Laptop problem

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I'm sorry?
Yesterday when I started up minecraft the screen on my laptop started flashing while on the menu screen and soon the laptop froze so I turned it off. When I turned it back on it wouldn't boot into windows but more strangely it showed 6 screens instead of one.
It will boot into safe mode but from there on I have no idea what to do.
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Any help would be greatly appreciated
 
I would suggest checking temperatures, your GPU might be overheating if it's not the screen what is causing this problem.
 
It may even be a GPU.

Kinda hard to test if you do not run some kind of software like a live linux install.
 
I think it might be the gpu as it boots up normally if you leave it for a while but after a few minutes it starts flashing and freezes again
 
So it gives you the same error with a external monitor? If so, then most of the time it calls for a motherboard replacement to even replace the GPU. Very few laptops these days have a replaceable GPU. By the sound of it you should go for a new laptop than try replacing the GPU or most likely the motherboard, which could cost as much as a cheap laptop.
 
A couple of weeks ago I got the problem fixed at a repair shop where the guy send the motherboard off to be reflowed as he explained that the extreme temperatures could make the GPU come away from the motherboard so it does not have proper contact.
When I got the laptop back it was working well again until today when the exact same problem has happened again, flashing screen and when I boot again I get the 6 screens.

I have been looking into this on the internet and it seems that it is quite common and is a defect in NVIDIA cards. There is a website dedicated solely to helping people to get a refund or a replacement which seems quite strange to me.
http://www.nvidiadefect.com/

What should I do?
 
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A couple of weeks ago I got the problem fixed at a repair shop where the guy send the motherboard off to be reflowed as he explained that the extreme temperatures could make the GPU come away from the motherboard so it does not have proper contact.
When I got the laptop back it was working well again until today when the exact same problem has happened again, flashing screen and when I boot again I get the 6 screens.

I have been looking into this on the internet and it seems that it is quite common and is a defect in NVIDIA cards. There is a website dedicated solely to helping people to get a refund or a replacement which seems quite strange to me.
http://www.nvidiadefect.com/

What should I do?
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Get a new laptop. Nvidia's mobile chips are notorious for it and most manufacturers have had a recall on the computers that it affects. Contact the company and ask them about it.
 
^^ This. I'd say whoever you got to work on it, just buggered it up more. The 'calm before the storm', if you will. Probably silicone degradation within the chip.
 
First i would also try an external monitor.
If it's confirmed it's the GPU and there is no way you get any warranty on it, you could "bake" the GPU or Mobo. A friend fixed that way his GPU (also Nvidia).
But if you are not that technical, better go for a new laptop, because there are a lot things that could go wrong.
 
According to the website I linked to, the retailer must give me a refund or a replacement if I can prove that the laptop has a defective graphics chip with an independent engineers report so I think I will contact the retailer (aldi) and see how it goes.
 

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