Replies: 3 Views: 95
Thanks for the speedy reply Lapcure. How can I test if this is the fault?
Forum: Other Retailers & General Help & Discussion Topic: Does this sound like the "Nvidia defect"? HP G6000
Lapcure
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:13 pm
Replies: 3 Views: 95
... have contains an Nvidia 6100 GPU and is also one of the known GPU's to fail. In order to prove that the GPU is indeed inherently defective then a test need to be done on it which will prove this conclusively. If you click on the following link http://www.nvidiadefect.com/post13.html#p13 you will ...
Forum: Other Retailers & General Help & Discussion Topic: DELL M1330 GPU issue - anyone had any luck with DELL refunds
Ant
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:17 am
Replies: 1 Views: 164
... giving a blank screen when booting to Windows, under safe mode it works fine (but then that uses CPU generated video). I have run the diagnostic tests and I get a video memory error code of 5300:0119 when the video memory test is performed. I have well over a year of extended warranty left, and ...
Forum: Comet Topic: hp pavillion 2799ea special edition
solofere
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 11:49 pm
Replies: 4 Views: 196
... non clear note on the recieve , regarding the display, no explanation provided about that. - april 2009 , hard disk fails, proved via bios memory test , at the same time crashes and potential video problems were showed. - may 2009, after struggling on the the phone wiht hp, I got the hd replacement ...
Forum: Other Retailers & General Help & Discussion Topic: Failed Compaq with nvidia gpu
Lapcure
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 9:18 pm
Replies: 3 Views: 179
... as long as your laptop is working then it is impossible to check for the defect. Your laptop needs to have failed in order for me to be able to test and then to be able to definitively state that your laptop is inherently defective. I would run a DVD film on loop and see how much longer the ...
Forum: Other Retailers & General Help & Discussion Topic: Failed Compaq with nvidia gpu
hamousher
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 9:27 am
Replies: 3 Views: 179
... after removing the battery from the compaq and then refitting the laptop has started working again. I have downloaded the GPU -Z 0.4.5 and run the test but could not get the stress test to work so downloaded another program:- video card stability test this shows the gpu at 100% and reaching tempreratures ...
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