How NVidia 8600M GS screwed my weekend!
September 13, 2009 at 8:59 pm, ScorpionoI’m having an Acer Aspire 5520G with NVidia 8600M GS 512 RAM.
Two days ago it completely crashed my Vista system while I was playing Heroes of Newerth (yeah.. nerdy DotA game, I love it)
Behavior:
- Vertical lines very pixaled
- Blue Screen Of Death
- Can’t boot windows right
I’ve tried so far:
- Reinstalling Vista
- Installing Windows 7
- Installing latest drivers
- Installing old natural drivers from Acer.com
- Registering for all the silly laptop forums to ask for advice or message others having problem with this.
- Cleaning for dust the main GPU after completely removing all the components of my laptop (It worked this time, but when I tried a 3d application, same vertical lines, no more rebooting)
- Cleaning and using a Hair Drier (Yes, Google and you’ll find it as a solution to fix damaged GPUs)
None of the above worked.
Remaining:
- Modify the NVidia BIOS for my GPU as my buddy Niflostancu recommended
- Install windows Xp and see how it works with it
- Buy a new damn laptop and smash this one at NVidia’s head development chief’s head!
Edit: I’ve tried the BIOS thingy, no success, I’ve tryed XP, works a bit longer than Vista/Windows7 but still crashes.
Fix/Solution: Buy a new laptop / video card and yell to all of your friends “NVidia sucks!”
WAAAAAAAAIT! I FIXED IT!
http://blog.scorpiono.com/personal/i-fixed-fried-gpu-nvidia-8600m-gs-with-a-hairdrier
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