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    Problem with display

    Discussion in 'HP' started by JohnnyJlo128, Sep 11, 2011.

  1. JohnnyJlo128

    JohnnyJlo128 Notebook Geek

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    Problem:

    Whenever my computer recovers from a period of inactivity (I make my laptop turn off display after 30 minutes of inactivity) my color and contrast are all very faded and bland and then come back after a minute. I never had a problem with this on my previous laptop and I don't think it happened when I first got my laptop (2000 envy 14). Sometimes, along with the previous problem, my explorer and taskbar on the bottom dissappear and I lose some of the icons until I restart my computer. What could be the cause of this problem??
     
    JohnnyJlo128, Sep 11, 2011
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  2. wetwillycf

    wetwillycf Notebook Consultant

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    I don't know what the problem could be, but for my random guess I'd say it sounds like a hardware problem to me, and I'd call HP.
     
    wetwillycf, Sep 11, 2011
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    iNoob.x Notebook Evangelist

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    I occasionally had this problem when viewing HD videos with the Intel HD Graphics. If it put the computer to sleep while the video is open and then wake up the computer, it would sometimes do that. Sometimes it would just do that out of nowhere without putting the computer to sleep. Everything appears washed out for a short moment (10-20 seconds??) and then go back to normal. Now I just use ATI graphics and never had the problem again. Can't explain what the problem is but hope that helps.
     
    iNoob.x, Sep 11, 2011
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  4. MagusDraco

    MagusDraco Biiiiiiirrrrdmaaaaaaan

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    all I get is the blue tint back if I'm on the intel gpu 'cause the radiance screen is dumb (and you can't really control color profiles properly on the intel gpu)
     
    MagusDraco, Sep 11, 2011
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  5. JohnnyJlo128

    JohnnyJlo128 Notebook Geek

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    Yeah I know the color fading is due to the fact that I have configured the color settings on the Intel graphics stuff but I just don't like the fact that it has to load the settings everytime I am inactive.

    The thing about the taskbar I have no clue as to why it would do that.
     
    JohnnyJlo128, Sep 11, 2011
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    belltown Notebook Consultant

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    I seem to be having the same, or similar problem. I'm only running the integrated (Intel) graphics. After several hours (or sometimes days) of use, the display has a very faded washed-out look, similar to that which you describe. This does not appear to be related to the sleeping of my computer, as most of the time when it comes out of sleep the colors are fine. Once this problem occurs the colors remain faded even through sleep/wake cycles, and even if I switch over to the ATI graphics and back to Intel. The only thing that fixes it is a system reboot.

    The drivers I'm running are 8.771.1.0 (AMD) and 8.5.10.2189 (Intel).

    I haven't tampered with any of the Intel graphics color settings. Any idea what could be causing this problem?
     
    belltown, Sep 13, 2011
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