HP 530 intergated graphics chip fried

ben31 · 12-11-2008, 10:07 AM

I have an HP 530 laptop, a while ago i was playing san andreas on it and got bored so I plugged in a monitor to play on two screens lol i dunno why. At the time it didn't like it, it kept flickering. I think the graphics chip fried because it has lines going through the screen and weird colour patches since.
I was wondering what my options are, It was a cheapy laptop so i very much doubt it has a graphics card slot. and i don't want to get a new motherboard because there are pratically the same price as the laptop its self.
Is there like a external graphics card about or anything? and is the graphics card deff fried?

thanks Ben

**TriggerFinger** · 12-11-2008, 09:10 PM

It seems to me you tried with an external monitor.. do the lines show in both the LCD and the external monitor?

ben31 · 12-12-2008, 01:14 AM

yea.
At first it kept coming up with the blue screen of death, so i disabled the graphics drivers and now this is happening, if that helps.

**TriggerFinger** · 12-12-2008, 07:48 AM

Yep it sure looks like a video chip problem. But before we jump into that conclusion, try uninstalling the video drivers (see Device Manager). Also uninstall any or all video driver related program in ADD/REMOVE. Reboot. This should give you the basic screen resolution, not good to look at but may give you some clue. Install or update chipset drivers if there's any (see HP website for your model) then install the video drivers.

Also try booting with another operating system from a live CD (i.e. Knoppix or Ubuntu or similar). Observe if the symptoms are the same.

ben31 · 12-20-2008, 12:14 PM

yep done all that. It wont install any other OS, it just keeps blue screening. so its worthless now is it?

**TriggerFinger** · 12-20-2008, 03:53 PM

So you tried Knoppix or Ubuntu and it gave you a blue screen? Did you download the ISO file and used Nero or ImgBurn or similar to burn the image into a blank CD? If you just copied the file directly to the blank CD, you would not be able to boot from it... may be that is why you still get the blue screen. I may be mistaken but booting from a linux live CD would have a different symptom or error at least... not BSOD.

12-11-2008, 10:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
ben31 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: UK Posts: 59 OS: Vista Business	HP 530 intergated graphics chip fried I have an HP 530 laptop, a while ago i was playing san andreas on it and got bored so I plugged in a monitor to play on two screens lol i dunno why. At the time it didn't like it, it kept flickering. I think the graphics chip fried because it has lines going through the screen and weird colour patches since. I was wondering what my options are, It was a cheapy laptop so i very much doubt it has a graphics card slot. and i don't want to get a new motherboard because there are pratically the same price as the laptop its self. Is there like a external graphics card about or anything? and is the graphics card deff fried? thanks Ben

12-11-2008, 09:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,159 OS: Windows 7 Beta, Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: HP 530 intergated graphics chip fried It seems to me you tried with an external monitor.. do the lines show in both the LCD and the external monitor? __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Everest HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

12-12-2008, 01:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
ben31 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: UK Posts: 59 OS: Vista Business	Re: HP 530 intergated graphics chip fried yea. At first it kept coming up with the blue screen of death, so i disabled the graphics drivers and now this is happening, if that helps.

12-12-2008, 07:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,159 OS: Windows 7 Beta, Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: HP 530 intergated graphics chip fried Yep it sure looks like a video chip problem. But before we jump into that conclusion, try uninstalling the video drivers (see Device Manager). Also uninstall any or all video driver related program in ADD/REMOVE. Reboot. This should give you the basic screen resolution, not good to look at but may give you some clue. Install or update chipset drivers if there's any (see HP website for your model) then install the video drivers. Also try booting with another operating system from a live CD (i.e. Knoppix or Ubuntu or similar). Observe if the symptoms are the same. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Everest HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE

12-20-2008, 12:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
ben31 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: UK Posts: 59 OS: Vista Business	Re: HP 530 intergated graphics chip fried yep done all that. It wont install any other OS, it just keeps blue screening. so its worthless now is it?

12-20-2008, 03:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,159 OS: Windows 7 Beta, Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: HP 530 intergated graphics chip fried So you tried Knoppix or Ubuntu and it gave you a blue screen? Did you download the ISO file and used Nero or ImgBurn or similar to burn the image into a blank CD? If you just copied the file directly to the blank CD, you would not be able to boot from it... may be that is why you still get the blue screen. I may be mistaken but booting from a linux live CD would have a different symptom or error at least... not BSOD. __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Everest HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE