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    Distorted bright colors

    Discussion in 'HP' started by rodiak, Feb 28, 2009.

  1. rodiak

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    Hello everyone! I have a really annoying problem that's preventing me from enjoying my new HP dv7-1285dx notebook!

    Bright colors (mainly white) aren't displayed right on the screen! Graphics with bright colors look kinda distorted and a little pixilated... Here is a screenshot (that I took with my camera) to show a portion of what I'm talking about:

    http://img3.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn1086v.jpg

    Here's another example from the Windows 7 installation screen (boot setup):
    http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?image=im1.jpg

    Notice the shadow of the top window: the portion reflected on the white background of the second background doesn't look right. This is just one example but as I said, bright colors in general do not look right.

    I tried updating my graphics drivers to the latest ones from Nvidia but the problem is still there.

    My graphics card is the Nvidia 9600M GT and I am currently on Windows Vista 64bit. If anyone can help with this problem I'd really appreciate it.

    I also checked in the device manager and under Monitor it says 'Generic PnP Monitor' is this right or not?
     
    rodiak, Feb 28, 2009
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