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GPU broken, someone can help?

6martina — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:58:35 GMT

Some days ago when i was playing wow i got a lot of screen tearing and strange lines on screen. I made a system restore, updated drivers but nothing , the problem is always there.

My model is A517B with X600 Mobility, can someone help me?
If not, my laptop is covered by warranity , is there a form to fill for request it? (i'm from italy, so it should be on the european website, but i can't find it)

Is my graphic card dying? It's only few months old :(!!!

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Re: GPU broken, someone can help?

kee-lo_ — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:13:06 GMT

Tried playing it with less detail? Though the detail at the moment is quite bad isn't it?

Re: GPU broken, someone can help?

6martina — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:51:18 GMT

Details at minimum 😐

It appears to be an overheating problem, anyone knows how to check if every fan works and how to clean from dust that could be preventing them to work fine? tnx

Re: GPU broken, someone can help?

Thalamus. — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:58:05 GMT

Hi 6martina,

You can check your vaio temperatures by downloading and running Mobilemeter Could you report back with the temperatures please..

Re: GPU broken, someone can help?

6martina — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:56:59 GMT

CPU Temp 63° . hard disk temp 38° , 1.73 ghz

I can't get VGA temp , so i dunno if maybe can be its fan not working. Is there a way to check it?

Re: GPU broken, someone can help?

kee-lo_ — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:31:40 GMT

If you can open it yourself might well be worth clearing it out

Re: GPU broken, someone can help?

Thalamus. — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:43:19 GMT

You should be able to hear the fan if it's working..