Laptop screen slightly colour distored
pfgpowell
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I use an 11in Lenovo Thinkpad running Windoes 7 when I am out and about and have had it for about four years. Twice now (the second time was last night) I switched it on and the pulsating coloured windows logo had a kind of red halo and seemed to be lower resolution. Then when I got to the splash screen the lower third had graduated bands of light red and pink. Once fully booted up, the taskbar had a kind of reddish hue. I rebooted and got the same thing, but when I was fully booted the problem disappeared.
This is the second time this has happened. The first was about nine months ago. Otherwise the laptop has behaved perfectly.
Should I be worried? Is the a software fault or, more likely, the beginnings of a hardware fault?
This is the second time this has happened. The first was about nine months ago. Otherwise the laptop has behaved perfectly.
Should I be worried? Is the a software fault or, more likely, the beginnings of a hardware fault?
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If you do a Google search on the exact Lenovo model, such: "lenovo xxxxxx gpu failure"
(Where xxxxxx is the model)
...and see if anything comes up.
GPU (graphics chip) problems are very common on laptops as the chips get very hot (the cooling in laptops is crap) - all the heat and thermal cycling starts causing the solder joints to fail.