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I cant tell if the gpu is failing or if I have a virus

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by Saisei, Jul 23, 2009.

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    Recently my laptop's desktop and icons have started to flash randomly,things like the sound icon has a x on it.A couple of days a ago avast warned me about a win32:trojan(other) in 2 places.I looked at dell's instruction to replce the gpu but i think it would be to hard for me to do and my warranty is over.
     
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    This all started after using a program that was made for win vista only.
     
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    GPU failure (if it is the nVidia GPU) usually causes the image on the display to break up (some parts OK and some parts are bad).

    I think you have a software problem.

    Can you restore your computer to an earlier date?

    John
     
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    I deleted my restores they had copies of a virus i them.
     
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    You could try running off a Linux Live CD (eg Ubuntu).

    If the graphics behave themselves then it would provide more evidence that there is something wrong with your Windows.

    John
     
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