• Fuzzy laptop screen
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I've found myself an old Pentium 3 laptop I had stored away, and I went and upgraded it from 98 to Windows XP for the time being (It only has 256MB currently, but I'm sure one of the modules from another spare I have will work). Only problem is, it's screen is fuzzy; as if the pixels are always shifting left then right very fast all the time. I figured this would be a faulty screen or cable problem, as the problem occurs even when the first text appears at boot. A new screen for such a laptop is something I'm not going to get, but I'm wondering if anyone knows any other reasons it does this which may be fixable. Specifications from Sys Information: OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional System Model HP OmniBook PC System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 6 Model 11 Stepping 1 GenuineIntel ~731 Mhz BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies LTD GF.M1.14, 11/27/2002 SMBIOS Version 2.3 Total Physical Memory 256.00 MB Available Physical Memory 49.34 MB I'm pretty sure the GFX is an 845GMA, or the lesser 815GMA. Any help appreciated.
predicting a 99% chance that it isn't fixable.
Does the laptop have a port you can hook a external monitor to?
[QUOTE=Thor667;25579332]Does the laptop have a port you can hook a external monitor to?[/QUOTE] If yes, does a regular monitor do this too? I have my P3 machine plugged into the VGA input of my monitor (gaming computer on the DVI) and it fuzzes a bit, but the gaming machine works fine.
[QUOTE=Nexus435;25578984]predicting a 99% chance that it isn't fixable.[/QUOTE] yea, im with this guy..but maybe update the video drivers.....doubt that will have an affect but i would try it anyway
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