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Closing Lid Causes Awful Whiteout Issue

post #1 of 7
1/23/05 at 8:27pm
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My 9100 with the Omega drivers on a 9700 128mg card has this issue where as I shut the lid, the screen literally begings to white out. By this I mean that it turns dark, then the center turns bright and distorts everything until its all white and gross. It looks like it is doing damage to the LCD and I am now afraid of closing the lid. This sucks because closing the lid and forgetting about the laptop is a big bonus of having a laptop. Any ideas?
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post #2 of 7
1/23/05 at 9:17pm
Don't close the lid. Sounds like some kind of power issue. Phone Dell asap.
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post #3 of 7
1/23/05 at 10:19pm
I've gotten that a couple times while OCing the video card and underclocking the processor. Never while closing the lid I agree w/ D4L, call Dellwood.
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post #4 of 7
1/23/05 at 11:49pm
If you close the lid,then how do you see the screen changing and becoming distorted?
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post #5 of 7
1/24/05 at 11:59am
Do you have the Power Management set to 'Standby' when the lid is closed? I have seen that on my 9100 without closing the lid as it slid into standby. Now I don't use standby anymore...just hibernate.
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post #6 of 7
1/24/05 at 3:39pm
Might want to try reinstalling (eg uninstall and then install) the video driver.
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post #7 of 7
1/24/05 at 4:09pm
If nothing works, do the old faithful: reformat!
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