Hi people,
I have a toshiba satellite p100 laptop, about 6 years old, with a problem. Originally the monitor started flashing off to a black screen about every 45 seconds but when I restarted the computer I then got black screen all the time, with nothing, no messages, boot info, no nothing.
Turns out its a graphics card fault,or so the computer place i took it to for repair says. I tried an external monitor myself and it made no difference.
The computer uses an Nvidia 7600 GO graphics card and it turns out these are not available any more but I have been told by another computer engineer that I can use virtually any card as long as the connections are the same. The card is not part of the board by the way.
Has anyone got any suggestions or info regarding getting a replacement card? It turns out that Toshiba satellite laptops have had quite a problem with these Nvidia cards but Ive had 5 years of trouble free use from this laptop up to now so I'm not complaining, just need to get it sorted.
Thanks for any help,
Chris.
I have a toshiba satellite p100 laptop, about 6 years old, with a problem. Originally the monitor started flashing off to a black screen about every 45 seconds but when I restarted the computer I then got black screen all the time, with nothing, no messages, boot info, no nothing.
Turns out its a graphics card fault,or so the computer place i took it to for repair says. I tried an external monitor myself and it made no difference.
The computer uses an Nvidia 7600 GO graphics card and it turns out these are not available any more but I have been told by another computer engineer that I can use virtually any card as long as the connections are the same. The card is not part of the board by the way.
Has anyone got any suggestions or info regarding getting a replacement card? It turns out that Toshiba satellite laptops have had quite a problem with these Nvidia cards but Ive had 5 years of trouble free use from this laptop up to now so I'm not complaining, just need to get it sorted.
Thanks for any help,
Chris.