screen looks like a coloured barcode ?

albalad

Hi folks
well this problem started on Friday morning on my dell XPS m1330 laptop , when i switched on - nothing but colourful vertical lines all across my screen , eventually with a bit of switching on/off it eventually booted up.
it started first time last night , but today it plain refuses to boot up , instead just showing these barcode like lines again .

any ideas ? , tried to take the back off the laptop to see if anything was loose , but could not get it right off & didn't want to force it .

closed

Like this?

http://www.desivideonetwork.com/view/9o03x9oe3/dell-xps-m1330-nvidia-gpu-failure-3rd-time/

http://www.nvidiadefect.com/dell-m1330-just-took-a-dump-t560.html

Call Dell, ask for a free repair

albalad

Exactly like that !
thanks very much closed , after reading one of those links i'm now going to give Dell a call to request a repair , until i read that i was facing having to reluctantly buy a new laptop .
i had tried searching around google , but could not find a definitive answer, thanks again .
meant to add that i bought mine from Dell outlet (will that make a difference ?), in February 2008

albalad

now understand why people slag off Dell ,
just wasted 20 minutes to a call centre , only to be told that it would cost £380 to repair a known fault !
my warranty - kindly extended by Nvidia for 1 year(due to their **** motherboards) , expired in February 2010 .
even though this laptop was rarely used for 18 months - only started using it again over last 9 weeks .

forgot that i had bought this through a business account , so quoting the sale of goods act , fit for purpose etc , was like banging my head against a rather thick brick wall.

£380 ********* , any suggestions