GPU broken, someone can help?

[6martina]

Some days ago when i was playing wow i got a lot of screen tearing and strange lines on screen. I made a system restore, updated drivers but nothing , the problem is always there.

My model is A517B with X600 Mobility, can someone help me?
If not, my laptop is covered by warranity , is there a form to fill for request it? (i'm from italy, so it should be on the european website, but i can't find it)


Is my graphic card dying? It's only few months old :(!!!

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[kee-lo_]

Tried playing it with less detail? Though the detail at the moment is quite bad isn't it?

[6martina]

Details at minimum 😐

It appears to be an overheating problem, anyone knows how to check if every fan works and how to clean from dust that could be preventing them to work fine? tnx

[Thalamus.]

Hi 6martina,

You can check your vaio temperatures by downloading and running Mobilemeter Could you report back with the temperatures please..

[6martina]

CPU Temp 63° . hard disk temp 38° , 1.73 ghz


I can't get VGA temp , so i dunno if maybe can be its fan not working. Is there a way to check it?

[kee-lo_]

If you can open it yourself might well be worth clearing it out

[Thalamus.]

You should be able to hear the fan if it's working..