Laptops have onboard video, which means for problems like this where the
video adapter is shot you need a replacement motherboard. This is almost
never cost effective.
I assume this problem happens when the computer is booted up with a Boot
floppy so it is not a driver issue.
I at least know of no cheap way to repair this old laptop.

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-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Dharam Bhardwaj
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 1:52 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCBUILD] graphics problem on an Acer laptop(repeat post)

Greetings,
I sent the following post on April 24th. Since I received no response, I am
attempting a second post.

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I would like to know what is required to "repair" this acer laptop which has
developed a problem with the graphics. Vertical lines and odd colours
obscure the visuals on the screen completely. The model is 390c - an old
pentium 150 I believe. The problem "displays" on an external monitor too
ruling out the possibility of being a plasma screen issue.
Is there a "cheap" way to fix this and make the unit functional? Or is the
video "card" gone, and therefore only solution is to replace entire board?

Dharam Bhardwaj

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