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    Please help me diagnose

    Discussion in 'eMachines' started by swan, Oct 23, 2006.

  1. swan

    swan Newbie

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    My M6810 has a hardware problem - display is scrambled with lines and squares.
    Luckily I can still work remotely.

    I tried hooking up a separate monitor (without rebooting) and it looks the same. This sounds like it's probably the graphics card, right?

    but sometimes, even when I'm connected via remote desktop, some of the icon in the system tray are also scrambled (squares of lines).

    weird, ah?

    anybody has an idea what's wrong with this one?

    thanks!
    Swan
     
    swan, Oct 23, 2006
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Yeah. That's what happened to mine (I had an M6805) when the video card went out. Hopefully you still have a warranty on it.

    You can check for sure by using a Linux boot disk and booting off of that. If it still exhibits the same video corruption problems, it's the video card, and you'll need it repaired.
     
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    swan Newbie

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    No, my warrent has expired :-(

    any idea why parts of it look weird via remote desktop?
     
    swan, Oct 23, 2006
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