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    Dell studio LED backlight 1555 question

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by DRFP, Oct 25, 2009.

  1. DRFP

    DRFP Notebook Evangelist

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    OK I put this in a new thread because I do not think this is a real problem but how this screen is.

    A lot of people report a flicker problem but a flicker problem when it it exists is a major issue with the screen refresh.

    What I see is in very light or dark screens on my 1555 is a just detectable "Waviness" of the screen, Almost non noticeable looking directly.
    Worse at low brightness

    is this just the nature of LED back lit screens? I cannot find much on the internet about this I guess due to so few computers had them prior to these models.

    So I suspect its not the real flicker problem people complain about but after hours of working on the laptop the last three weeks I finally noticed the problem.

    I fixed a driver issue that is also plaguing these computers with the intel 4500MHD card, its with Areo Blur effect, the screen would get chopped up worse with the Win 7 driver then with the Vista driver, I tweaked it from Blur to transparent with a free tweak download and my problem is fixed.
     
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    So no one knows anything about LED screens and what is normal?

    Huh? :confused:
     
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    Hello.

    I have the same problem. Is it only on the newer lcds? Because Mine's 4 months old and it developed a stuck pixel, so I sent it back and they replaced the screen. Ever since then I have had a flickering screen on startup but if I put the brightness to max. just after windows (7 64bit :D) loads then put it back down the flickering has gone!

    Just a design fault somewhere I expect.

    Side note: My 1555 kept hanging, randomly, I solved this problem by updating the chipset from Intel! :cool:

    Nice laptop though, so are Dell, they also replaced my power supply because it was making a buzzing noise!

    Chris.
     
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    Its only noticeable at angles and on dark or light screens, and like I said not like a flicker like a light waviness. :confused:

    So yes it may be how the LED back light is, as long as its normal Its fine