Posts by aziraphale2002

mine was the graphics card. start computer, go into advanced startup options (F8), and start in VGA mode.IF its your gfx card, you will be able to start using VGA mode, and set resolution to 1600x1200 without gfx card. go to device...

hmm, its done it again, soon after reinstalling the drivers, same problem came back. anyone know how much a gfx card replacement might cost on a laptop?

er, it seems to have fixed itself..... really strange, but when posting before i uninstalled the video drivers, ran it in 800x600, changed up to the max resolution i could without video drivers, which was 1600x1200. still had...

ok, cheers for the response. safe mode wont let me alter the resolution/colour depth. when the screen goes black, the screen is switching off. also, when running in vga mode, the res is 640x480, 16bit colour, but if i uninstall the...

hi all, hope someone can shed some light on my problem. yesterday evening, i switched my xps m1710 on to read my emails. switched off once done, went out, came home, switched on again and there was a funny pattern over the boot screen....