Laptop GPU/CPU overheating/fried?

[remeca]

I have a Dell XPS 1647 laptop, and it has been chugging away flawlessly for the last 6 years or so until today. I was using it when all of a sudden my screen started to glitch out, all kinds of crazy colors and stuff moving all over. It looked like when I used to OC my gpu and I'd hit too high of a clock speed. I turned off the laptop and left it for awhile, and when I turned it back on, everything seemed fine, for about 30 seconds then it started happening again. I took off the bottom of the laptop and turned it on, and discovered that the fan that cools the GPU/CPU wasn't spinning at all. I rigged up a new cooling system using an old laptop cooler (basically just 2 50mm fans blowing 2x their normal speed directly on the heat dissipaters/radiator) , and started up again. I monitored my temps using psensor , and this time it lasted about 2 minutes before it started again, even though the GPU was at 37C and the CPU was in the mid 20s. Anyway, I guess I want to know if you think it's permanently damaged, since the new cooling thing didn't work, is it worth it buying a new oem fan if it still isn't going to work, or is my DIY solution inadequate to properly cool the system? Thanks for any advice/opinions you can give.


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[VirtualLarry]

Hate to say it, but if temps are showing good, but the artifacting is still happening, then you might have (permanently) fried the GPU.

 

[remeca]

I was worried about that, but the fact that it still works for a little bit on cold boot gives me hope.

 

[Burpo]

Unfortunately you're looking at a new board to fix it..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-De...089378?hash=item542b52a522:g:iOoAAOSwwpdW2fYt

 

[nerp]

Before you replace the system board, for a last-ditch effort, just make sure all the connectors to the panel are secure and not being bent/twisted/kinked.