Sam Symons Veteran Posted July 9, 2008 Veteran Share Posted July 9, 2008 The blue dots you can see over there flicker on and off on my screen. This problem started a while ago, after a hefty bout of Photoshop, which gave my laptop some trouble. Red dots started appearing over darker colours, like on the wallpaper in the image. I shut down my laptop and the problem went away. It only happened a couple more times after that. Yet, this morning, after my laptop had been off for hours, the problem appeared straight away, in the form of blue dots. It also appeared on my boot screen. I'm about to go look for my Ubuntu Live CD to see if it happens there, too. Any ideas on what the deal is? I'm using an HP dv2753TX Special Edition laptop, bought about 2-3 months ago. Thanks for any help :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted July 9, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted July 9, 2008 Looks like dead/failing pixels? :/ If it's under warranty I'd get it replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Symons Veteran Posted July 9, 2008 Author Veteran Share Posted July 9, 2008 Well, they flicker on and off, so I'm not sure about that. Like I said, they used to be red. It's really annoying. I don't mind it too much at the moment...but what if it gets worse? I emailed HP, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted July 9, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted July 9, 2008 Looks like a bad graphics chip to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted July 9, 2008 Veteran Share Posted July 9, 2008 They're definitely not dead/stuck pixels if they show up on a screenshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budious Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 Maybe you have one of those defective nvidia laptop chips that has made their stock tumble lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerrow Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 How many times has it happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted July 9, 2008 Global Moderator Share Posted July 9, 2008 They're definitely not dead/stuck pixels if they show up on a screenshot. bingo. try changing your wallpaper, and if it still happens, try running without anything running start > run > "msconfig" > startup > disable everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaTech Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 those are artifacts graphics chip you get those if you overclock your video card to much... did you overclock it did you over heat it? I had this befor on my 6600gt that i got way to hot... laptops do get hot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Symons Veteran Posted July 10, 2008 Author Veteran Share Posted July 10, 2008 How lately? I bought my laptop about 3 months ago. It was fine until my 100+ layer photoshop effort, heh. At first I just passed it off as heat, as it went away after a while, but yeah...now it shows up all the time. EDIT: never overclocked my laptop. I was worried this morning as they showed up after my laptop had been off all night, over night. bingo.try changing your wallpaper, and if it still happens, try running without anything running start > run > "msconfig" > startup > disable everything They show up on my dark wallpapers. I get a few here on Neowin, a lot on Cairo's website, and before it even showed up whilst booting (just before I got to the Boot Screen). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaTech Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 once a graphics card gets damaged by heat those atrifacts keep coming back until its' changed out! sorry to say ati overclocking tool is a good example to demonstrate artifacsts... let me show you... without killing my gpu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Symons Veteran Posted July 10, 2008 Author Veteran Share Posted July 10, 2008 How many times has it happened? It must have been about 4-5 times, until this morning and last night. Now it just doesn't go away. EDIT: Oh, so, the GPU is damaged? Damn. Well...at least my laptop's still under warranty :D I think I'll save my Photoshopping for my Desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaTech Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 see... this is what's happening problem solved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted July 10, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted July 10, 2008 Ah right, I thought the screen was taken with a camera. As the others said, it's not dead pixels if it's a print screen/paste screenshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Symons Veteran Posted July 10, 2008 Author Veteran Share Posted July 10, 2008 see... this is what's happening problem solved Ouch xD But yeh Audioboxer, it's a screenshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linkinfamous Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Ouch xD But yeh Audioboxer, it's a screenshot. As the Vista desktop is being rendered by your GPU, if your graphics card is putting artifacts into the final rendered image, they will be captured by a screenshot, correct? Switch to Aero Basic and see if the problem still occurs. This will disable the 3d desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Symons Veteran Posted July 10, 2008 Author Veteran Share Posted July 10, 2008 (edited) Good idea, good idea. I'll go switch it over now. EDIT: Well my laptop has been idling for the past hour or so and the dots appear to be gone for the moment. I'm gunna go with the heat approach. Edited July 10, 2008 by Sam Symons Live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 manufacturer's warranty, now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Symons Veteran Posted July 10, 2008 Author Veteran Share Posted July 10, 2008 Also, this morning, it's restarted itself 2 or 3 times. It's not even that hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piggy Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Yep time to take it back. I bet running something like prime95 or 3dmark will reproduce the problem quickly if you are showing it to the techs from where you bought it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Disarray Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 i think its corrupted graphics card memory this is what dell told me anyway when i got the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 RMA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_dandy_ Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Ah right, I thought the screen was taken with a camera. Seriously? I'd love to see a camera that can take a picture that looks like a screenshot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loligoth Posted July 10, 2008 Share Posted July 10, 2008 Also, this morning, it's restarted itself 2 or 3 times. It's not even that hot. Just send it back. I'm sure they'll replace it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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