Please help. XPS M1330 won't boot. Getting nothing but rainbow vertical lines.

[investor27]

My XPS M1330 that I got since late August 2007 won't boot up anymore. It was working fine until a few days ago. It started to turn itself off when I'm trying to load the front page of Yahoo to read the news. And when I tried to turn it back on, I get these rainbow colors vertical lines. Turning it on and off a few times and it would boot normally. But then the same thing would happen again if I tried to read some webpages. Today, turning it on and off will not boot Vista Home Premium. All I get are the vertical rainbow lines. My system has 4GB of RAM and the GS 8400 graphic card.

Is anyone else experiencing similar boot-up problem? Please help. Thanks.

[sesshomaru]

Probably a faulty Graphics card.

[The_Punisher]

Contact Dell. Time for them to make good on the warranty. It could be the GPU. But you can't fix the GPU yourself.

[darthsat]

Check this thread out. There are many people who have complained about this very issue. I had the same exact problem a couple months back. For me, a motherboard replacement completely fixed the issue. You're best bet is to call dell and that is probably what they will arrange for you.

[Nessnet]

My XPS M1330 that I got since late August 2007 won't boot up anymore. It was working fine until a few days ago. It started to turn itself off when I'm trying to load the front page of Yahoo to read the news. And when I tried to turn it back on, I get these rainbow colors vertical lines. Turning it on and off a few times and it would boot normally. But then the same thing would happen again if I tried to read some webpages. Today, turning it on and off will not boot Vista Home Premium. All I get are the vertical rainbow lines. My system has 4GB of RAM and the GS 8400 graphic card.

Is anyone else experiencing similar boot-up problem? Please help. Thanks.

As multiple others (and threads) have said - you need a GPU/mobo replacement.

Been there - done that - the new mobo fixed it.

I bet you have a rev 0 mobo??

[investor27]

Thanks to all for helping me out so quickly. This is extremely frustrating. I have had nothing but trouble with the XPS M1330. The unit squeaks, won't come back on from stand-by, and now this. Never again will I buy Dell for business or personal.

[vogue]

I'm having the exact same problem!! It started acting up a couple weeks ago, but would start eventually. Last night however, it just refused to boot and just displayed the infamous rainbow stripes. Will be logging a call with Dell tonight! Sounds like a defective batch of motherboards somehow got used!

[KenHT]

I'm having the exact same problem!! It started acting up a couple weeks ago, but would start eventually. Last night however, it just refused to boot and just displayed the infamous rainbow stripes. Will be logging a call with Dell tonight! Sounds like a defective batch of motherboards somehow got used!

It's not the motherboard. It's a design prob. with the heatpipe that causes the burnout. Although the end result is a burnt GPU on the motherboard.

Have a read here.
How to: Improve your XPS M1330 Cooling