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    odd startup problem

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by ganzonomy, Jul 22, 2009.

  1. ganzonomy

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    when I get to the windows vista welcome screen, I have a weird problem. At first the top 2/3 of the screen comes on, then the bottom 1/3 comes on about 1/2 second later. I'm not sure why, and is this normal? It's like first part of the screen comes on, then the other part does, and I'm worried if that's something like a bad GPU.

    Jason
     
    ganzonomy, Jul 22, 2009
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    that does not sound like a GPU problem... more like an LCD problem (LCD panel, LCD cable, or LCD inverter).

    connect the system to an external monitor/display and see if it does the same thing.
     
    Gophn, Jul 22, 2009
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  3. ganzonomy

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    It's weird though because once the computer gets past the initial "startup phase", everything works fine. It's just that initial startup that it has the slight hang. Games, office apps, benchmarks, browsing, all just runs like it should.
     
    ganzonomy, Jul 22, 2009
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  4. MrDJ

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    i have that some times. its just a split second delay on the bottom half of the screen just where the icon is for the fingerprint reader.
    dont think its anything to worry about though.
     
    MrDJ, Jul 22, 2009
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  5. ganzonomy

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    In my case it's where the fingerprint-reader and my log-in button are. You'd think with all that firepower (see sig) it wouldn't do that!
     
    ganzonomy, Jul 22, 2009
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    same as me then. i think its just a glitch with vista as its not all the time.

    at least the powers still there once it does log in. have you done any of the vista tweaks.
     
    MrDJ, Jul 22, 2009
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  7. ganzonomy

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    Yup, Les's Vista Tweak Guide, BV's service's tweak and SuperTweak guide.

    All done wonders to stripping much of the fat out of Vista.
     
    ganzonomy, Jul 22, 2009
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    I think It's the Vista thing. I used to see it when I was still using Vista. With Win7, I haven't seen it yet.
     
    Win3K, Jul 22, 2009
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    I seen it also with my new laptop. Sometime it does it, sometime not
     
    nexuscom, Jul 22, 2009
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    My room is very cool (22 deg C). Could it be my room is so cold that there's not enough heat for everything to get going? (It's been a cool summer so I'm letting the outside air cool my room)

    Jason
     
    ganzonomy, Jul 23, 2009
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    No. With electronics, it's an almost universal rule: the cooler the better, these things would work at peak efficiency at around -40 deg C probably... Ever heard of phase change cooling?
     
    theriko, Jul 23, 2009
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    just noticed on startup today i didnt get the split screen but i did with the gadget bar for a split second.
    its no biggie. think i only noticed it because i was looking for it.
    its defo a vista thing. roll on 7
     
    MrDJ, Jul 23, 2009
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    I've seen this with Vista on my machine too. Around the login icon and fingerprint reader icon...I think it's just bug with Vista's login screen animation.
     
    Yolondo, Jul 23, 2009
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    Did you disable TMM? That seems like the most likely reason I can think of.

    (I"m guessing you do have it disabled, as its the first tweak in Les's guide, but I thought I'd ask)
     
    DivisionByZero, Jul 23, 2009
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  15. ganzonomy

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    yea, i did. Got sick of the latency / wait.
     
    ganzonomy, Jul 23, 2009
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    what TTM ?
     
    nexuscom, Jul 23, 2009
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    yea, the TMM /TTM thingy mentioned in les's guide.
     
    ganzonomy, Jul 24, 2009
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    MrDJ, Jul 24, 2009
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