If I owned a hat I would eat it about now.Originally Posted by vindy500
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If I owned a hat I would eat it about now.
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Me too - I haven't seen a laptop with pluggable components (other than RAM, modem/wifi ) in ages. I looked up Zepto and it appears you've got a pretty nice machine. Where did you get it?
http://www.notebookreview.com/defaul...ew=Zepto+6214W
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
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Laptops are slowly getting back to modular/removable components. It's cheaper/easier for the manufacturers to have different levels of hardware without having to come up with some new and exotic PCB for each individual model.
To the OP: How badly were the heat sinks/fans clogged?
Hello
pretty solidly a. made a mess with all the dust, got it second hand from someone who imported it
Scooter boy
Damn... no good man.
Sounds like the lack of airflow cooked all the nice solid state bits.
Check e-bay for a replacement video card. The mobile chip sets are pretty standard. Like... there isn't a Toshiba/Dell/Sony specific 7600. All the 7600 mobile boards should all be the same.
It's VERY rare that the PCI bus controller cooks in a case that the video card is still kinda functional. The card itself draws the most current. The onboard bus on the motherboard not so much. The bus is probably OK. Card not so much. Good news = video card replaceable and should fix the problem.
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but if i disable the video card the lines are still there, the lines are even there on the boot screen... could it still be the chip?
would this be something zepto could fix if i sent it back?
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If Zepto couldn't fix it I guess no-one could. But you'd be sending it to Denmark - you'd be without it for quite a while.
Do you have householders insurance...?
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
(PostalDave on ADVrider)
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negativeDo you have householders insurance...?
i have bought a temp desktop in the mean time as it is currently unusable, guess i wouldnt have anything to lose if i sent it back
Scooter boy
How are you disabling the video card?
Something like running safe mode uses a set of simpler reduced capability drivers.... but the card hardware is still being used to render the images.
Using the s-video output still uses the video card.
Unless you have a second video card bouncing around in there... disabling the video card would result in 0 picture.
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oh right, was simply disabling the video card driver in the hardware profiles
Scooter boy
From the look of it, I'd say either your panel is fucked or the interface cable to the panel is fucked.
I haven't read the entire thread though, not sure if this is only a problem when you're not in safe mode. If that's the case then it probably isn't a hardware problem, although I wouldn't rule out the (generally) lower resolution of safe mode playing into that somewhat.
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just got off the phone to zepto, they reckon i need a new motherboard and graphics chip, about $700, if i got it fixed how much do you guys reckon i could trade me it for. specs:
2Ghz dual core, 2gig of ram nvidia 7600 go graphics with 512VRam, 120gig hard drive
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If you spent $700 on it, why not keep it? It's good quite reasonable specs.
On the other hand it's a pretty rare brand - I just had a look on E-bay and there isn't a single instance of Zepto.
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
(PostalDave on ADVrider)
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Well mainly coz im a computer whore and will have a bit of spare cash soon if i get a job over summer. (anyone in palmy hiring)
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