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 Posted: Wed, 8th Sep 2010 00:57 Post subject: Question about Acer Aspire display problem |
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I got an Acer Aspire 5920g and its screen shows distortion (kinda random horizontal lines, pink and other colours)
I'm wondering which part is faulty ? Because if it's the gfx card, then I can replace it (MXM slot). What is the usual cause of that symptom ?
Also, I have selected "Video output = Both" in its BIOS and have connected an external CRT to the VGA slot, but it doesn't send signal there, only the laptop's screen. Wtf.
Is there some diagnostic proggy I can run ?
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| Posted: Wed, 8th Sep 2010 01:53 Post subject: |
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if it doen't send signal to external then gfx is probably busted, what is it nvidia 8600m 256mb? my gf has same laptop and it stays pretty cool compared to my with same specs, but i have cpu and gpu on the same board
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| Posted: Wed, 8th Sep 2010 02:20 Post subject: |
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It's 8600m gt I believe ...
I'm thinking of trying some 3d benchmark to see if it's gonna crap out completely under heavy load, what do you think ?
I'm just worried that I'm gonna replace the card, and boot right into the same problem (the horizontal lines are *immediately* visible)
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| Posted: Wed, 8th Sep 2010 02:30 Post subject: |
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well if it were vertical it would be monitor problem, don't u have hdmi output? see if that works, if u have device to plug it in
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| Posted: Wed, 8th Sep 2010 02:34 Post subject: |
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You're right, a few days ago I'd thought about testing with HDMI, but I don't have a cable and they're expensive. But it's worth it for a test, since I'm stumped, so I'll buy one. (It's probably going to output NO signal though, right ? Like through VGA)
If you or anyone has any other ideas, let me know.
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| Posted: Wed, 8th Sep 2010 02:41 Post subject: |
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I've had an Acer laptop and an Acer monitor and a similar problem eventually appeared on both, except lines are vertical. In fact, the Acer laptop has about 20 of those lines now. I'm never buying an Acer screen of any sort ever again.
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| Posted: Wed, 8th Sep 2010 02:45 Post subject: |
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yeah acer is pretty much like a lottery, guess my gf got lucky, it broke only ones, power button stopped working after a week of use, which was pressed 5-6 times or something like that
acer=shit, i'd never buy acer myself nor would recommend it to anyone
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