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monitor flickers
After reading several of these posts, I realize my problem is a small one. But it is getting aggravating. So I am asking for help.
Have a Dell E771p monitor that is three and a half years old. Lately it has started to flicker. I
changed the refresh rate to 75 , and it is fine....for a while. Holds for maybe a couple of hours, or even
a couple of days. Then the flicker starts again. And when I go back to change the refresh rate again, I find that it has reverted back to 60. Does anyone know WHY or what I can do to get it to hold the new refresh rate. The resolution is set at 1024 X 768 . Thanks for any help. ........Laurie
Dell Dimension 4400
Pentium4 1.6GHz
512MB DDR SDRAM @266MHz
17" E771 Monitor
16MB ATI Rage Ultra 4X AGP graphicsCard
40 GB ATA-100 7200RPM
3.5inFloppy Dr.
16XDVD-RomDrive
52XCD-RomDrive (Memorex)
Microsoft XP home.
Norton AV.
Jesse L (retired)
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Posted June 30th, 2005 17:00
laurali,
Its not that bad. Take a look at the Dimension Video board. Dell Chis has information on removing and reinstalling video card drivers in an faq.
Jesse L (retired)
Thank you Jesse, but I'm petrified to try it. How do I get ANYthing on the monitor once I delete
the monitor drivers. Could you "talk me through it"? I have the 'device drivers' disk. I went as far
as creating a new restore point. But I'm afraid to actually REMOVE the old drivers for fear the whole screen will go blank. (You remove thru the "control panel/add-remove", right?)
Not only am I uneducated in regards to computers, I'm also 'chicken'...LOL
Thanks for any help here. (I need someone to hold my hand. And spell it out step,by step.Thanks)
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Posted June 30th, 2005 14:00
laurali,
Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.
Try removing and then reinstalling the video card drivers back into the system.
Jesse L (retired)