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    vostro 1700 display flicker

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by doulik3, Sep 4, 2007.

  1. doulik3

    doulik3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    ughh guys i'm about ready to return my damn vostro

    I have the t5470, 2gb ram, 8600m GT, with vista basic and maybe say after about an hour of the ocmpute ron the screen screws up, the task bar ends up at the top and i cant do anything basically, i cant press the start menu. I have to reboot the computer all the time and its pissing me off.

    I've updated the drivers to the 163.44 ones to see if that would get rid of it but nope, same thing..argh any suggestions? It doesn't matter what program i have running it just does it irregardless :(

    HALP!
     
    doulik3, Sep 4, 2007
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    alkaeda Notebook Evangelist

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    what screen do you have?
    also post some screens of what happens
     
    alkaeda, Sep 4, 2007
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    joco Notebook Consultant

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    it isn't a software issue that the taksbar is switched? The screen really hangs? and is a bit scrambled? That looks like a hardware issue especially it looks like your GPU is getting to hot or something.. Maybe faulty cooling?
     
    joco, Sep 4, 2007
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    doulik3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    how can i take screen shots? anyone know a good program i cant really do anything with the computer

    I have the SEC WUXGA screen, could be the graphics card, i haven't over clocked it or anything but this is just plain driving me crazy, I'll d/l a program to see what the core temp of the gpu is and i'll report back..
     
    doulik3, Sep 4, 2007
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