Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 22:04:15 +0530 From: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu Subject: Re: Is 10.3 i386 jinxed ? Message-ID: <BLU436-SMTP187610848C906237B9BDC97F67A0@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <20160503181839.2aacad7e.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <BLU436-SMTP151A41CC0BE118F82C0C189F6660@phx.gbl> <20160430084415.03be443d.freebsd@edvax.de> <5724604D.3020804@hotmail.com> <BLU436-SMTP10004EAA9AA9F6D830DF24CF6670@phx.gbl> <20160430203426.a9d5841b.freebsd@edvax.de> <5725CF38.4090007@hotmail.com> <572752E2.2040708@hotmail.com> <BLU436-SMTP2101D0F5AB8E190FC0ACF0F67A0@phx.gbl> <20160503181839.2aacad7e.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 05/03/16 21:48, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 3 May 2016 21:37:36 +0530, Manish Jain wrote: >> I found what is the problem, with the help of Ultimate Boot CD. UBCD >> says the video memory is corrupt. > Ha! As assumed, it looked too much like hardware error... > > > >> Does that mean I have to trash the >> entire laptop, or is there some way to replace the video memory ? > Depends. > > There are laptops where the GPU memory is allocated from the > installed memory modules that serve as RAM. Other models have > dedicated chips for the GPU which are independent. In such a > case, you probably cannot replace them. But if it's the first > case mentioned, exchange the RAM modules. The memtest results > usually are "false-negative" because the GPU memory is already > "cut off" from the cells available as regular RAM, so those do > not get tested. > > In case the video RAM is part of a dedicated chip, then should it not be possible to replace the chipset ? With PC's, this is possible, I know. But laptops, I have no idea. Regards Manish Jain
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