Display Adapter Problems?

[Nick]

So I just got through totally cosmetically restoring my old Dell Inspiron 8000 which some members on here might be too familiar with… ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Anyway, I installed Windows Millennium Edition so that I could install all of the drivers and programs for it, and I had a problem with the screen flickering on the right side, but I just guessed it was a Millennium Edition problem and disregarded it… then I upgraded to Windows XP, and guess what! The flickering issue was still there. The only things I can think of now are that my display adapter is going out, or I installed a driver that for whatever reason, is not agreeing with the display adapter. I downloaded the latest driver from Dell’s website for the card rather than what has worked fine in the past for me, which would be installing the driver that I got on a CD straight from Dell meant to reinstall drivers on Inspiron 8000s, but that’s an older driver than the one I got straight off of Dell’s website so I don’t know why that would be a problem. Tomorrow, I might swap out the card in there right now with another ATI Mobility M4 that I know works perfectly and that I have had stored in an anti-static bag to see if it’s my display adapter or the driver that’s being ********. Of course, I’ve a video right here showing my display problem with some glorious onestop.mid in the background. Does anybody know what’s up? Thanks in advance…

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[veeg]

Hello Nick

Hopefully some of our members will chime in soon..

@DOUGIE @Rustys @Evan Omo

[DOUGIE]

Hi Nick.
Looks like wrong display drivers to me.

[plodr]

You have an oldie there. Here’s the OSes the model supports.

I couldn’t get any drivers because it insisted I put in a Service tag or let it detect the product.

[Nick]

Hi Nick.
Looks like wrong display drivers to me.

You have an oldie there. Here’s the OSes the model supports.
I couldn’t get any drivers because it insisted I put in a Service tag or let it detect the product.

I know it doesn’t technically support Windows XP, but before I got a new hard drive and installed Windows ME and upgraded to XP, my dad had been using Windows XP on it from the time he got it to the time he retired it, and I recall it working perfectly fine with the old hard drive. This is why I think it might be the drivers. If this info helps, I was using the computer problem-free for about an hour today before the flickering came back…

[DOUGIE]

I was using the computer problem-free for about an hour today before the flickering came back…

Hi Nick.
Only when it starts to flicker, post all information from HWMonitor, Please.

HWMONITOR | Softwares | CPUID

[Nick]

Hi Nick.
Only when it starts to flicker, post all information from HWMonitor, Please.

HWMONITOR | Softwares | CPUID

I don’t know what you’re looking for, but on the left was when it was working fine and on the right was when it started to flicker.
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[plodr]

Your screenshots are too small to be useful.
Rather than posting inline, attach so they can be enlarged.

[Nick]

Your screenshots are too small to be useful.
Rather than posting inline, attach so they can be enlarged.

Just click on the picture to enlarge it… but I’ve attached it inline here as you requested.

[plodr]

Just click on the picture to enlarge it
I tried that and got nothing, that’s why I made the comment. There is no"click to enlarge" as I see other places.
The attachment works.

I solved why I don’t get the click here to enlarge. I have to keep javascript turned off at this site; if I turn it on, I have no box to type a reply. So I waited until I had read every other post and replied where I wanted to. Then I enabled 3 things, this site, cloudfront and stackpathdns. Finally I saw the “click here”. Then if I want to reply, I again have to go in and disable javascript so I get a reply box.

Max temp on each seems okay. 77 and 81.

ssd PA25-32 116 versus 139 so the ssd gets hotter as it flickers OR it flickers because the ssd is hotter.

voltages seem inline.

The last line, last entry: when it flickers the CPU is at 100%.

I’m not a hardware guru. Someone will have to note if 100% CPU is the cause or effect.

[veeg]

Any updates for us?

[Nick]

Any updates for us?

No, vger.

[veeg]

@plodr @DOUGIE

[veeg]

Looks like the thread has stalled.

@phillpower2

[veeg]

Since the thread has stalled,this thread will be closed after 48 hrs,unless some new updates are posted.