Possible Zenbook GPU fault?

[Crippy21]

Hi guys,

My zenbooks display has started to play up after about 30mins. The screen goes blank woth random lines going across and up the display.

Here is a video of the problem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYnokh9cCsM

Hopefully i can get it fixed as it was pretty expensive

 

[vmem]

that to me looks like a display problem rather than the GPU, something's wrong with your backlights. send it in for RMA

 

[Crippy21]

If it was a display problem wouldnt that happen straight away and not after approx 30mins? Too old for RMA unfortunately 🙁

 

[vmem]

I think it's a display problem mainly because of how you have a uniform gradient of brightness distortion. you're not getting black bars, pixel distortions, screen tearing, or anything else typical of a GPU problem.

 

[Crippy21]

I think the brightness you are talking about is just the bad video quality of the recording. Did you see the vertical bars at the end?
Would you know how much it would cost to fix this?
Thank you for your help

 

[vmem]

I think the brightness you are talking about is just the bad video quality of the recording. Did you see the vertical bars at the end?
Would you know how much it would cost to fix this?
Thank you for your help

ahh yeah, saw that... honestly the brightness thing was bothering me more LOL

anyway, the bars do look like a GPU problem, I had an HP lappy back in 2008 that did the same thing. what's unfortunate is that GPUs are generally fused with the motherboard on laptops. so you should look to see if there's any software fix available. if not, there's not much you can do as a motherboard replacement is typically over 50% the cost of the laptop