Re: Still No Banana After Recapping

You could try booting an operating system from CD/DVD such as Kanotix or Knoppix they are free to d/load (google them). This would rule out if its the hard drive or operating system - if they run ok, its not your mobo thats at fault, if they crash lots, it is!

Re: Why is it doing this??

I used to work for Acer, a lot of thier laptops had to be "modded" when this problem cropped up.

We would remove the bezel (cover) around the power button and under that was the very poorly desgined connector for the screen. We'd cut and glue a little bit of rubber on to the top of the cable, then replace the bezel and tighten it down. This kept the cable fully in contact most of the time.

Does it do the same thing on an external monitor (that will prove if its the graphics card or the connection/screnn)?
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Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hello there Cappers!

My name is Matt and I'm from little ol' england across the pond!
The place that the pilgrim fathers set off from is on the Barbican in Plymouth where i live so we feel we've a special connection to our USA relatives


New to forum, just to say Hi and thanks for all the info i've read so far.

Was lead here cos of Dell's GX270/80 exploding caps. Hopefully will get some caps soon and then be able to fix some boards.

Matt