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    Screen issue on DELL XPS M1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by itsdeshpande, Jan 23, 2008.

  1. itsdeshpande

    itsdeshpande Newbie

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    HI All,

    I had got my XPS M1530 some 15 days ago. I hadn't noticed any problems. But yesterday, I saw that whenever the sceen fades for transition (example,while booting, time between, the status bar showing "MIcrosoft Corporation" and before the Vista Logo and startup sound appears), there are some green thin lines. Is this a problem to be reported or any laptop would show that? This is the first time I am using a laptop. Please help.


    Manoj.
     
    itsdeshpande, Jan 23, 2008
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    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    Try reinstalling your graphics driver.
     
    nizzy1115, Jan 23, 2008
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  3. sonicwind

    sonicwind Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah, that's a problem. The cable to the LCD is loose, or the video card is going bad. I had something similar but worse and Dell replaced the video card.

    Oh, and try and boot it with an external monitor connected and see if it shows up there, too. If it does, it's video card, not loose cable.
     
    sonicwind, Jan 23, 2008
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