Possible Hardware Damage from 11.04

[Ernest Doub]

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 1:51 PM,  <clintin at linuxmail.org> wrote:
> I am not say it is so but there was a report of the issues with a Sony Vio
> and then yesterday, something in my HP zd8000 video display system is now
> broken, something to do with the resolution of the display, after only a day
> of running 11.04.  The only way I can use 11.04 on it now is to connect a
> second monitor to it but then it isn't a laptop anymore.  11.04 won't even
> display on the built in monitor.  During POST and boot selection, the
> laptop's monitor is an "overscan" mode where you don't even see the bottom
> third of the screen on the screen, very strange.  I've tried reseting the
> bios, something with hardware.  Prior to this event, this was a very
> reliable and stable laptop and was running 10.04 for the past year.
>
> Clint
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Having used an HP Laptop for several years it sounds to me like your
graphics "card" is in the first stage of complete failure.  I had a
similar problem [fortunately under extended warranty] and HP had to
replace the entire mobo to fix it as the graphics circuitry is built
onto the mobo.
As a side-note the machine finally went toes up when the power supply
section failed.

Hi Desert ED

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