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    Is my GX660r Faulty?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by vuvuzela, Jan 27, 2011.

  1. vuvuzela

    vuvuzela Newbie

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    Hi,

    I will try explain this the best possible way...

    I received my new laptop this evening I switch it on for the first time, straight away the screen is this horrible red colour with a thin black line running down the right side, but only just half way. I think to myself maybe its the driver as I need to load the install cd once I've finished setting everything up e.g. time, keyboard etc.

    It then loads into the windows screen and yet again its this horrible red screen and the windows logo is all blurry and smudgy. Again no panic yet as I think to myself just needs a new driver.

    So I'm on the desktop now, all the desktop icons are shaking, very blurry, I check all the settings make sure screen ress is correct I also install the driver from the AMD website. Reboot and still the screen is this horrible red colour when logging in and the desktop icons look blurry and the thin black line.

    So is the laptop faulty, have I done everything right? Can somebody suggest anything else? I thought when you buy these laptops all you have to do is change country, keyboard, add password and its done??

    Please help

    Cheers
     
    vuvuzela, Jan 27, 2011
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  2. vuvuzela

    vuvuzela Newbie

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    vuvuzela, Jan 27, 2011
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  3. alektoro

    alektoro Notebook Consultant

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    Are you experiencing this in BIOS as well?
     
    alektoro, Jan 28, 2011
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  4. vuvuzela

    vuvuzela Newbie

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    yes everywhere.
     
    vuvuzela, Jan 28, 2011
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  5. Marecki_clf

    Marecki_clf Homo laptopicus

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    The notebook is faulty.
     
    Marecki_clf, Jan 28, 2011
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  6. alektoro

    alektoro Notebook Consultant

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    Yep. 10char
     
    alektoro, Jan 28, 2011
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  7. zrx1973

    zrx1973 Notebook Guru

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    it might not be :)
    I experienced this red screen on a old laptop a few years back, i had left it in the car overnight by accident and it was freezing cold, very cold conditions can make the screen do funny things, once it warmed up after an hour or so it was fine for everymore.
    Has this notebook been very cold either before you unboxed it, or during delivery?
     
    zrx1973, Jan 28, 2011
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  8. catacylsm

    catacylsm Notebook Prophet

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    Heres how i see it.

    1)Its broke!
    2)Its cold?
    3)Check colour transfer wire connections (If you dare fiddle with insides)

    WARRENTY!
    Live
    Love
    Win!
     
    catacylsm, Jan 29, 2011
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