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ktkendall · 10-14-2005, 04:55 AM

Actually you just did the first troubleshooting step and proved it is in the internals of the laptop where the problem is, and not just a display screen problem. Actually it could be way more than just video adapter, it could be the processor, the memory, or the motherboard itself that is shot.. Although on laptops the video adapter is integrated on the motherboard anyways so even if it is just the graphics chip that usualy entails replacing the motherboard on a laptop anyways, or at least even if the graphics can be replaced you usually can not do it yourself and will probably need to have this laptop taken in for service repair work. With our laptop we bought the BestBuy service plan because I knew that for a good laptop it is worth it to buy the extended service plan because you can't do very much to a laptop yourself, and they are very expensive to repair..

10-14-2005, 04:55 AM	#4
ktkendall Telcom Tech Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Western, Pa. Posts: 5,409	Actually you just did the first troubleshooting step and proved it is in the internals of the laptop where the problem is, and not just a display screen problem. Actually it could be way more than just video adapter, it could be the processor, the memory, or the motherboard itself that is shot.. Although on laptops the video adapter is integrated on the motherboard anyways so even if it is just the graphics chip that usualy entails replacing the motherboard on a laptop anyways, or at least even if the graphics can be replaced you usually can not do it yourself and will probably need to have this laptop taken in for service repair work. With our laptop we bought the BestBuy service plan because I knew that for a good laptop it is worth it to buy the extended service plan because you can't do very much to a laptop yourself, and they are very expensive to repair.. __________________ If it ain't broke, "TWEAK IT"