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    Month old dv4t - heavy flickering of screen!!

    Discussion in 'HP' started by prabhg, May 13, 2009.

  1. prabhg

    prabhg Notebook Evangelist

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    My friend received a dv4t a month ago, and we did clean install on it day one. But this morning, it started flickering heavily - past the point where its 90 degrees to table surface. So while opening the screen lid, everything seems and works fine upto the points when screen is approx perpendicular to keyboard, and even a slight push beyond that and screen either goes blank or it flickers heavily altering white and black screens, no desktop visible. I did another clean install, and problem was persistent even while clean install was in progress, and even after it was done and I installed drivers for it from SWSetwup folder. I am currently chatting with HP rep and he apparently knows nothing about it. Can you guys recommend what to do in this case or what could be the problem??
     
  2. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    Since you said that the problem depends on the position of the lid, I think there is a contact problem somewhere. Just send it to HP.
     
  3. mxl180

    mxl180 Notebook Consultant

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    look on youtube I saw a video on someone posting the flickering same issue
     
  4. prabhg

    prabhg Notebook Evangelist

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    Its a month old laptop, very nice and good and we liked it all alike. But this thing has left me and my friend wondering if it would perform as good down the road. Its past the return deadline, but is there a way we can still ask for a replacement of the laptop with a new one??
     
  5. razorjack

    razorjack Notebook Consultant

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    A month old i would think it would still be under warranty............call hp and get this issue addressed dont let it drag on and on......