darkorb
02-29-2008, 11:10 PM
My friend has an older Alienware laptop. 17", P4 3ghz HT, 2gb ram, Go 6800
Few things, he says the comp is compeltely busted so he went out and bought a new rig, so i wanted to take that laptop off his hands (it weighs a good 10lbs atleast)
Now, It artifacts, words and all messed up in bios, loading screen etc.
I go into safemode and try to dl the newest drivers and try to underclock the card (3/4 times i get in w/o it blue screening)
Now, iv searched but i cannot find working drivers for this. They dont seem to be supported anymore.
I tried installing rivatuner to underclock, but it says driver missing and cant do it or along those lines.
Now, In safe mode everything has purple dots, lines etc.. so i no its the gfx card.
I then tried to reformat it, but whenevr the process is about to begin, the comp blue screens every time. I have no idea, its a shame to see this older beast go to waste, i would buy if off him for $100 if i could fix it, but things are looking very grim
Ideas?
Few things, he says the comp is compeltely busted so he went out and bought a new rig, so i wanted to take that laptop off his hands (it weighs a good 10lbs atleast)
Now, It artifacts, words and all messed up in bios, loading screen etc.
I go into safemode and try to dl the newest drivers and try to underclock the card (3/4 times i get in w/o it blue screening)
Now, iv searched but i cannot find working drivers for this. They dont seem to be supported anymore.
I tried installing rivatuner to underclock, but it says driver missing and cant do it or along those lines.
Now, In safe mode everything has purple dots, lines etc.. so i no its the gfx card.
I then tried to reformat it, but whenevr the process is about to begin, the comp blue screens every time. I have no idea, its a shame to see this older beast go to waste, i would buy if off him for $100 if i could fix it, but things are looking very grim
Ideas?