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    Screen Flickering Issue FIXED! For Sony SZ7 Series. Read to find out

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by helios26, Aug 10, 2008.

  1. helios26

    helios26 Notebook Guru

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    Wow this took a long time.

    For those of you having Screen Flickering issues, this might solve your issue because it did for me. My screen flickering hapend when I went in stamina mode for my laptop which used the intel graphics card, which is where the problem lies.

    1. Right Click on the "Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Mobile" icon on the bottom right of your screen.

    2. Click Graphic Properties

    3. Display Settings

    4. Power Settings

    5. Disable All Power Savings

    6. Press okay, apply all, and all that jazz and it should be fixed!
     
    helios26, Aug 10, 2008
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    i have an ATI card and i still get the flicker
     
    Duke2007, Aug 10, 2008
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    which mode are you running in? Speed or Stamina?
     
    helios26, Aug 10, 2008
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    Mujja Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't see any flickering Helios. Does your screen flicker during normal use or only when logging in to Windows?
     
    Mujja, Aug 11, 2008
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    Oh I had crazy problems with the screen flickering..

    It happend when I ran my sz on stamina mode, with the ac cord unplugged. The screen would start flickering every so often.

    I tried installing Vista Home Premium, Ultimate, and Business and they all had the same symptoms.
     
    helios26, Aug 11, 2008
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    amdowney Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello all,

    I am noticing flicker in High Performance/Speed Mode when the CPU is running at 100% minimum while using an external monitor. If I manually change the minimum CPU speed to 50% while leaving the maximum at 100% the flickering only happens when the CPU 'revs up'. Any ideas?
     
    amdowney, Dec 15, 2008
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  7. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I think you've given the answer yourself.

    CPU changers from 50% to 100% -> this mean power consumption increases, i.e. you get a little spike, and this means the CPU will drain power from other components before the energy supply (battery/AC) can compensate...
     
    DetlevCM, Dec 15, 2008
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    What I mean is it is continuously flickering if the minimum is at 100% as it is by default in speed mode when plugged in to the monitor. In stamina mode it runs a lot slower so no flickering. I adjust the minimum to 50% in speed mode and the flickering only arises when the processor uses more of it. It shouldn't be doing this surely, is there no way to fix this?
     
    amdowney, Dec 15, 2008
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  9. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Put it that way - I never noticed it...

    Worst case:
    Hardware issue.

    Better case:
    Driver issue.
     
    DetlevCM, Dec 15, 2008
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    It turns out it only does this when the mains power cord is plugged in. Anyone else get this?

    & Happy new year!
     
    amdowney, Jan 5, 2009
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