Is my laptop dying on me??

[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

Boot up in safe mode and see if you get the same error.

no its fine then.. very stable, and i ran a few scans .. But as soon as i re booted out of safe mode it did it again , athen the screen started flashing again, saying something like nv4_display driver not working properly.. i couldnt tell, .. Like I said it was flashing 5 times a second //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[shizzzon 10+ year member]

well theres ur problem //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Boot into safe mode with networking and go to http://www.nvidia.com and download the newest driver for your device.

Install it and restart normally.

 

[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

now im trying to open up my photoshop album starter to put my pics from my iphone on, and it keeps crashing too..

Says Fatal ERror

error code c000005

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[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

well theres ur problem //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
Boot into safe mode with networking and go to http://www.nvidia.com and download the newest driver for your device.

Install it and restart normally.

k ill try that, sorry guys,. its hard to search for this stuff when it crashes before i can even look

 

[jpexpc 10+ year member]

You need to do a full format and reload. Hopefully your hard drive doesn't have a bad sector. Restart in safe mode, run check disk and verify it's good before you do a format.

 

[Williams37 10+ year member]

Mine gave me the old "windows 7 will expire in 2 days" message today.

 

[jpexpc 10+ year member]

Mine gave me the old "windows 7 will expire in 2 days" message today.

Mine says 3. I downloaded the RC so I'll probably be reloading in a day or 2.

 

[Williams37 10+ year member]

Mine says 3. I downloaded the RC so I'll probably be reloading in a day or 2.

really? Mine was the beta, I'm downloading the rc as we speak because I thought it was valid for longer. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[jpexpc 10+ year member]

really? Mine was the beta, I'm downloading the rc as we speak because I thought it was valid for longer. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

I could sworn it said it was good through August 2009 but I'm not worried about it.

 

[Williams37 10+ year member]

I could sworn it said it was good through August 2009 but I'm not worried about it.

I'm not worried much either, I'm sure the cracked version will be on demonoid sooner or later, if not already.

 

[atoz350 10+ year member]

Sounds like a corrupted video driver. Go to your manufacturers website and download the latest video driver. Install, then dance.

well theres ur problem //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
Boot into safe mode with networking and go to http://www.nvidia.com and download the newest driver for your device.

Install it and restart normally.

What am I just typing into air here?

 

[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

Hey guys well now everytime I turn my computer, the screen fades out from a black normal screen bootup to fading to a greyish and black distorted color then shuts off again. Now I can't see anything at all. Try restarting then it does the same. Screen goes distorted turns from black to grey then off again. I had an issue with the driver and it was doing the same thing but it would actually stay on at least for q while. The error I got was on page one I believe nv. I think. I'm on my phone now so could anyone tell me what happened? Did the driver finally go out? Or has anyone had this issue before. Oh and after I updated the drive that someone in this thread told me to do it worked for a bit but then I got the blue screen again. So I'm assuming it's on it's last leg then but with it not turnng on now without yhe f'd up screen going crazy I'm assuming it's dead?

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

lol at the responses in this thread....

your issue is the screen itself. either replace it or get yourself a bag clip. pinch the screen with your thumb and index finger around the edge to find the magic spot and then put the clip at that spot. I will put a vid up when I get home monday if you have not figured this out yet as my ladyfriend's machine started doing this about a year ago. we do not want to replace the screen, but replace the machine and don't yet have the money to get her a new one.

 

[hzsogood 5,000+ posts]

lol at the responses in this thread....
your issue is the screen itself. either replace it or get yourself a bag clip. pinch the screen with your thumb and index finger around the edge to find the magic spot and then put the clip at that spot. I will put a vid up when I get home monday if you have not figured this out yet as my ladyfriend's machine started doing this about a year ago. we do not want to replace the screen, but replace the machine and don't yet have the money to get her a new one.

Well that was my first thought. But I used a s video cable to hook it up to my tv and the same thi g happened. And I got the LCD replaced under warranty like 6 months ago. So that's brand new //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

Well that was my first thought. But I used a s video cable to hook it up to my tv and the same thi g happened. And I got the LCD replaced under warranty like 6 months ago. So that's brand new //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/08/17/bad-video-on-lcd-screen/comment-page-57/

you may need to replace the inverter board as it is not usually included in a screen replacement.