Re: Image flickering in PowerPoint97 and Dell Inspiron 9200 laptop

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Yes, I have downloaded the new driver and also adjusted the hardware
acceleration. I've basically tried everything except for returning this
laptop. Hopefully, someone can tell me what I have not tried.


"Sonia" wrote:

> Have you downloaded the latest video driver dated 6/20/05 from the Dell website
> http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/type.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&SystemID=INS_PNT_P4_9200&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=6434?
> (You might need to cut and paste that URL in your browser.)
>
> New systems almost always ship with old video drivers because of the long life
> cycle from factory to your lap.
> --
>
> Sonia Coleman
> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
> Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
> http://www.soniacoleman.com
>
> "Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:83AEBD3C-B38D-427C-8819-6CCC7127ECC2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Thks for your response.
> > It is a brand new Dell Inspiron 9200 laptop running XP Pro w/SP2. All
> > security updates installed. System RAM is 512MB and video is not shared at
> > 128MB. It is not the file size because even a brand new blank presentation
> > will do that. Seems like a refresh rate problem because there is a thick
> > horizontal line that comes vertically down and start all over again from the
> > top. Using a new user profile does that too. Trying it out with Powerpoint
> > 2003 also does that. Found out too that when Word2002 is used, it will
> > expand the view to 500% and we can't modify it. All these will go away once
> > I reboot the system. However, enabling an external device (don't have to
> > plugin anything physically) using Fn+F8 will bring back the problem.
> >
> > "Bill Dilworth" wrote:
> >
> >> Those symptoms generally point to a system resource problem, perhaps with
> >> the video RAM. (Just a guess, but let's run with it.)
> >>
> >> How much regular RAM does the laptop have? Does the laptop's video card
> >> used shared RAM for either or both video outputs? Does you system recognize
> >> all the actual RAM that you have installed? How big is the swap file? Does
> >> the Hard Drive indicator come on a lot of the time?
> >>
> >> If 256Meg of RAM is split between Windows, PowerPoint, and 2 video drivers,
> >> it just ain't nearly enough. Even 512 would be pushing the system pretty
> >> hard.
> >>
> >> As a reference, both the video cards in my main computer have 32 meg of RAM
> >> just for themselves.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bill Dilworth
> >> A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
> >> Users helping fellow users.
> >> http://billdilworth.mvps.org
> >> -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
> >> yahoo2@ Please read the PowerPoint
> >> yahoo. FAQ pages. They answer most
> >> com of our questions.
> >> www.pptfaq.com
> >> ..
> >> ..
> >>
> >>
> >> "Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:F76EABBB-1784-453C-99DB-D6480091A82B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Hi, I have this maddening issue with our Dell laptop screen flickering in
> >> > powerpoint ONLY when an external monitor Fn+F8 is triggered. When a slide
> >> > is
> >> > played, no problem but only in the main application. Doesn't matter if it
> >> > is
> >> > a blank presentation.
> >> >
> >> > Can someone help with this as Dell cannot figure it out. Note that the
> >> > motherboard and video adapter are replaced, and so was the video drv
> >> > updated.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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