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| Thread ID: 41971 | 2004-01-28 01:25:00 | Severe graphical distortion problem | Wilky (776) | Press F1 |
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| 210606 | 2004-01-28 01:25:00 | Hi, I just got a laptop, a dell inspiron 8600. It runs great, but in games (which I run in 1600x1200) after a period of time, the graphics quality starts to degrade. Short horizontal lines appear all over the screen, mostly in contrasting areas. This gets worse until it's impossible to see. Specs: 15.4" WUXGA screen. Runs at 1920x1200, and in 1600x1200 it does a vertical letterbox style thing. That's why I use that resolution. ATI Mobility Radeon 9600pro 128MB. 1.4ghz Intel Pentium M Centrino. 512MB RAM 40GB HDD Windows XP Professional. So far I have experienced this in No One Lives Forever 2 and Age of Mythology. Thanks in advance. |
Wilky (776) | ||
| 210607 | 2004-01-28 01:54:00 | interesting - my friend has an ATI 9000 something card and he has to have his up on at 1024x768 for playing 3D games or else it gets distorted and starts to "shimmer". the lower the resolution - the worse it gets. we havent been able to fix it yet though. | agent_24 (4330) | ||
| 210608 | 2004-01-28 02:42:00 | If you "just got it" and there's a guarantee, back to the shop. It shouldn't do that. :D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 210609 | 2004-01-28 02:56:00 | I reckon it's overheating or something, cause it does it when the fan is going hardout. | Wilky (776) | ||
| 210610 | 2004-01-28 03:26:00 | Hi, I have a laptop (1024x768 ATI 340M 128MB IGP) and my screen gose fuzzy in slots with RED in them I just Press and hold the sides of the laptop and it gose right try that, if not just give it back and tell them to fix it. ps:but thats my C#$#PY laptop so... |
Gods-Hitman (1419) | ||
| 210611 | 2004-01-28 07:34:00 | I think the graphics card has inadequete cooling. Stupid dell. | Wilky (776) | ||
| 210612 | 2004-01-29 00:35:00 | Is it under guarantee? If it is, don't waste time abusing Dell to us; give them a chance to fix it. That is not normal operation. Something is wrong with it. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 210613 | 2004-01-29 01:19:00 | I've emailed them about it, hoping for a reply soon. It shouldn't be doing this when it's brand new. Why do I always get the defective products? |
Wilky (776) | ||
| 210614 | 2004-01-29 20:10:00 | Hello, hello, I plugged my crappy CRT monitor in, switch to that, and no more distortion! It's the SCREEN that's overheating. I felt the base of it and it is extremely hot, and that's where the distortion is worst... but it goes away the moment the game is minimized or quit......... And Dell still haven't responded. |
Wilky (776) | ||
| 210615 | 2004-01-30 02:21:00 | It will be the inverter for the screen backlight. STOP USING IT . Haven't they got an 800 number? | Graham L (2) | ||
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