Is My Graphics Card About To Pack Up?

almara · 11-08-2007, 08:29 AM

I am looking for some help on a display problem with my Sony Vaio laptop. The display shows parallel broken lines made up of coloured dots running across the screen. At other times broken blocks of colour are also seen at various places on the screen. The severity varies from time to time . It is not a problem with the screen itself as I have hooked up to an external monitor and the problem still occurs. I have also tried uninstalling and reinstalling the latest driver but this has made no difference. I am concerned that this is an indication that my graphics card (Nvidia GeForce Go 7400) is going to pack up as, being a laptop, there is no way to replace the card. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

**twajetmech** · 11-10-2007, 12:18 AM

It could be that you are overheating, blow out the laptop with a can of dust-off and keep it raised off the table to allow for airflow, consider using a laptop cooler as well. Worst case is that something has come a bit loose during transport.

11-08-2007, 08:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
almara Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP	Is My Graphics Card About To Pack Up? I am looking for some help on a display problem with my Sony Vaio laptop. The display shows parallel broken lines made up of coloured dots running across the screen. At other times broken blocks of colour are also seen at various places on the screen. The severity varies from time to time . It is not a problem with the screen itself as I have hooked up to an external monitor and the problem still occurs. I have also tried uninstalling and reinstalling the latest driver but this has made no difference. I am concerned that this is an indication that my graphics card (Nvidia GeForce Go 7400) is going to pack up as, being a laptop, there is no way to replace the card. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

11-10-2007, 12:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
twajetmech I helped the forums. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: LGA, NYC Posts: 2,388 OS: XP-Pro Sp2 & XP-Pro Sp2 Tablet Edition, Vista Ultimate My System	Re: Is My Graphics Card About To Pack Up? It could be that you are overheating, blow out the laptop with a can of dust-off and keep it raised off the table to allow for airflow, consider using a laptop cooler as well. Worst case is that something has come a bit loose during transport. __________________ PSU Selection/Info // Bench test // Thermal Paste // Memory Selection // Bios Beep Codes // CPU-Z// Posting System Specs