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Old 14-09-2011, 20:43   #4
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Re: Laptop Vista problem

I'm not sure if the BIOS is faulty, or if I should touch it.

I can get into safe mode and it displays the icons.

---------- Post added at 21:27 ---------- Previous post was at 20:32 ----------

Checking in the device manager it says the HDDs are both are
Western Digital Scorpio Blue 250gb Sata 8mb Cache 2.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive Oem - Sony Playstation Ps3 Compatible - WD2500BEVT

Would this cause any issue when recovering data in a caddy (recomendations please, Maplins is local if that helps, as well as is Comet,PCWorld)

---------- Post added at 21:38 ---------- Previous post was at 21:27 ----------

Reading up I have seen people say its a problem with the motherboard thats affected the GFX card, but they were old reports.

So is it the GFX card that screwed & I try and get a replacement, or do I tell my dads a new lappy is needed?

The GFX card is a NIVIDA GeForce 8600M GT Turbocache

---------- Post added at 21:43 ---------- Previous post was at 21:38 ----------

More info it's Vista Ultimate
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