Problem with my graphic card

[illuminateh]

i turn on my toshiba satellite pro a100 and i get a black screen(the screen is working but its black). i tried to plug my laptop to an external monitor, i turned off the laptop restarted it and on the external monitor i see windows loading but with floating boxes, line and blurry picture. it doesnt enter windows and the screen is black.
i want to know if thats a graphic card problem because if it is i can change it (pci express).
my graphic card is Schnittstelle: PCI Express
Grafikspeicher: 256 MB
Chipentwickler: NVIDIA
Grafikchip: GeForce 7600 GO

 

[dark_lord69]

I had similar issues with my video card before it died.

 

[hunter315]

You cannot change the graphics card in a laptop, yes its connected via PCI-E express to the chipset, but it is not a slot, it is generally a proprietary connection and a dead graphics setup in a laptop generally means a new motherboard is needed.

 

[illuminateh]

*** ed?*** ed or my motherboard?

 

[illuminateh]

sorry for the post before.
what i want to know is that it wont fix the problem if i change the video card?
my video card looks just like this one but with 256mb instead of 64 like in the link
http://www.notebooksolutions.ca/zc/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66_244&products_id=8015

so hunter what do u advise me to do if the garantee is expired and i cant afford a new one
maybe i should show it to a professional so he can see if the motherboard or the video card is dead?

 

[hunter315]

Wow it seems toshiba actually uses real sockets in their laptops, im impressed. If the one in your laptop looks like that then it should fit fine and you will be able to swap it out.

 

[illuminateh]

thanks hunter
one more question: from what i wrote in the first post, in your professionel opinion, how much chances there is that the video card is dead and not the motherboard?