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[Laptop help!] Toasted Graphics Card on my Laptop

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Chrispy Canada5878 Posts April 04 2010 02:39 GMT #1 Help to all the wizards of TL! So, my laptop is an old Acer Aspire 5670 with Radeon Mobility X1600 as its graphics card. It started with a few pixels on my screen, then it progressed to medium sized spots of black here and there until eventually I got vertical green lines running all across my screen. So I shut down, restarted and they were still there. I disabled my graphics card in device manager and the green lines are gone and everything looks normal. I tried to see if it would work if I just restarted again but there are still tons of little flickering black/green pixels all over my screen . My external monitor gets all the green lines too. So my question: Is there anything I can do to get my graphics card working again? Maybe there's dust or something? Thanks for your help! Here is a screenshot of what it looks like: (I think this will work)

CursOr United States6335 Posts April 04 2010 02:41 GMT #2 On April 04 2010 11:39 Chrispy wrote: my laptop is an old Acer Aspire... I think I may have located your problem. But, on the other hand, you can probably cook eggs on top of the thing ya?

Tenryu United States565 Posts April 04 2010 03:14 GMT #3 You try reinstalling your drivers? Try going here i suppose and select whatever OS ur using http://support.amd.com/us/psearch/Pages/psearch.aspx?type=2.4.2&product=2.4.2.3.10&contentType=GPU Download Detail&ostype=Windows XP - Professional/Home&keywords=&items=20

FragKrag United States11549 Posts April 04 2010 03:30 GMT #4 Check your temps on the GPU first.

love1another United States1844 Posts April 04 2010 03:40 GMT #5 Motherboard is fried. Get your manufacturer to replace it for you.

Tenryu United States565 Posts April 04 2010 03:55 GMT #6 Hmm he said it looks just fine when he has the driver disabled. Wouldnt the screen always look like that if it was the motherboard? I dont know, correct me if im wrong.

Chrispy Canada5878 Posts April 04 2010 04:12 GMT #7 Yeah when I disable ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1600 under display adapters everything looks normal and performs fine. @Tenryu, There are no results found for my OS (Windows Vista) I think I might just do a desperation reformat and go back to XP, which has the drivers supported.

FragKrag United States11549 Posts April 04 2010 04:15 GMT #8 Then it's a problem with the X1600 of course. I think it is just your GPU showing its age :/

Tenryu United States565 Posts April 04 2010 04:24 GMT #9 Pretty sure u can find some drivers for it, ill give it a try in couple mins Hmm googled it, apparently some1 said they used the desktop one from ati.com with the ati mobility modder http://www.hardwareheaven.com/modtool.php You can read about it here, ive never used it so i cant really give u anymore info bout it. That link above seems to have explained it pretty well though. Also it might be ur shit is just getting a bit old like Frag said, but it shouldnt hurt to try and reinstall new updated drivers.

Chrispy Canada5878 Posts April 04 2010 04:57 GMT #10 Ah, yes Mobility Modder will be able to update my drivers on Vista, its worth a shot. Thanks.

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