Do laptop video cards die?

[Dan Ritter]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 03:17:16AM -0400, David Kramer wrote:
> David Kramer wrote:
> > David Kramer wrote:
> >> SO I went over to my laptop a few hours ago, and the screen was blank 
> >> and unresponsive.  That usually means my last interaction was on the 
> >> second screen (on my TV with DB15 input), so I blindly type in the 
> >> password, and nothing.
> >> Turn on the TV, and no signal.
> >> C-A-Backspace, and nothing.
> >> C-A-Del, and nothing.
> >> Hard power down (hold down power button for 4 seconds)
> >> Power up again, and nothing on screen.  Not even during BIOS or GRUB.
> >> Panic excessively, and nothing.
> 
> OK, so I just ended a chat session with Dell (yes, it's 3:15AM).  It's 
> still under warranty, but it's gonna take about two weeks all-told.

Remember to do a complete backup before you send it off. Sure,
there's no reason for them to touch the hard disk... that just
means that if they do so, it will be more spectacularly damaging
than if they were supposed to fix it.

-dsr-


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