Im getting fed up with this. This error first started happened about 2-3 years ago; i decided to work on this laptop to try and get it working a few days ago and i managed to get it started by plugging my monitor into the side and using that. When i start up the laptop its all while/black bars but once the windows logo shows up its all good. As far as i know this error is a vista thing. Oh nearly forgot, here's my specs: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Bit Service Pack 1 Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard Model: HP Pavilion dv9205tx Notebook PC Processor: Intel® Core(tm)2 CPU T7200 @ 2.00GHz x2 (says there two of them) Ram: 2GB Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 Tell me if I missed anything Thanks in advance, AcroneSF *Edit* I opened firefox and look what happened to the title: Its happening to the title of all open windows Its happened before and it will usually stop after a while... DAMMIT WHATS WRONG WITH THIS **Edit* This is what happens when i turn on my laptop:
If you laptop shows at the start this weird stripes it can be nothing else than having an incorrect display driver installed or you graphic card has messed up . Will appear that you have an HP Laptop? Ik have a Hp_Compaq laptop and by clicking start / all programs there is a recovery managar there to restore all my drivers, try that if you laptop has that . But I am sure that your display driver is damaged or messed up Wich Graphic card do you have ?
Disable the aero visuals. It fixed it for me! Post Merge: [time]1261573656[/time] also try changing the windows theme to "windows classic"
he already said he had a geforce chip. I would suggest updating to the latest graphics driver (if there isnt one on compaq's site, try the nvidia driver.) If that doesn't work then there may be a problem with the physical chip.
Its probably something that the graphics card doesnt support well. Like loony said, update it Turning to classic mode helps alot with pc performance too. i recommend it
I'l just checked the nvidia site and it appeared that there was a newer driver of your graphic card wasn't working with windows vista , only XP .. Try these steps : 1. Fully Remove The Nvidia driver ontho your PC , also remove some map's in your progam files with named Nvidia . 2. http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_notebook_winvista_win7_64bit_179.48_beta.html Install this driver 3. Hopefull this helps, if not your graphic card may be messed up
Tried that, hasn't really done anything though, thanks anyway. I opened GMod and went into settings and this is what i saw; its much MUCH worse ingame: *Edit* Screenies of in-game:
Looks like your graphics card has had it. It might be down to some solder coming loose. There's a method of correction using an oven, though I'm not sure how it would work on a laptop's kit. http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1421792 That's a tutorial link. Though I would dry up every other possible source first.
Ugh. Now how am i gonna get the card out of my laptop Found a site dedicated to the issue so i hope ill find my answer there: http://www.nvlddmkm.com/
you cant remove a graphics chip from a laptop (well in less than 1% of laptops you can). If its a hardware problem you're going to have to send it back to the manufacturer to be fixed.
anything nvidia. ATi laptop chips suck ass. You'd need a whole new laptop though, since only the less than 1% I previously mentioned are upgradable (and only upgradable from a very limited range).
Do you new laptop has one of the Intergrated Intel Craphic Chipsets ? That Graphic card so we have on school , i tried to play games from my USB on one pc , but it was terrible laggy and bad
