Red Pixels on 640m

mortal · 17th September 2006, 11:49 PM

Hi,

I recently got a Dell 640m laptop about a month ago. I noticed about a week ago or so that when I play movies or just have the background wallpaper showing red pixels start to appear and move around as the movie is playing, or when I move the laptop. It's really annoying, I'll try and get a photo to show what I'm talking about, but I'm on the verge of not touching this laptop again.

Anyone know of this problem or heard of it?

Cheers.

redav · 18th September 2006, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by mortal

Anyone know of this problem or heard of it?

Well, I hope not because I've had one for the last two months but I haven't been watching movies. I'll go home and try watching a couple tonight. Good excuse to try my recent acquisitions of Asterix and an awesome snowboarding movie

Hey, how's your battery life going? What sized mattery did you get? I picked up a 9 cell and after 4 hrs of use, it still reports 40 odd percent of life remaining

mortal · 18th September 2006, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by redav

Well, I hope not because I've had one for the last two months but I haven't been watching movies. I'll go home and try watching a couple tonight. Good excuse to try my recent acquisitions of Asterix and an awesome snowboarding movie

Hey, how's your battery life going? What sized mattery did you get? I picked up a 9 cell and after 4 hrs of use, it still reports 40 odd percent of life remaining

Yeah I got the 9 cell too. 100gb HDD, 1gb ram, came with that $800 off and few wireless router/leather carry bag. Great deal, just no graphics card

Here is a photo from my mobile phone (parents have the camera

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terrastrife · 18th September 2006, 10:59 AM

good ol dell lcd quality im guessing =)

i assume red is getting stuck, yes?

TMM · 18th September 2006, 11:29 AM

i'd say the LCD cable needs reseating. Should be under the keyboard somewhere

mortal · 18th September 2006, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by terrastrife

good ol dell lcd quality im guessing =)

i assume red is getting stuck, yes?

Nah they aren't getting stuck, they move when I move the screen backwards and forwards, or when I play video and theres movement in the video, they move. I'll show you a photo from my mobile with video on.

mortal · 18th September 2006, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by TMM

i'd say the LCD cable needs reseating. Should be under the keyboard somewhere

Yeah I don't know much about laptops, I know where the memory, hdd etc goes, but lcd cable I got nfi.

mortal · 18th September 2006, 12:09 PM

cyrax83 · 18th September 2006, 4:11 PM

is it just on movies ? its probably the software your using

try a different program.

mortal · 18th September 2006, 4:36 PM

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Originally Posted by cyrax83

is it just on movies ? its probably the software your using

try a different program.

No its on my wallpaper too. Also happens occasionally on windows.

edit: first photo was of the wallpaper I'm currently using.

pippin88 · 18th September 2006, 5:03 PM

Mallrats???

SLATYE · 18th September 2006, 5:27 PM

It'll probably either be a loose cable to the LCD, or a problem with the GPU itself. Either way, I'd probably call Dell and get them to fix it (no chance of losing your warranty that way).

17th September 2006, 11:49 PM	#1
mortal Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,431	Red Pixels on 640m Hi, I recently got a Dell 640m laptop about a month ago. I noticed about a week ago or so that when I play movies or just have the background wallpaper showing red pixels start to appear and move around as the movie is playing, or when I move the laptop. It's really annoying, I'll try and get a photo to show what I'm talking about, but I'm on the verge of not touching this laptop again. Anyone know of this problem or heard of it? Cheers.

18th September 2006, 11:29 AM	#5
TMM Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Vic Posts: 6,542	i'd say the LCD cable needs reseating. Should be under the keyboard somewhere __________________ bigger problem? bigger hammer!

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18th September 2006, 5:27 PM	#12
SLATYE SLATYE, not SLAYTE Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canberra Posts: 21,040	It'll probably either be a loose cable to the LCD, or a problem with the GPU itself. Either way, I'd probably call Dell and get them to fix it (no chance of losing your warranty that way). __________________ Main system: Pentium-D 805 \| 1GB (2x 512MB) PQI DDR400 \| Gigabyte 8I865GMK-775 \| Xtreama Radeon 9800Pro with Zalman ZM-80HP-D \| 320GB WD SATA HDD \| Antec SmartPower 2.0 500w Laptop: Compal EL80 \| C2D T7200 \| 320GB Fujistu HDD \| 2GB DDR2-667 \| GF Go 7600

18th September 2006, 10:59 AM	#4
terrastrife Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: ADL/SA The Monopoly State Posts: 9,802	good ol dell lcd quality im guessing =) i assume red is getting stuck, yes?

18th September 2006, 12:09 PM	#8
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