i have an alienware area51 m7700 laptop with a nivida geforce go 7900 gtx. the screen it messed up and wont show anything. i tried doing some at home diagnostics. i took a dvi to vga adapter, plugged that into my laptop and then into a monitor and nothing showed up. i went to the geek squad to ask them whats wrong with it. i mentioned that there is probably something wrong w/ the video card. he never opened it. instead he told me that its going to cost 4 to 5 hundred dollars to get it fixed because the video card is integrated and it would require precise sodering and it would be better to just buy a new mobo. if it is going to cost that much i would rather just sell it as is on ebay. here are some things i would like to know.
1. is my video card integrated?
2. can it be replaced easily and cheeply?
3. how much would i get for the laptop on ebay as is?
thank you.
1. is my video card integrated?
2. can it be replaced easily and cheeply?
3. how much would i get for the laptop on ebay as is?
thank you.