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450 Display Problems
Hi Group,
On my GW laptop 450 X, the display on the monitor is going. Windows XP SP2 with all updates. Words and images blur, followed by vertical stripes (same colors as whatever was on screen at the time) followed sometimes by geometrical patterns. When this happens, laptop freezes like the old DOS proggys and can only be shutoff by turning off the power. Usually set off by the slightest touch or movement of the laptop. (Loose connection?) Took out the keyboard and checked - as best I can - for dust , but it seems to be a clean machine. I don't know where to look for a loose connection. Tried hooking it into another GW monitor, with same thing happening on both monitors. Reinstalled all drivers from the GW red disk, then updated them from the GW web site. Didn't solve the problem. ATI, the writer of the drivers, is no help. Any ideas? And I want to thank you for this group. I have learned more from you than from the GW site. Arthur |
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My first thought would be a failed fan on the video chipset. If the machine
has only one fan, is it working? If it has more than one fan are they both working? goseespam@lot wrote in message ... Hi Group, On my GW laptop 450 X, the display on the monitor is going. Windows XP SP2 with all updates. Words and images blur, followed by vertical stripes (same colors as whatever was on screen at the time) followed sometimes by geometrical patterns. When this happens, laptop freezes like the old DOS proggys and can only be shutoff by turning off the power. Usually set off by the slightest touch or movement of the laptop. (Loose connection?) Took out the keyboard and checked - as best I can - for dust , but it seems to be a clean machine. I don't know where to look for a loose connection. Tried hooking it into another GW monitor, with same thing happening on both monitors. Reinstalled all drivers from the GW red disk, then updated them from the GW web site. Didn't solve the problem. ATI, the writer of the drivers, is no help. Any ideas? And I want to thank you for this group. I have learned more from you than from the GW site. Arthur |
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Tweek, thanks for the answer.
Fans are working ok and clean. I might be wrong, but I don't think its due to overheating. Sometimes it freezes/crashs early in the session (once it crashed in Safe Mode), other times after many hours. The common denominator seems to be a slight movement of the laptop. ********************************************* On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 17:16:36 GMT, "Tweek" wrote: My first thought would be a failed fan on the video chipset. If the machine has only one fan, is it working? If it has more than one fan are they both working? goseespam@lot wrote in message .. . Hi Group, On my GW laptop 450 X, the display on the monitor is going. Windows XP SP2 with all updates. Words and images blur, followed by vertical stripes (same colors as whatever was on screen at the time) followed sometimes by geometrical patterns. When this happens, laptop freezes like the old DOS proggys and can only be shutoff by turning off the power. Usually set off by the slightest touch or movement of the laptop. (Loose connection?) Took out the keyboard and checked - as best I can - for dust , but it seems to be a clean machine. I don't know where to look for a loose connection. Tried hooking it into another GW monitor, with same thing happening on both monitors. Reinstalled all drivers from the GW red disk, then updated them from the GW web site. Didn't solve the problem. ATI, the writer of the drivers, is no help. Any ideas? And I want to thank you for this group. I have learned more from you than from the GW site. Arthur |
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It is possibly the flex cable that goes from the mainboard to the lcd
screen. Usually the symptom is the display distortion you described, but lockups usually aren't involved. If the cable has become frayed, it may be shorting out causing the lockups. goseespam@lot wrote in message ... Tweek, thanks for the answer. Fans are working ok and clean. I might be wrong, but I don't think its due to overheating. Sometimes it freezes/crashs early in the session (once it crashed in Safe Mode), other times after many hours. The common denominator seems to be a slight movement of the laptop. ********************************************* On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 17:16:36 GMT, "Tweek" wrote: My first thought would be a failed fan on the video chipset. If the machine has only one fan, is it working? If it has more than one fan are they both working? goseespam@lot wrote in message . .. Hi Group, On my GW laptop 450 X, the display on the monitor is going. Windows XP SP2 with all updates. Words and images blur, followed by vertical stripes (same colors as whatever was on screen at the time) followed sometimes by geometrical patterns. When this happens, laptop freezes like the old DOS proggys and can only be shutoff by turning off the power. Usually set off by the slightest touch or movement of the laptop. (Loose connection?) Took out the keyboard and checked - as best I can - for dust , but it seems to be a clean machine. I don't know where to look for a loose connection. Tried hooking it into another GW monitor, with same thing happening on both monitors. Reinstalled all drivers from the GW red disk, then updated them from the GW web site. Didn't solve the problem. ATI, the writer of the drivers, is no help. Any ideas? And I want to thank you for this group. I have learned more from you than from the GW site. Arthur |
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If the flex cable is to the left of the on/off button on GW 450
