A few days ago, my Dell XPS M1710 wouldn't wake up from its black screensaver. During a reboot, random pixels appeared, ending in a black screen. There my system hang and I had to shut it down by holding the power button.
I started surfing around and found out that the problem would most probably be the graphic card (Nvidia 7950 GTX). Some forums mentioned that the problem could be fixed by putting your graphic card in the oven!
I tried it and it worked!
Update 25/09/2010: The graphic card died again today, 9 months after this video. This time the symptoms were different: a white screen with black spots appearing.
So I dismantled my laptop, baked the card again... And it's fixed again.
Even though the fix might not be permanent, I don't have a problem doing it every 9 months if it spares me hundreds of bucks.
Update 23/01/2011: Just had to do it again, so the time between every run seems to shorten. Well, it's working again, so I'm fine with it.
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