Display adapter

[RSROUGHNECK]

I have a Toshiba Tecra laptop wiyh a nvidia fx go5200 display adapter.This display adapter seems to have gone bad,device manager says the adapter is not working or has a problem,I have tried to update the driver but that does not help.The screen is very blury and the mouse pointer seems to leave trails.I can barely read most text and some not at all,the computer seems to work fine other than that I can use all functions as long as I can see the things I need to click on and such.If the display adapter is bad ,is this something easily replaced if opened up,and is there any other possibilities or solutions.    roughneck.

[computeruler]

try reinstalling the drivers look here and make shure you select the correct video card series and operating system

[Broni]

I have tried to update the driver

How exactly?

[RSROUGHNECK]

I just downloaded the driver from toshiba site and ran the setup and restarted the computer and nothing has changed

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Can you try this monitor on another computer? The monitor could be dying.

[RSROUGHNECK]

Laptop still not working,also when I turn computer on I get a message that the display settings are very low,I click yes to have windows automatically fix this, and when rebooted this happens again

[Broni]

I just downloaded the driver from toshiba site and ran the setup

Did you uninstall current driver, first?

[RSROUGHNECK]

yes I have uninstalled and reinstalled a couple of timmes to make sure I got it right

[Broni]

It looks like your on-board video itself may have a problem. Not good news for laptop.
You still can try Windows repair: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[RSROUGHNECK]

does not good news for laptop mean not repairable

[Broni]

If my diagnose is correct...

[RSROUGHNECK]

Thanks for your help.I dont think I'll buy anymore used computers on e-bay this one I've only had a month.

[Broni]

You're welcome
How much was the loss, if I can ask?

[RSROUGHNECK]

The loss was about 350.00 including shipping,my brother had bought the same model from the same company,they were turned in leases apparently.He had good luck with his so figured I'd give it a shot.Not a huge loss but more than anyone wants to give away

[Broni]

That hurts...