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IrishAyes

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15. After having been innocently given a dud, I don't want to risk buying parts for it

Sun Aug 17, 2014, 11:22 PM

Aug 2014

that may or may not work; since I'm no expert, the seller would blame me for not installing it right whether I was at fault or not, and I'd have no recourse.

I've already done as much as I could of what you and others have suggested, for which I want to thank you all again. And I think the problem's a little worse today already. So I'll probably just offload my daily work before shutting down and run this sucker until it totally quits. I don't like the flashing, but I can live with a lot of it. One thing for sure, I'll never ever buy a Dell.

Do you think I should let CRS know about what a piece of junk they were given by some business as a tax write-off? I don't want to sound ungrateful. It's not the fault of CRS. But then they might be paying someone for the refurbishing too, I don't know.

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A computer situation I never even heard of before [View all] IrishAyes Aug 2014 OP

First thought is either the GPU or the screen is failing SwankyXomb Aug 2014 #1

Thanks for your help. IrishAyes Aug 2014 #7

A lot of local computer shops offer free diagnostics SwankyXomb Aug 2014 #9

There are many things that could be causing the problem that it could take days via text to check Drew Richards Aug 2014 #2

It will take me awhile to go through all those checks, Drew, but I shall try asap. IrishAyes Aug 2014 #5

If you have a monitor around you could attach the monitor gvstn Aug 2014 #3

Great suggestion. I always nerd out and skip suggesting the basics. Drew Richards Aug 2014 #4

There is no extra monitor available. I gave up desktops at least a decade ago, IrishAyes Aug 2014 #6

Perhaps you could borrow one? gvstn Aug 2014 #8

If you have an LCD TV... ChromeFoundry Aug 2014 #10

Looks like this is a common problem on the D630... ChromeFoundry Aug 2014 #11

hmmmm..... IrishAyes Aug 2014 #12

No, you do not have a video card... ChromeFoundry Aug 2014 #13

Wow. All I can say is thanks. I'll try. IrishAyes Aug 2014 #14

After having been innocently given a dud, I don't want to risk buying parts for it IrishAyes Aug 2014 #15

I'm not fond of Dell either. No Vested Interest Aug 2014 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author No Vested Interest Aug 2014 #16