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Dell Vostro 1710 Screen flickering

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by cchn30, May 18, 2009.

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  1. cchn30

    cchn30 Newbie

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    My Dell Vostro 1710 screen Still flickering.. Dell Just Replaced the motherboard for me last week. What Should I do... Is it caused by the 8600m gs.... :(

    Vostro 1710,T8300, 4gig, 8600m Gs
     
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    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    unlikely, sounds like it could be the LCD cable, or the LCD itself.

    btw, does the vostro 1710 have an ambient light sensor? if it does, it could be re-adjusting the brightness levels
     
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    cchn30 Newbie

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    er when it flicker and restart the windows said driver error then the whole laptop slows down.
     
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    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    reckon you should bug them till they exchange the laptop. how old is it?
     
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