gravityBad
Active Member
I think my video card is on its way out. I have the following laptop:
DELL Inspiron 9300
Pentium M 2 GHz
2Gig memory
NVidia GeForce go 256 Mb video card
My problem started the day after I got laid off at work (go figure - I believe the HR person that lowered the boom was named...Murphy)
My screen started to intermittently blink from all black to a normal view every few seconds basically locking the computer down. I could not get anything to work while it was doing this prompting me to shut it down with the power button. One other thing I noticed is that sometimes only part of the screen will black out (either lines or rectangular blocks) for a split second and will continue to do so but with full function of the programs.
To compound matters, my extended warranty just ran out and DELL will only diagnosis for a fee and then of course charge me out the *)% for the parts and a technician to repair.
On another ironic note...the Dell 968 printer which the company said to keep just started to mangle paper every 5 sheets. A big heart felt thanks goes out to my former employer for their generosity.
Anyways, can anyone suggest a way to verify if the video card is good/bad? I couldn't find a way to run a diagnostic check on it. I hope someone can help as I can't afford to send it to Dell or replace it right now. Looks like i will be w/o one soon. Any recommendations?.....
Thanks,
joe
DELL Inspiron 9300
Pentium M 2 GHz
2Gig memory
NVidia GeForce go 256 Mb video card
My problem started the day after I got laid off at work (go figure - I believe the HR person that lowered the boom was named...Murphy)
My screen started to intermittently blink from all black to a normal view every few seconds basically locking the computer down. I could not get anything to work while it was doing this prompting me to shut it down with the power button. One other thing I noticed is that sometimes only part of the screen will black out (either lines or rectangular blocks) for a split second and will continue to do so but with full function of the programs.
To compound matters, my extended warranty just ran out and DELL will only diagnosis for a fee and then of course charge me out the *)% for the parts and a technician to repair.
On another ironic note...the Dell 968 printer which the company said to keep just started to mangle paper every 5 sheets. A big heart felt thanks goes out to my former employer for their generosity.
Anyways, can anyone suggest a way to verify if the video card is good/bad? I couldn't find a way to run a diagnostic check on it. I hope someone can help as I can't afford to send it to Dell or replace it right now. Looks like i will be w/o one soon. Any recommendations?.....
Thanks,
joe