Issues with nVidia GeForce 8400M: hardware failure or driver?

Arnulf · 08-17-2022, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by SuSE_Lamer

laptop Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook E8410 with nVidia GeForce 8400M GPU. […] I use it from time, last time - in April. It was OK.

A couple of days ago I started it again - and saw some artefacts on the screen, like dotted lines.

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I am a bit surprised, because this laptop worked a couple of years without any issue.

Your graphics device is dying. The two BIOS screenshots indicates this. Behavior described above may be a typical behavior of dying hardware aka "switch to death". A could boot causes a maximum inrush current that may kill a hardware component immediately. Another reason for behavior described above may be flexing especially in laptops.

Remove any usable part from your laptop and inter the rest at a recycling depot.

business_kid · 08-17-2022, 02:18 PM

Although most chips work indefinitely, there is a % failure rate with no explanation. There doesn't have to be a cause - it just happens.

SuSE_Lamer · 08-20-2022, 01:09 AM

Hello

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Originally Posted by business_kid

Although most chips work indefinitely, there is a % failure rate with no explanation. There doesn't have to be a cause - it just happens.

OK, thanks for confirming my thoughts... As I wrote above, I also estimated it as GPU failure (especially taking into account the amount of failed nvidia GPUs in Thinkpads and Dells that time).

Regards from Hamburg