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    Discussion in 'HP' started by uwontprevail, Oct 2, 2008.

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    uwontprevail Notebook Guru

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    I just got my HDX 16 today and whenever i boot up my computer there are horizontal black lines on the screen for half a second, then they go away... is that something to worry about?

    Hmm... i installed new drivers and they made my web surfing scroll lag. I restored my system back to the origional drivers and it seems to run faster. I rebooted my computer and the black lines don't show up anymore.
    gona try and reboot a few more times to make sure its gone.
     
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    2.0 Former NBR Macro-Mod®

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    Looks like a "tearing away" sort of black lines? If so, nothing to worry about.

    BTW, what Nvidia driver version did it come with?
     
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    uwontprevail Notebook Guru

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    176.something ... i installed the new drivers and that's what caused the tearing. i un installed the new drivers and it works fine.
     
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    Laptopvideo2go driver?

    Some have reported issues with those and HP notebooks. Especially losing Blu-ray playback.
     
    2.0, Oct 3, 2008
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