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    Inspiron 9100 video card problems

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by yukkerz, Apr 5, 2006.

  1. yukkerz

    yukkerz Notebook Enthusiast

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    man this is bothering me VERY VERY MUCH. ok here is my problem.
    i got this dell inspiron 9100 from a buddy of mine. bought it off him. amazing laptop! It is very very fast and i would love to play some games on it.
    when i install the drivers for the radeon 9700 screen goes black and comes back. however when i try and set the resolution to something else the screen goes black and dosnt come back on. I have uninstalled all drivers and reinstalled all the drivers. still no luck. I can use the default monitor but when it comes to playing games or watching some movies, it sucks extremely. When i start windows and hit F8 and choose
    -start windows in vga mode.
    the video card does work and shows up that i am using it. But when i change the resolution i get the same problem. screen goes black and u can't see nothing. i have even opened the laptop and tried to mess with the plus bc someone had mentioned that. and still nothing.


    someone please help me.
    post on the thread or im me SimplyF0rg0tten
    please if someone can get this to work i will paypal them $5 :) :)

    somene help
     
    yukkerz, Apr 5, 2006
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  2. yukkerz

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    ttt anyone?
     
    yukkerz, Apr 5, 2006
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    The first thing that came to my mind is are you sure that the laptop has a Radeon 9700 and not 9800? both of those cards were available for that laptop.

    Do you get any kind of errors on boot up or in the device manager?
     
    Amber, Apr 5, 2006
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    i have it disabled right now because when i enable it the screen goes black and dosn't work
    i get no error messages at all
     
    yukkerz, Apr 5, 2006
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  5. Charles P. Jefferies

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    What drivers are you using? Try the Omega drivers from www.omegadrivers.net.

    Be sure to completely remove the old ones before you install the new ones, as in go into the Control Panel, Add/Remove programs, get rid of the ATI drivers and restart. Then install the Omegas.

    Chaz
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Apr 5, 2006
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    did all of that no luck at all
     
    yukkerz, Apr 6, 2006
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    How about DriverHeaven.org?
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Apr 6, 2006
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    no luck. does it sounds like its a driver problem?
     
    yukkerz, Apr 6, 2006
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    ok i tried this 2. I installed driver and restarted and the screen was still black. however i hooked up my monitor from my desktop and it displayed. and it was great, i was playing some good games and movies and i could tell the difference. do u think maybe its a loose cable or something. please help me out and pics would even be better
     
    yukkerz, Apr 6, 2006
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    Have you run your notebook at its native resolution? Or if nothing happen, maybe you could re-install your windows. I have experienced my screen suddenly goes blank, but windows still running..very annoying, but after installing windows, the problem disappears.
     
    skywalker, Apr 7, 2006
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    ok well when i recieved the laptop it didn't work.
    then like 5 days later i installed windows again and still no luck.
    i guess i can try again. do you think maybe its a loose wire or something?
     
    yukkerz, Apr 7, 2006
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    ttt no luck with the windows reinstall
     
    yukkerz, Apr 8, 2006
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    anyone else got any tips?
     
    yukkerz, Apr 8, 2006
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    ok ill just throw the laptop away. really don't need it now
     
    yukkerz, Apr 10, 2006
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    i guess no one can help me
    i have tried everything and no luck
     
    yukkerz, Apr 10, 2006
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    no luck i guess no one can help or has had this problem
     
    yukkerz, May 1, 2006
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