laptops, and directly under the plastic facing (the one that surrounds the on/off and the buttons for email, etc) - then it does seem to be frayed, or at least worn down. I had trouble with the on/off for about 6 months (driver or something which I fixed). But that meant that I had to press down unusually hard on that area a dozen times a day for about 6 months which would have been enough to wear it down. There is a matching area of wear on the underside of the plastic facing directly over the flex cable itself. Now the question is: what kind of tape should I use to cover the wear spot? Or do I need to do something else. If this turns out to be the trouble, you deserve the long range diagnosis award! Good work. **************************************** On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 21:01:32 GMT, "Tweek" wrote: It is possibly the flex cable that goes from the mainboard to the lcd screen. Usually the symptom is the display distortion you described, but lockups usually aren't involved. If the cable has become frayed, it may be shorting out causing the lockups. goseespam@lot wrote in message .. . Tweek, thanks for the answer. Fans are working ok and clean. I might be wrong, but I don't think its due to overheating. Sometimes it freezes/crashs early in the session (once it crashed in Safe Mode), other times after many hours. The common denominator seems to be a slight movement of the laptop. ********************************************* On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 17:16:36 GMT, "Tweek" wrote: My first thought would be a failed fan on the video chipset. If the machine has only one fan, is it working? If it has more than one fan are they both working? goseespam@lot wrote in message ... Hi Group, On my GW laptop 450 X, the display on the monitor is going. Windows XP SP2 with all updates. Words and images blur, followed by vertical stripes (same colors as whatever was on screen at the time) followed sometimes by geometrical patterns. When this happens, laptop freezes like the old DOS proggys and can only be shutoff by turning off the power. Usually set off by the slightest touch or movement of the laptop. (Loose connection?) Took out the keyboard and checked - as best I can - for dust , but it seems to be a clean machine. I don't know where to look for a loose connection. Tried hooking it into another GW monitor, with same thing happening on both monitors. Reinstalled all drivers from the GW red disk, then updated them from the GW web site. Didn't solve the problem. ATI, the writer of the drivers, is no help. Any ideas? And I want to thank you for this group. I have learned more from you than from the GW site. Arthur |
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I am not sure where it is actually located on that model. If needed, you can
get a replacement from www.mundocorp.com . If it is not that cable, it is almost certainly something shorting out when you move the machine. goseespam@lot wrote in message ... If the flex cable is to the left of the on/off button on GW 450 laptops, and directly under the plastic facing (the one that surrounds the on/off and the buttons for email, etc) - then it does seem to be frayed, or at least worn down. I had trouble with the on/off for about 6 months (driver or something which I fixed). But that meant that I had to press down unusually hard on that area a dozen times a day for about 6 months which would have been enough to wear it down. There is a matching area of wear on the underside of the plastic facing directly over the flex cable itself. Now the question is: what kind of tape should I use to cover the wear spot? Or do I need to do something else. If this turns out to be the trouble, you deserve the long range diagnosis award! Good work. **************************************** On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 21:01:32 GMT, "Tweek" wrote: It is possibly the flex cable that goes from the mainboard to the lcd screen. Usually the symptom is the display distortion you described, but lockups usually aren't involved. If the cable has become frayed, it may be shorting out causing the lockups. goseespam@lot wrote in message . .. Tweek, thanks for the answer. Fans are working ok and clean. I might be wrong, but I don't think its due to overheating. Sometimes it freezes/crashs early in the session (once it crashed in Safe Mode), other times after many hours. The common denominator seems to be a slight movement of the laptop. ********************************************* On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 17:16:36 GMT, "Tweek" wrote: My first thought would be a failed fan on the video chipset. If the machine has only one fan, is it working? If it has more than one fan are they both working? goseespam@lot wrote in message m... Hi Group, On my GW laptop 450 X, the display on the monitor is going. Windows XP SP2 with all updates. Words and images blur, followed by vertical stripes (same colors as whatever was on screen at the time) followed sometimes by geometrical patterns. When this happens, laptop freezes like the old DOS proggys and can only be shutoff by turning off the power. Usually set off by the slightest touch or movement of the laptop. (Loose connection?) Took out the keyboard and checked - as best I can - for dust , but it seems to be a clean machine. I don't know where to look for a loose connection. Tried hooking it into another GW monitor, with same thing happening on both monitors. Reinstalled all drivers from the GW red disk, then updated them from the GW web site. Didn't solve the problem. ATI, the writer of the drivers, is no help. Any ideas? And I want to thank you for this group. I have learned more from you than from the GW site. Arthur |
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