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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 05:59 PM
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Take a can of air and blow out your computer, see if there's dust heating it up.
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by MarshyTheKid
Take a can of air and blow out your computer, see if there's dust heating it up.
It's a month old...there's no dust.
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by heywoodjablowme
....... i'd just let it go as something "windows related" :loco:
best answer i got
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 06:45 PM
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when it went black.... did the monitor go into its no signal / standby mode?

if so, then its hardware related...

if not, software.
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Jani
when it went black.... did the monitor go into its no signal / standby mode?

if so, then its hardware related...

if not, software.
No. The screen just went black.
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by dubcac
No. The screen just went black.
post back if it happens again.
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 08:29 PM
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that would be a "switch to Tux to fix" issue
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 08:41 PM
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I still need to get my graphics drivers installed in Linux
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Old Jan 24, 2007 | 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by MarshyTheKid
I still need to get my graphics drivers installed in Linux
what kind of vid card?

Nvidia drivers are soooooooo much easier to install with the Envy script.
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