Comments on: Dell M90 with dotty graphics http://www.cyfinity.com/2009/01/dell-m90-with-dotty-graphics/ If it's broke, fix it Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:34:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ninjaneer http://www.cyfinity.com/2009/01/dell-m90-with-dotty-graphics/comment-page-1/#comment-787 ninjaneer Tue, 08 Jun 2010 18:18:59 +0000 http://www.cyfinity.com/?p=10#comment-787 As far as I could glean from research on the web, it appears to be an overheating issue with the GPU RAM. The story goes that excessive heat cracks the solder pathways between the RAM and the board. If you ascribe to that line of thought then you may not be too surprised to hear that some people heat these GPU boards up in a last-ditch attempt to re-melt the solder and re-make the circuits. I can't really say whether that has any real probability of success and it wasn't something we tried. In our case, we took the soft option of acquiring a new GPU board. As far as I could glean from research on the web, it appears to be an overheating issue with the GPU RAM.

The story goes that excessive heat cracks the solder pathways between the RAM and the board. If you ascribe to that line of thought then you may not be too surprised to hear that some people heat these GPU boards up in a last-ditch attempt to re-melt the solder and re-make the circuits. I can’t really say whether that has any real probability of success and it wasn’t something we tried.

In our case, we took the soft option of acquiring a new GPU board.

]]> By: Jay http://www.cyfinity.com/2009/01/dell-m90-with-dotty-graphics/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Jay Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:16:06 +0000 http://www.cyfinity.com/?p=10#comment-786 Hi there, Did you have any luck with your fishing trip? I have a Dell M90, bought in 2007...and the warrenty ran out on 22nd May 2010...and hey presto, the computer has died on me last night - literally less than 2 weeks after the warrenty expired - thats a bit fishy isnt it? I have the same screens as you describe - the windows loading screen has vertical lines in bands of 4 - a blue colour. I doubt Dell are going to want to help out now that the warrenty is gone... Any advice? Kind regards Jay Hi there,

Did you have any luck with your fishing trip?

I have a Dell M90, bought in 2007…and the warrenty ran out on 22nd May 2010…and hey presto, the computer has died on me last night – literally less than 2 weeks after the warrenty expired – thats a bit fishy isnt it?

I have the same screens as you describe – the windows loading screen has vertical lines in bands of 4 – a blue colour.

I doubt Dell are going to want to help out now that the warrenty is gone…

Any advice?

Kind regards
Jay

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