HP Pavilion dv9201ca monitor failure, crash dump included

[spotty5000]

My laptop will boot and run but after a few minutes the monitor starts acting funny, with white lines all over it, until the computer freezes. I ran windbg on a crash dump that was listed under "video hardware error" and got the following bug report:

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VIDEO_TDR_TIMEOUT_DETECTED (117)
The display driver failed to respond in timely fashion.
(This code can never be used for real bugcheck).
Arguments:
Arg1: 83f13008, Optional pointer to internal TDR recovery context (TDR_RECOVERY_CONTEXT).
Arg2: 8a406fb0, The pointer into responsible device driver module (e.g owner tag).
Arg3: 00000000, The secondary driver specific bucketing key.
Arg4: 00000000, Optional internal context dependent data.
Debugging Details:
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AUTOBUG_USER_LCID_STR:  ENU
AUTOBUG_OS_SKU:  3
FAULTING_IP:
nvlddmkm+3fb0
8a406fb0 ??              ???
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  GRAPHICS_DRIVER_TDR_TIMEOUT
TAG_NOT_DEFINED_202b:  *** Unknown TAG in analysis list 202b
BUGCHECK_STR:  0x117
PROCESS_NAME:  System
CURRENT_IRQL:  0
STACK_TEXT: 
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
9215fce0 8a88460f 00000000 8a406fb0 83f13008 dxgkrnl+0x3dd2e
9215fd08 8a86eb7a 00000000 8d0c6d84 83f13008 dxgkrnl+0x3e60f
9215fd44 8a8847e4 83f13008 8d0c6890 9215fd68 dxgkrnl+0x28b7a
9215fd54 8a8d7e0f 83f13008 81c87906 8d0c6890 dxgkrnl+0x3e7e4
9215fd68 8a8da6e6 8d0c6890 00000000 8d0daa78 dxgkrnl+0x91e0f
9215fd7c 81e18c42 8d0c6890 454cda74 00000000 dxgkrnl+0x946e6
9215fdc0 81c81efe 8a8da684 8d0c6890 00000000 nt!PspSystemThreadStartup+0x9d
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 nt!KiThreadStartup+0x16
STACK_COMMAND:  .bugcheck ; kb
FOLLOWUP_IP:
nvlddmkm+3fb0
8a406fb0 ??              ???
SYMBOL_NAME:  nvlddmkm+3fb0
FOLLOWUP_NAME:  MachineOwner
MODULE_NAME: nvlddmkm
IMAGE_NAME:  nvlddmkm.sys
DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP:  45e48a76
FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  0x117_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys
BUCKET_ID:  0x117_IMAGE_nvlddmkm.sys
Followup: MachineOwner

 

[The_Other_One]

I'd say video or RAM related... Though from all the "NV's" in the dump, I'd assume you have some kind of nvidia graphics card.

I just looked up a bit of info on it and I think I know exactly what your problem is. I actually have a computer upstairs with essentially the same issues. Basically, the chipset pulls away from the motherboard. This was the case with my grandparents computer, though their issues started with the wifi not working, then no video all together. I've been able to fix it temporarily using a heatgun and heating up the chipset, but this fix only seems to last a couple days (perhaps I'm not heating it enough?) But at any rate, the computer's pretty much shot.