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    Flashing Hourglass on new e1505

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by chucknorrisrules, Apr 18, 2006.

  1. chucknorrisrules

    chucknorrisrules Notebook Enthusiast

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    i think i read about this the other day but am unable to find it at this time, so sry if its a repet...

    The hourglass thingy next to the arrow keeps blinking about ever 15-30 seconds and i was wonder what this was and how to fix it...i thought i read the other day that it had something to do with the screensaver timer or something like that but i dont know so any help would be appriciated
     
  2. Durango Dave

    Durango Dave Notebook Enthusiast

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    We had this problem with our new e1505 and after we uninstalled the McAfee stuff the problem (and other problems, too) mysteriously went away! :rolleyes: