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    HP DV6500 Screen

    Discussion in 'HP' started by monit88, Nov 26, 2007.

  1. monit88

    monit88 Notebook Guru

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    Hey guyies,
    I have a problem with my screen for my laptop. When it boots and i log into windows, after a while the screen blinks for like 1 second. Then i can start operating my laptop fairly fast but it seems pretty slow until the screen doesnt blink. Does anyone know why that happens?
    Thanks
     
    monit88, Nov 26, 2007
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  2. Reby

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    This could be a number of things, but offhand I'd suggest checking the msconfig startup and see if you can remove any bloatware. Since it runs fast after you finally get past the boot it makes me think you have garbage loading that's slowing it down until its all loaded. You can also update your video drivers to see if it improves performance.
     
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    SBR Notebook Consultant

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    the blinking sounds like a symptom of nvidia drivers (if that's the GPU you have). Perhaps try a newer graphics driver from laptopvideo2go.com?
     
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    I barely have any startups. Yes I do have nvidia 8400 gpu. Which driver is the latest for me to dwl ?
    Thanks
     
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    Reby, Nov 26, 2007
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    I see something similar on my XP desktop!
    I believe it's to do with XP's initialization. Probably nothing to worry
    about. Not sure if Vista does the same thing.
     
    davexnet, Nov 26, 2007
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    Mine does the same thing, I have the latest official drivers of NVidia installed and I checked it with Laptop2Go drivers too, the brightness control from Windows Mobility Center disappears while using those and I don't think the said problem was gone.
     
    Prince14, Nov 27, 2007
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    Your laptop is still starting things up when you are trying to run things thats why it is slow. Did you do a clean install when you first got your laptop? Also make sure you don't have spyware on your laptop
     
    gridtalker, Nov 27, 2007
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