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monitor clinks off and on at random
Name: 1969pepgirl Date: October 27, 2007 at 16:13:47 Pacific OS: windows xp CPU/Ram: 2.6 duel core 2 gigs Product: hp pavillion m7680y
Comment:
my new hp vs19d flat screen started clinking off and on(black screen)after i downloaded the newest driver for my nvidia graphics card. i hooked up my old crt monitor to the computer and it does the same thing,i hooked the new monitor to my old computer and it works fine. so the problems not my monitor but my computer. i tryed resetting the resolution and resetting the computer to an earlier time each with no luck. both the monitor and computer are only a year old and 6 months ago i replaced the power supply. so is it my graphis card? the newly downloaded driver? the motherboard? can it be a virus? please help!!! thanks!!!
Name: aegis Date: October 27, 2007 at 16:52:50 Pacific
Reply:
Sure does sound like the new driver. Newer drivers are seldom perfect. The programmers tend to fix one problem and add two more. I suggest that you restore (roll back) the old driver.
I never update software or drivers unless I have a good reason to do so.
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Response Number 2
Name: 1969pepgirl Date: October 27, 2007 at 19:25:03 Pacific
Reply:
i will remove the new driver tomorrow and let you know if it works. thanks for the help!!!
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Response Number 3
Name: aegis Date: October 27, 2007 at 21:29:22 Pacific
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