Switch laptop graphics card?

[nathan4102]

I have 2 laptops, a dv9000 and a aspire 3624, the dv9000 has green dots or lines all over the screen, even before windows loads, and I think its a graphics card issue. Am I able to take whatever graphics card is in the 3624 and put it in the dv9000? Or does that not work?

Thanks!

 

[airplanegeek]

in almost no laptops can you replace the gpu and your aspire only has integrated graphics, which means it is on the cpu.

 

[Deleted member 489584]

...your aspire only has integrated graphics, which means it is on the cpu.

The Aspire 3624 uses the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 which is surface mounted to the motherboard, not integrated into the CPU. Unfortunately in most laptops this doesn't afford any advantage because they don't build a slot for a dedicated GPU.

EDIT: SPELLING

 

[nathan4102]

Awe, ok. What do you guys think the problem is with the dv9000? Is it a LCD issue? Drivers issue? Video chip card thing issue? I'm clueless

 

[airplanegeek]

i think its the graphics output signal issue

 

[Deleted member 489584]

Awe, ok. What do you guys think the problem is with the dv9000? Is it a LCD issue? Drivers issue? Video chip card thing issue? I'm clueless

I suggest trying to connect an external monitor to the dv9000 to further determine the culprit.

 

[nathan4102]

Ok, when I get home I'll try that. If the picture is fine, its the LCD, if not, its the drivers?

 

[Deleted member 489584]

If the picture is fine, its the LCD, if not, its the drivers?

We can rule out drivers as a cause because you mentioned the symptoms are present before Windows(and the drivers) are even loaded.

If the picture is fine on the external monitor we know the graphics card is not broken. If the monitor is also showing the same problems then your graphics card is bad and will need to be repaired or replaced. Given the age of the laptop it may be cheaper to just buy a newer laptop than to fix your current HP dv9000.

Good luck to you in your troubleshooting endeavor(s)!

 

[nathan4102]

Awesome, thanks for the detailed explanation. I'll take a look at it now, and let you know what happens.