screen jumping?!

flogen · 2005-09-18 01:16:44

Anyone know what this is, my laptop screen has started to 'jump' lately, last time it happened I restarted, got an error message and it was fine, now it's happening again. Basically the screen starts to almost flicker and jump a little, it's nothing to do with power supply as it happens when the DC is in as well as out. I…

18-09-2005 02:16AM

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flogen

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Anyone know what this is, my laptop screen has started to 'jump' lately, last time it happened I restarted, got an error message and it was fine, now it's happening again.
Basically the screen starts to almost flicker and jump a little, it's nothing to do with power supply as it happens when the DC is in as well as out. I thought it might be my mobile (as this can effect my desktop sometimes) but it kept happening even after I'd switched that off.

Just hope it's not the beginnings of a major fault or anything, I cant afford laptop repairs right now.

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#2 18-09-2005 02:24AM

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Try updating your video driver / select lower screen resolution to see if the problem continues?

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#3 19-09-2005 02:19PM

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No, it's not that, It's an ATI graphics card for a laptop, and I can't find any drivers for it, I don't think ATI really do any.

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