graphics card issue, laptop now not usable

vista4334 · 07-06-2007, 10:38 PM

After updating the bios on my alienware laptop, i restarted, to find that the resolution was set to 800x600, and the bit was set to 4, with no way of changing them. I looked further, to find that my graphics adapter has NO MEMORY! This is obviously an error. Alienware told me they would ship another gforce 6600, but I am wondering if just re-installing vista might help.

Should i wait for the card, or re-install?

PohTayToez · 07-06-2007, 10:58 PM

Try a reinstall. If that works, then you have an extra card you can eBay off.

That's what you get for buying Alienware, though.

vista4334 · 07-06-2007, 11:13 PM

can i get a second opinion?

oscaryu1 · 07-06-2007, 11:33 PM

Updating the BIOS should not have done that... If the video card still shows an image of course it has memory... Try an reinstall or another video card. Otherwise, do as PohTayToez said and reformat.

vista4334 · 07-06-2007, 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oscaryu1

Updating the BIOS should not have done that... If the video card still shows an image of course it has memory... Try an reinstall or another video card. Otherwise, do as PohTayToez said and reformat.

alright i will re-install

i think its just not detecting the card, and re-installing the drivers have not helped
"IF" i do get another card, would that mean i would have to get new everything else too, like processor, motherboard, that kind of stuff?

vista4334 · 07-13-2007, 01:05 AM

fyi, re-installing didn't work guys, so they are comming to repair tomorrow...

07-06-2007, 10:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
vista4334 Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 93	graphics card issue, laptop now not usable After updating the bios on my alienware laptop, i restarted, to find that the resolution was set to 800x600, and the bit was set to 4, with no way of changing them. I looked further, to find that my graphics adapter has NO MEMORY! This is obviously an error. Alienware told me they would ship another gforce 6600, but I am wondering if just re-installing vista might help. Should i wait for the card, or re-install?

07-06-2007, 10:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
PohTayToez Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Illinois Age: 19 Posts: 2,541	Try a reinstall. If that works, then you have an extra card you can eBay off. That's what you get for buying Alienware, though. __________________ Desktop / Laptop ASUS A8N-E / Compaq Presario v6420us AMD Athlon 3200+ @ 2.50Ghz / AMD Athlon X2 TK-53 @ 1.70Ghz MSI GeForce 7800GT / GeForce Go 6150 2 x 512MB DDR / 2 x 1GB DDR2 250GB SATA II / 80GB 5400RPM SATA 2 x DVD Burner / 8X DVD±R/RW

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oscaryu1 VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 13 Posts: 10,012	Updating the BIOS should not have done that... If the video card still shows an image of course it has memory... Try an reinstall or another video card. Otherwise, do as PohTayToez said and reformat. __________________ Core 2 Duo E2140 1.6GHz @ 3.04GHz GA-P31-DS3L pqi Turbo CL4 DDR2-800 2GB Sapphire HD3850 256MB Sony Writemaster DVD Burner EIDE Seagate Barracuda 80GB 7200.9 8MB SATII

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vista4334 Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 93	fyi, re-installing didn't work guys, so they are comming to repair tomorrow... Last edited by vista4334; 07-13-2007 at 01:13 AM.

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