Nvidea geforce 8400 video graphics card not working

pmhazari

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Hello,
I am having a hp pavillion laptop dv6500. My Nvidia geforce 8400 graphic card stops working after few minutes and the screen gets blurred and the pc is restarted.
 

HDTH

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I think that it may be an overheating problem. After a while laptops collect a lot of dust and that blocks the airflow to the graphic card which can result in overheating and may break the card. I would either contact HP support or if you are experienced with laptops you could try opening it and removing the dust (if that's the problem), but that may prove difficult.