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| Video problem Dell Latitude CPi A Hi I have a old Dell Latitude laptop and I have installed Window XP on it Works fine even if its only 256 M Ram. The picture has only 256 colors and it flickers and change in background color all time (mostly pink) I have tried to update the drive for the graphic card the Neomatic MagicGraph 256 AV with different drivers from drivers.com, but very little change. Some are little better then other ,but still only 256 colors.It seems Dell has no driver to windows XP to this old model. I have tried to change also the monitor type , but that inflict very little, same problem What to do? |
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| Re: Video problem Dell Latitude CPi A On 26 Jan 2007 01:13:11 -0800, "PEFO" <peter.forsell@ericsson.com> wrote: >Hi >I have a old Dell Latitude laptop and I have installed Window XP on it >Works fine even if its only 256 M Ram. The picture has only 256 colors >and it flickers and change in background color all time (mostly pink) I >have tried to update the drive for the graphic card the Neomatic >MagicGraph 256 AV with different drivers from drivers.com, but very >little change. Some are little better then other ,but still only 256 >colors.It seems Dell has no driver to windows XP to this old model. >I have tried to change also the monitor type , but that inflict very >little, same problem >What to do? It sounds like the problem is obvious - drivers for an old machine (I have a CPiA) running XP. The solution may be: .. upgrade (aka replace) the machine; .. run a suitable O/S such as 98SE; .. live with it. You also MAY have a hardware problem. |
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| Re: Video problem Dell Latitude CPi A <snip> No. if it's intermittent flickering, it's hardware. Also, the CPiA doesn't need any extra drivers for a functional display under XP. Open the case and check the ribbon connector where it joins the motherboard, also the joints behind the LCD screen. Battery out, power off, press power button 5 secs to discharge. Flip upside down, remove keyboard screws (5). Flip over, lever up keyboard - it's a press fit with side clips. lever away from keycaps as they're a bugger to refit. Remove battery, HDD, optical and undo the couple of extra top casing screws near these - the top casing and trackpad should lift without effort. you probably have enough room to work without disconneting keyboard/trackpad, but if not it's easy: unclip ribbon connector and slide out. To open screen, prise off rubber feet and grey blanking plates at corner of lcd and carefully prise off bezel of screen. 1 screw at each corner and the LCD will come out - lean forward and check connections. At this point you can power up (carefully) and wiggle the connections to see if it helps. Ric |
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| Re: Video problem Dell Latitude CPi A On Jan 26, 1:13 am, "PEFO" <peter.fors...@ericsson.com> wrote: > Hi > I have a old Dell Latitude laptop and I have installed Window XP on it > Works fine even if its only 256 M Ram. The picture has only 256 colors > and it flickers and change in background color all time (mostly pink) I > have tried to update the drive for the graphic card the Neomatic > MagicGraph 256 AV with different drivers from drivers.com, but very > little change. Some are little better then other ,but still only 256 > colors.It seems Dell has no driver to windows XP to this old model. > I have tried to change also the monitor type , but that inflict very > little, same problem > What to do? Can you make it flicker if you tweak the screen a bit? Also, the pinkish hue could be an early sing that your backlight is failing... |
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