In the end the machine had to be sent back to Dell. It turned out to be the connection between the board and the monitor. They did give me instructions of how to gain access to the ribbon cable that sends data between the PC and the LCD and I did attempt to affix it as best I could but it didn't have any effect. Engineers obviously know better than me and managed to sort it out. The screen did not have to be replaced and it had nothing to do with the Graphics card.
Since the repair, the machine has, on occassion had it's knickers in a knot with the graphics card. Usually coming out of hibernation or standby. Wiggly image, ghosting etc. This doesn't happen all that often however and a restart usually sorts it out.
mldrew
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June 29th, 2004 14:00
In the end the machine had to be sent back to Dell. It turned out to be the connection between the board and the monitor. They did give me instructions of how to gain access to the ribbon cable that sends data between the PC and the LCD and I did attempt to affix it as best I could but it didn't have any effect. Engineers obviously know better than me and managed to sort it out. The screen did not have to be replaced and it had nothing to do with the Graphics card.
Sorry I can't be of more help.
Mike.
Biglex
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June 29th, 2004 14:00
I am experiencing exactly the same issue.
I called the support and they told me that this problem can be caused by the video card but I have some problems to believe them...
mldrew
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December 22nd, 2004 12:00