mzagorski Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 Hi guys, OK, back to my laptop rant again My screen seems to f*ck up now and again and seem to be gradually worsening. Like today, I used my laptop for 2 hours just got e-mail / internet ... then my display just deteriorates. This has happened quite a few times... its like everything goes to low resolution, less colours, things that are meant to be shown in colour become black etc. See following image: Anyone know what could be causing this? Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop Windows 2000 SP3 512 RAM, Pentium 3, 866MHz .... Here is my driver info for video: Graphics Processor: GeForce2 Go Bus Type: AGP BIOS Version: 3.11.01.44.23 On-Board Memory: 16MB IRQ: 9 TV Encoder Type: Chrontel 7007 Display Driver: nv4_disp.dll Version: 6.13.10.2964 (same version for all other files related to video) Hardware Acceleration is set to Full. [ June 27, 2003, 04:22 AM: Message edited by: mzagorski ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 Mike, Its a Dell...and its a laptop. You have two choices. You can utilize your warranty. (They'll usually come over within a day or two). Or take the thing apart yourself and try to fix it. I usually just recommend going the dell route. Its a pain, but if they can't figure it out, they'll pretty much replace everything inside the laptop. Which means you'll get newer revisions of hardware...always a good thing . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mzagorski Posted June 28, 2003 Author Share Posted June 28, 2003 Not under warranty anymore... I only got a 1yr one at the time not realising that it'd screw up so soon... No one seen this funkyness happen before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 No one seen this funkyness happen before? Yes. I've seen it. Happened when someone at work jarred the laptop rather severely. One of two things can be done. You can check to see if that cable is just loose now. (instructions on dells site). Or you can see how much it is for a new display. (Would be around 800-1000 USD...my guess). I'd suggest going on dell sites and finding all the pdf's on how to take the laptop apart. Check all connections and make sure all the screws are firmly fastened. I'd also take the time (before opening the laptop) to flush out the video card drivers, and try a different set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 I'd suggest going on dell sites and finding all the pdf's on how to take the laptop apart.I'd also take the time (before opening the laptop) to flush out the video card drivers, and try a different set. Note: laptop OS's are monkeyed with by Dell (and other companies, I would guess) so a stock video driver may not work. Be sure it comes from Dell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 Excellent point Ernest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcahunak Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 Have you tried just a fresh OS install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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