Well, I can tell you that it is definately not normal.... but its not necessarily a problem with your card. First off the bat, I want you to try a new driver to see if the problem persists. Download the ATI Catalyst driver 4.2 from here, and get Patje's Mobility modder from here. The mobility modder will enable you to use the ATI drivers with the Mobility card (as the name suggests ). Just follow the instructions on that page. Post back here to say if that helped or not. Luck,
Hey, the ATI 9000 is a pice of, you know what, my friend. I have a Inspiron 5150 and the same card. I have now sent my computer back 3 time for the same problem you are having. Each time the card will work for a mounth or so then mess the the same way. See Dell is keeping this ATI card problem the under raps. I think that they sould have a recall of the ATI 9000 because the don't work (notice that they dont offer the card anymore for the 5150). Its a huge rip off to us consumers. Dell should be doing more to this problem, alot of us are suffering for it. Thank you
Maybe it's a piece of, you know what my friend on a 5150 cause of some problem or another but it actually performs VERY WELL on my 600m. Well enough to play BF1942 in highest settings and a resolution of 1400x1050. ALTHOUGH
AA IS OFF ok.
I haven't left the computer on long enough after start-up to see if it cleared up, I just restart it right away.
The big difference between "fuzzy" starts and "Sharp" starts is the time it thinks while on the Windows XP "welcome screen. It is 10 seconds for fuzzy and 90 seconds for sharp.
Uyadr
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March 2nd, 2004 09:00
What I tried: Changing drivers
Changing the powerplay options
Fiddling with the harware acceleration
No dice....
Sterlin254
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March 2nd, 2004 09:00
Try blowing it with a hairdryer before each use lol.
But really that's a wierd problem for my Radeon 9000 it's exactly the oposite lol.
sakor1
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March 2nd, 2004 09:00
Well, I can tell you that it is definately not normal.... but its not necessarily a problem with your card. First off the bat, I want you to try a new driver to see if the problem persists. Download the ATI Catalyst driver 4.2 from here, and get Patje's Mobility modder from here. The mobility modder will enable you to use the ATI drivers with the Mobility card (as the name suggests
). Just follow the instructions on that page. Post back here to say if that helped or not. Luck,
stu
Sterlin254
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March 2nd, 2004 09:00
Sterlin254
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March 2nd, 2004 10:00
Sterlin254
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March 2nd, 2004 10:00
Uyadr
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March 2nd, 2004 10:00
Wolflive
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March 3rd, 2004 08:00
Sterlin254
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March 3rd, 2004 14:00
Uyadr
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March 3rd, 2004 15:00
It's just somewhat annoying...
I e-mailed tech support, I'll see what they have to say about it.
FlyboyMU2
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March 3rd, 2004 21:00
I wonder if your problems are like mine.
See my post under I8600 fuzzy on start-up.
I haven't left the computer on long enough after start-up to see if it cleared up, I just restart it right away.
The big difference between "fuzzy" starts and "Sharp" starts is the time it thinks while on the Windows XP "welcome screen. It is 10 seconds for fuzzy and 90 seconds for sharp.