by the way if anyone has seen a screen like this before and can advice what to do or has advice concerning quadro vs geforce, i'd really appreciate it.
Not seen anything like that before, if its a laptop, you might have problems actually swapping the card if its soldered in, I would take it somewhere mate.
Not much you can change yourself in a laptop. RAM is about it. Everything else is custom made to that model, so it's just to send it to the manufacturer.
I've had problems like that before arran.
Most likely the graphics card is on its way out or is overheating excessively. If you dont have warrantly still then you could open it up and see if the videocard fan is bunged up and can be cleaned.
There's no guarantee that its just bunged up though so if you still have warranty then get it swapped instead.
hey - thanks a lot guys - i appreciate your advice.
i had a look at it, checked the fans which all seemed to be working and gave it a clean. no change - i'm pretty sure the graphics card is fried. to be honest this thing has been a pain ever since i got it and i'm loathed to send it back to the manufacturer for the third time in less than two years. i think rather than get the card replaced i'm going to put the money towards a new machine.
hey aikoworld - thanks for the advice mate. i'll take a look at what you suggested.
Ouch, thats a right pain mate. What card was in it and what was the PC? I remember you having a problem a bit back.. Not a good advert for the comp company.
the card was a quadro fx 1400 and the laptop was a sager np9750 and it was a pain from day one. I called a couple of places today and they said that they couldn't install a video card and it would have to be sent back to the manufacturer. considering i spent $800 on it just over six months ago, i really don't want to reward them again and would rather just put the money towards a new laptop and hopefully some piece of mind.
it looks pretty nice and seems to get good reviews. just not sure about vista and maya 7, though i guess i could always install xp if vista is not too hot.
that looks like a nice computer I would do the so called downgrade to xp though. personally I'd say putting xp instead of vista on it is an upgrade, but thats just me.
Looks good man, Have you had a look at Dell, thay do somre really powerfull laptops, touch wood, my dells fine even being luggedx to uni and back every day.
Originally posted by DJbLAZER If you're sitting in a couch in front of the TV when you use Maya you shouldn't be using Maya in the first place... ;p
oh dear - if i couldn't watch tv while using maya i might go crazy!
yeah - i did consider a desktop - but to be honest i have so much time at work where i could be doing maya that it just makes sense to get a laptop.
yeah - i looked at dell and i think the compaq is pretty much the same as the dell m6300 - though i kind of prefer the look of the compaq, plus with dell you need to prove that you are a small business to buy that computer, which means filing with the tax office to get a tax number which is just an unnecessary headache. plus if you buy the compaq before the end of april they will double your memory from 2gb to 4.
thanks guys - it's always good to know i can rely on your good advice.
here's the last shot of the model before my graphics card crashed - luckily i was able to make a back up.
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