Re: occasional screen blanking

Thought so. It's an old laptop my college daughter left when I bought her a
new one. No warranty anymore. Will trash it when it finally goes.

Could it be just a loose video card that I could tighten back into its
socket?

Thanks for replying.

Jeff

"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Jeff wrote:
>> Running XP Home SP-2 on a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop with a NVIDIA screen.
>>
>> Occasionally, the screen will blank out for a split second and return.
>> Usually happens when doing something (close a message, delete, whatever)
>> I ordered it to do with the synaptics touchpad. It is very brief and
>> only happens once in a while. The video driver is up-to-date. There is
>> nothing related in the Event Viewer.
>>
>> What could be causing this? Is there a way to find out?
>
> If the laptop is under warranty - call and explain to them what is
> happening - otherwise - you may be seeing the preliminary to a video card
> or screen burn-out. Did you get CompleteCare? Hopefully you did - get
> them to replace the board and screen. If you got Gold Tech Support - the
> call should even be quick.
>
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>>
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>> Jeff Williams
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