Hi there, I have a Helios 300 PH315-53 that I have used on and off for about 2 years (registered it in May 2021).
I had Overwatch open last night, lifted the laptop up to move it, and an error popped up in my game that the graphics card was lost. I thought it was odd, so I started looking into it in the Device Manager, and sure enough, only the Intel integrated graphics from the CPU showed up. When I was in the middle of that, I got the BSOD and the computer restarted.
I looked online, didn't find anyone with the exact same issue, but found similar ones, so I took the minidump file, attaching here, and I've tried restarts, device detection, etc. Nothing I have found has worked, and Intel UHD Graphics are all I have in my display adapters. I cannot get it to boot to bios, it goes through too quickly…any ideas there?
I took the bottom off of the PC, double checked all of the connectors that I could see to make sure they were connected still, and even resorted to taking the CPU/GPU heatsink cover off of them to look, and didn't see anything I recognized as out of the ordinary. I took a photo and am uploading below as well.
TL;DR
Issue: Dedicated gpu won't show up in device manager, cannot get it back.
Fixes Tried: Restarts, shut downs, device detection, taking off bottom and covers to make sure the pins were all connected
Could anyone point me in the right direction? I know they solder the GPUs on, so if that is fried I'm pretty much SOL, right? Would a local shop or Geek Squad know/be able to fix it? I am pretty well-versed with computers, but laptops are not my forte. Thanks in advance!