laptop issues

[biffbacon]

so i have an offbrand laptop with an ati x600 mobile radeon video card. its about 5 months old, and i just started having a problem.

it started when i would boot up a vvideo game (WoW). i had played w/o problems for about three months, then occasionally the computer would die when i got in game. some times i would still hear the sounds, and the display would go dead, and other times the whole comp would go dead. other times it would reboot on its own. the problem got progressively worse, and started to happen everytime i loaded the game. windows would come up after restart saying a serious error had occurred. once i heard a double beep when i booted up. now i can boot up to windows, but the laptop display will go black when i boot up before i get to windows. or if i get to windows, soon after.....

sounds like a video card issue to me. i tried to d/l new drivers for the card, but since its an offbrand laptop, ati doesnt have the drivers on the site, and regardless, the comp wont stay on long enuff to load any new drivers.

anyone had an experience like this? or have any ideas?

 

[AMDfreak]

Sounds to me like the video chip is overheating. Verify if you can that your cooling fans are functioning as they should, and make sure you're not blocking any air intakes. Regardless, it seems an RMA is in order.

 

[Kalmah]

I agree. Sounds like overheating to me as well.

Does the laptop have some built-in accoustic silencer and fan silencer that is keeping fans from running at full speed? Check and see if you can disable those.

Even so, something might allready be fried.