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May 29th, 2009 10:00

Problems with Nvidia Geforce 7900

My computer screen randomly goes black. I can get a screen in safe mode. If I uninstall the video driver and reinstall it, it will work great for a while. I have tried using driver sweeper, but after a day or two the same problem occurs. Any help or advice would be much appreciated.

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    ejn63

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    Posted May 29th, 2009 10:00

    Run the Dell diagnostics on the video card - you will likely see the video RAM fails the test.  If so, replace the video card.

     

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    srones

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    Posted July 6th, 2009 17:00

    Are you getting any kind of vertical lines, artifacts or distortion?

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    athlon210

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    Posted August 29th, 2009 00:00

    do not replace the video card! you will waste your money, the problem will reoccur.

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    Gippsland

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    Posted August 29th, 2009 20:00

    I have 4 failures of 7950GTX in Dell XPS m1710.

    Sill under warranty and Dell keeps replacing with refurbished cards but supply of these must be running out?  I am asking Dell to do the right thing and replace the faulty machine.  I bought a "top end' gaming laptop and got nothing but a lemon.

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    Posted September 6th, 2009 02:00

    Dell has now advised that nVidia has admitted cards are faulty and the fix for mine will be to replace with a new 9850 GPU configured to fit the XPS m1710.  However i have to wait at least 4 weeks as there is a "global shortage".

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