Baffled by video output!

Okay, so I have a laptop running XP, it has been outputting its display like the attached screenshot (below). This happens right from the BIOS screen through to windows booting. So, new MB I thought? The screen is unmarked.

As a last ditch effort I thought I'd try and install Win 7 (the problem occurred with XP) and lo and behold, once setup was running, the screen (display output) was great! I had it running for a few months like this, then, the other day, wham (see pic). The same happened again.

I reinstalled Win7 - it fixed it. I did the updates, installed the drivers, fine. restarted Windows, and it was back. I have, this morning re-installed Win7 twice. The first time it fixed it, for 5 minutes, the last time it's just staying the same.

I have Googled, searched and banged my head against a wall for 2 months now to no avail. Does anyone have any knowledge/experience of this problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm out of ideas.

I should note that plugging into a monitor shows no image. The laptop never has output to an external monitor properly before, but I've not needed it so it's not an issue.

The laptop is a 'Clevo StyleNote'. Sounds ominous! :yum

many thanks guys and gals,

Brett

 

Yeah it does. And since you have gone from XP to Win7, you have changed the drivers. So that pretty much leaves hardware and with a notebook, that means new motherboard time. There's a chance it could be heat related. Notebooks are notorious for that because there's no way normal users can thoroughly clean notebook interiors of heat trapping dust without fully disassembling the notebook, and that is not a normal user task. So, you might consider taking it to a shop, or start shopping for new notebook. You might be able to find a new motherboard but not sure it would be cost effective. You need the exact model number before starting that quest.

 

Bah! I figured as much. Thank you for your reply.

You're a man of my own ilk, in as much as I figure that cost efficiency is the key, and I'm not going to spend hours taking it apart, attempting a MB fix/replacement etc, when it hardly seems worth it. Never understand why people will spend hours and ££ ($$) on fixes that really mean working at a loss (when you consider what you'd expect to be paid hourly).

I may try and sell it as it is, and put the moolah toward another

 

What model number is your machine?

 

M67SRU

Product code: M670SRU

 

15.4" or 17.1"? And, do you see anything that would indicate whether it's a Model A, B, or C?

 

Sometimes, the data on the machine is worth many times more than the hardware itself. And sadly, most folks don't fully appreciate the value of regular backups until that hardware fails - and it will fail, eventually.

 

Yeah I agree but it takes minutes to rip the HDD out and attach it to another machine. The HDD on it's own is one of the lower priced components.

Backup!? if people backed up... if only!!