X200 graphic problems

[Daniel.weinrich]

Hello I bought an x200 from an reseller. I installed win 7.
Now I have graphic errors some big pixels. I think it's not the display. Can it be a driver problem or is the video card about to die?

http://img5.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads ... w91v54.jpg

[RealBlackStuff]

Welcome to the forum.

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We'd need to see a picture to be able to tell you more, as your description is a bit difficult to understand.
Drivers can be found here: http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product ... nkpad-x200

[Daniel.weinrich]

Now there should be a picture

http://img5.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads ... w91v54.jpg


latest driver installed, same problem

[RealBlackStuff]

Looks to me like an LCD problem, where the horizontal row drivers have come unstuck.
If you have an external CD/DVD, boot from a Live-Linux CD and see if the problem persists.
If yes, you'll need a new screen.

[axur-delmeria]

It might also be:
1. RAM issue --> the GMA X4500MHD uses system RAM so replacing the RAM might fix the issue.

2. Software issue --> Try any Linux Live CD to see if the problem occurs there or not. It it does, it's possibly a hardware issue (RAM or otherwise)
If the problem does not occur, then use a program like Driver Sweeper to remove the existing video drivers then use the drivers from Lenovo's website. If you're already using Lenovo's drivers try the drivers from Intel's website.

[Daniel.weinrich]

i tried the lenovo and intel drivers. -> no changes
Upgrade from win 7 to win 10 -> No changes

I think the fault depends on temperature of the notebook. is it cold -> less grafic errors
is it warm / hot -> a lot of errors.

no i try to warm it up with the display not in tablet position to see if its an display or video card issue

[axur-delmeria]

Have you tried cleaning the heatsink and applying new thermal paste?

[Daniel.weinrich]

No I haven't.
I just bought it so I'm in contact with the seller.
But I want to know what is the problem.

Today I started a Memmoy test.
The system reboots and starts the test.


Picture:

http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/ ... uwfe6i.jpg

And it's running without errors. So maybe no hardware problem?

[axur-delmeria]

^ We still can't discount the possibility of a hardware issue, that's why we need to exhaust all other possibilities by changing the drivers (didn't work), run non-Windows OS (you haven't tried it yet).

The RAM test might not even catch the error since it can't test the part of the memory that's shared with the built-in graphics.

Though this is intriguing:

I think the fault depends on temperature of the notebook. is it cold -> less grafic errors
is it warm / hot -> a lot of errors.

I've encountered a temperature-related issue with a desktop LCD monitor before, but its symptoms were very different from yours-- the only thing common was that they ran fine when cold.

[RealBlackStuff]

Looking at the first and second pictures again, it might be a driver-issue.
Did you put in High-German or Swiss-German drivers, resp. select High-German or Swiss-German keyboard?
If you have a US keyboard, you could try and uninstall the keyboard-drivers, then reboot in Windows.

[rjwilmsi]

It could be this: https://support.lenovo.com/gb/en/documents/ht001223 so see if VT-d is enabled in BIOS and try turning it off.

if that doesn't work I would boot from a Linux live USB stick and see if problem occurs there, if no then you rule out a hardware issue and it's a software/driver issue.

If you have two RAM modules try with just one, try each in turn. Run memtest86 for a full pass / a couple of hours. (Memtest86+ from memtest.org).

[Daniel.weinrich]

Right now it runs without problem, i removed the Video card driver and use the Windows Default driver.
I tried to disable the VT in Bios -> no success.

The computer has a total of 3GB Ram. I expect 1 GB and 2 GB and this will be the cause of the problem.

Thank you all for support.

[RealBlackStuff]

If the problem continues, contact forum member Tasurinchi, who also lives in ZH.
He may be able to help.