Rhys

Was surfing the net last night when all of sudden the screen went wild. I switched it of and back on, but as soon as i did the following screen appears:



Then it goes into this where you log in etc. It does this in SAfe mode etc. It is not the screen as if you connect it to external moniter it is the same. Any ideas?





I was not even lookin at any dodgy sites lol.





If it is Kaput anyone recommend any good laptops on the market atm?

Smudge

Gutting!!!!!

ballin

iTrader: (1)

even when you first boot the computer is the screen knackered?

looks like the connections between screen & motherboard are poo'd

Rhys

No Ballin, the screen is fine. Connected to external screen and it was the same.


If its motherboard issues i would imagine being a lappy it will be scrap?

Jim Galbally

the graphics chip is fubar. quite common on cheaper HP laptops, they overheat and die just like this

after leaving it to cool and continualy rebootng it mught fix itself for a while, but once it starts, it's fucked.

9/10 you cant replace this, so it's new mainboard time is the laptop still under warranty? if it is ring HP repair center and get it fixed. if it isn't, look for a new laptop and sell this one for spares/repair

Rhys

Jim this is a high spec laptop well four years ago it was, so compared to new ones now basic

The Lappy is 4 going on 5 years old. So suspect not worth repairing. Im gutted as loved the laptop been faultless really apart from one issues last year and it has taken some abuse.

Jim Galbally

i think it's an nx7010? or similar from the pic? the nx series were the poor quality ones, the nc's were the gooduns.

we've had it happen to nearly every single tc1100 tablet we've ever had, but they all had 3yr warranty so were fixed.

check out the mobo and see if the gpu is replaceable. iirc it's an ATi one on those laptops so look for a little chip that doesnt have intel stamped on it.

Rhys

Nah not Nz it ZV5000, the Graphic is AMD Athlon thingy... if that makes any sense?

Jim Galbally

nope as AMD make CPUs not graphics processors

Rhys

K will have a check. If dead anyone recommend any good laptops about?

Stu.H

I specced my mum a laptop (and warleydaddy off here has one) an acer.

it had a 17" widescreen, wifi and loads ports for memory cards.
That was £400 delivered

It came with Vista, was fine after the upgrade to xp

T38Mat

Yep defo gfx chip overheated as JIm says. There are a few places that say they can fix these issues but Id just go for a new unit. Anything branded over 600 will be of decent build. HP Sony etc.

Mat

aduz

clean that screen yer pikey

Spiky

iTrader: (1)

i was right then

i did plug it into my LCD, so from that confirmed it was the MB

gutting dude

Rhys

Doh never mind. On the hunt for a freaking laptop now! Dont want 17" screen as imo to big to be portable and easily chuck on lap.

I will check a few sites now, and even go in shops just to see them in "flesh" etc to.