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    NVIDIA 7950 GTX Question

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by GSXR, Dec 18, 2009.

  1. GSXR

    GSXR Notebook Guru

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    My XPS M1710 started to show vertical green lines during boot up, then would go to a black screen. So I restarted in safe mode, then disabled the video card.
    It starts & runs fine now, no green lines, just reduced video performance, obviously. This shows there is a problem with the video card. What is the best option now? New, used, or do they fix these?

    Thanks!


    M1710,T7600,2.33,XP,4GB RAM,NVIDIA 7950 GTX
     
    GSXR, Dec 18, 2009
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  2. Koer

    Koer Notebook Deity

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    If you are still under warranty ( which i doubt ) then dell will fix it, if not then dell can replace your gfx card and will charge you the cost of the card plus shipping.

    maybe time for a new laptop ? :D
     
    Koer, Dec 18, 2009
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    GSXR Notebook Guru

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    Its warranty is over. You're saying they would come & replace it, for just the cost of the card???

    I could do it myself, but if they will do it, I'm all for that! :D
     
    GSXR, Dec 19, 2009
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