On 6/6/07, Pierce Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I turned on my laptop to find it had become broken somehow. The screen
during boot up (and in console) has unusual intermittent lines that appeared
around some text. And when I tried to start X, it kernel panics. I was able
to get the following output from dmesg before it died:
http://pastebin.ca/544532
Does it do that every time? What is it doing now? Are you
dual-booting with Windows to where you could see what it does? If
not, maybe try a Live CD or something.
Here is what my screen looked like when my laptop died. Does yours
look anything like either of these:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/plasmoidia/401150652/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/plasmoidia/401152126/
Although that looks like a driver issue, I can only assume my graphics card
is borked. So since I am out of warranty I'm wondering if anyone has any
You do not want to assume, you want to know what is wrong :-). If the
hardware is okay, you do not want to go to the trouble of replacing
it. What have you done to troubleshoot this?
idea how I can proceed to get it fixed? I'm sure if I sent it to HP I would
be paying through the nose for them to replace the parts (not to mention
customer service is €0.95c per minute!). Is it possible to buy the graphics
card and replace it myself? Some people have said they think the cards are
built in to the motherboard and it is most likely a problem with both. Can
anyone give me any advice on how to go forward? I found this online so it
seems possible I can replace the card:
http://www.impactcomputers.com/5j149.html
The graphics card is integrated on the motherboard; it is not a
separate card that you can replace. You would have to replace the
entire motherboard if your card is broken.
Motherboard: http://www.flickr.com/photos/plasmoidia/230575657/
Graphics chip: http://www.flickr.com/photos/plasmoidia/230577735/
My advise, if the hardware is broken, would be to buy another
computer, if at all possible. The R3000z is getting to be quite an
old laptop. If you wanted to revive it, I think the best you could do
now is buy another motherboard off eBay or someplace similar and
replace it yourself. But that likely won't be cheap and there is
still a chance something might not work or you could break something
else in the process. If you go with a new computer, you can even sell
off some of the components from the old laptop and recoup some cost
that way.
Jonathan
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