Distorted Everything

Entensity · 05-08-2008, 11:28 AM

I was using the laptop as usual.
The screen went black, fan and everything else appeared to be spinning as normal.
I had to hold down the power button to reset it.
Now when it turns on, I'm seeing these graphic distortions all the time.
The system will boot in safe mode.
But when trying to startup normally, I see a quick flash of a blue screen of death during the XP loading screen, and it resets. Will not boot in normal mode.
The graphic distortions are even present in the BIOS.

What's going on?

Underclocker · 05-09-2008, 11:35 PM

It looks like it's either a graphics card or LCD problem. Try plugging in an monitor into the external video port.

~~Blue_Gene~~ · 05-10-2008, 07:22 AM

Since this is a laptop, plugged in a separate monitor to the VGA port on the side or the back of the laptop. If the picture is not distorted on the external monitor, then your onboard videocard is working fine and problem lies on the LCD screen.

If the problems occurs on the external monitor, then the videocard is bad and the motherboard on the laptop needs to be replaced.

Entensity · 05-10-2008, 08:54 AM

The problem was the same on the external monitor. So I'm assuming something internal is very messed up.

A new motherboard for a laptop is probably expensive. Since it's out of warranty, HP wants $300 just to send it in, plus the price of any parts to repair it. So the motherboard is probably 300+$ I'd imagine. Not worth fixing. =(

I guess I've learned to buy extended warranties, and not use a laptop for gaming because you can't easily replace a part inside for a hundred bucks and be all better.

05-08-2008, 11:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
Entensity Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 120 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Distorted Everything I was using the laptop as usual. The screen went black, fan and everything else appeared to be spinning as normal. I had to hold down the power button to reset it. Now when it turns on, I'm seeing these graphic distortions all the time. The system will boot in safe mode. But when trying to startup normally, I see a quick flash of a blue screen of death during the XP loading screen, and it resets. Will not boot in normal mode. The graphic distortions are even present in the BIOS. What's going on?

05-09-2008, 11:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
Underclocker Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: A land girt by sea. Posts: 551 OS: Windows XP Pro SP3 My System	Re: Distorted Everything It looks like it's either a graphics card or LCD problem. Try plugging in an monitor into the external video port. __________________ Everest CPU-Z Memtest86 SpeedFan ORTHOS

05-10-2008, 07:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
~~Blue_Gene~~ Troubled Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 152 OS: Windows XP Professional	Re: Distorted Everything Since this is a laptop, plugged in a separate monitor to the VGA port on the side or the back of the laptop. If the picture is not distorted on the external monitor, then your onboard videocard is working fine and problem lies on the LCD screen. If the problems occurs on the external monitor, then the videocard is bad and the motherboard on the laptop needs to be replaced.

05-10-2008, 08:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
Entensity Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Indiana, USA Posts: 120 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Re: Distorted Everything The problem was the same on the external monitor. So I'm assuming something internal is very messed up. A new motherboard for a laptop is probably expensive. Since it's out of warranty, HP wants $300 just to send it in, plus the price of any parts to repair it. So the motherboard is probably 300+$ I'd imagine. Not worth fixing. =( I guess I've learned to buy extended warranties, and not use a laptop for gaming because you can't easily replace a part inside for a hundred bucks and be all better.