Z61 m ati2dvag BSOD and motherboard replacing dilemmas...

[Bro]

Hello people,
I know, I'm bit too optimistic, but I'll ask anyway

I'm having problem with BSOD (at2dvag blue screen of death) so I'm thinking is it possible to replace motherboard with the one that has intel graphic card?

1. Is it possible?
2. Do you expect it will solve the problem?
3. if possible, where can I find list of compatible motherboards and place to buy second hand or something?

My laptop is Thinkpad z61m 9450-HAG

Thanks for understanding;)
Bro

[RealBlackStuff]

Welcome to the forum.
1) yes
2) yes
3) 41W1288 is the matching mobo with Intel graphics.
Here is the HMM with all the tech specs and how-to's: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail. ... MIGR-64204

Here is a post with your problem explained: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=60329

[ajkula66]

What OS are you running? XP, Vista or W7?

Before I'd jump into swapping the motherboard, I'd run this for a while:

http://freestone-group.com/video-card-s ... y-test.htm

Do bear in mind that the camera will not work with an Intel board, if this is a concern for you.

My modest experience with these machines is that it's the VRAM that goes corrupt in most cases and makes itself known with a number of stripe/dot patterns on the screen. Your BSOD is hopefully just a driver conflict, although I can't be 100% certain.

Good luck.

[Bro]

Welcome to the forum.
1) yes
2) yes
3) 41W1288 is the matching mobo with Intel graphics.

Thanks for this fast and really informative reply!!! I appreciate it!

What OS are you running? XP, Vista or W7?

I'm running XP...

Before I'd jump into swapping the motherboard, I'd run this for a while:
http://freestone-group.com/video-card-s ... y-test.htm
Do bear in mind that the camera will not work with an Intel board, if this is a concern for you.

Thanks for the link!
MB replacement will be last step, of course, but I'll keep it in mind.

My modest experience with these machines is that it's the VRAM that goes corrupt in most cases and makes itself known with a number of stripe/dot patterns on the screen. Your BSOD is hopefully just a driver conflict, although I can't be 100% certain. Good luck.

Sometimes I get instant BSOD, usually if I run some kind of video material...youtube, video archive...but not always.
But sometimes I get weird colored dot patterns and after a minute or two, systems is freezed

Thanks a lot for info!! I'll keep on investigating on this topic...

Cheers!
Bro