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    Dell Inspiron 600m problems

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by itw69, Nov 19, 2004.

  1. itw69

    itw69 Newbie

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    I just bought this notebook and got some problems.
    (1) After I typed, the color of background turned from white to lihght green.
    (2) The images are blurry.
    I am wondering if there is anyone to have the same problems as mine and have suggestions for how to resloved them. Thanks.
     
    itw69, Nov 19, 2004
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  2. inspiron9200

    inspiron9200 Notebook Guru

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    Yea it should be covered with dells 1 year warranty. just dnt open it and risk breaking something. just call them for a replacement if there techs cant help you solve that.
     
    inspiron9200, Nov 19, 2004
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    redgtxdi Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well, since nobody else is responding, I'll give my .02!!

    Obviously, it shouldn't be doing that. I don't know which to suspect, the LCD or the graphics chip, but either way, call Dell & make 'em fix it!!!!!!!!
     
    redgtxdi, Nov 19, 2004
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  4. bootleg2go

    bootleg2go Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by abaxter
     
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    bootleg2go, Nov 19, 2004
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  5. Andrew Baxter

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    I just got this notebook and have the same problem with you in regards to the blurry graphics. Web pages look like garbage. I think it has something to do with the way they've setup the graphics card display though. i'm going to play around with this later and get back to you on what i find.
     
    Andrew Baxter, Nov 19, 2004
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    okay, i've resolved the crappy graphics issue.

    The DPI was set to 125% (this is what Dell set it to apparently) and it made things look awful. To resolve this

    1) Go to Control Panel
    2) Select Display
    3) Go to the Settings Tab
    4) Click "Advanced" Button
    5) This brings up graphics card settings, on the General Tab (which is automatically selected) from the drop down select DPI setting "Normal Size" instead of the 125% size. This should be 96 DPI. Click OK.
    6) Reboot the notebook.

    Things should then look a whole lot better and not like lego blocks! Not sure about that green screen issue though, I'm not getting that.
     
    Andrew Baxter, Nov 20, 2004
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