S-i-L has just turned up with her laptop
it has a problem
there are half a dozen mini "displays" on the screen, or rather a "scroll" of them left and right
Is it the video chip fuqt or is the re the possibility of a simpler reason (I do hope so, having already pulled the thing apart to replace the power connector )
Its a Packard Bell Ares GM running vista
When you say 'mini displays' what exactly are they?
Try downloading, burning, and booting from a Linux Live CD - eg Ubuntu. If the problem or a similar one is still present, it's very probably hardware.
More generally, I have a hardware troubleshooting page here:
Mmm that sounds like the video driver is borked or the video chip itself.
Try upgrading to latest driver...FROM THE MANUFACTURES WEBSITE.,
also try different video modes.
En el artículo , geoff escribió:
I see your problem.
I see your problem.
If you turn it on, you get a grid of startup screens (so it must be hardware related). It works its way through windows startup and gives you miniature startup screens in very low resolution
One set go from the LHS top middle of the screen, then a black bar, then another set which goes off the RHS end of the screen. Vertically, just over 3 screens stacked above each other
In message , Mike Tomlinson writes
And the OS is in French ...
NEXT ?
I'd say if the very first displays, such as the internal splash or even the bios do much the same its hardware, but otherwise it may have had an upgrade in its video drivers which has failed for some reason. Wind them back.
As I say, most of these tend to be a hardware issue either in the screen drivers, or the video chip on the main board. Have you tested it on an external monitor?
I eventually got an HP going with what the driver called software rendering after a hardware issue screwed up the hardware displays. Laptops seem to often be unrelable, maybe its the heat problem. Luckily as I can't see displays these days... grin
Brian
No Vista is not the problem.
Brian
In message , Brian Gaff writes
Yes - I said that earlier
That's one obvious thing I haven't tried, cheers
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