I was in my room, with my laptop open on my desk, the power cord was plugged in and it was on the homepage. I had a DVD up and running, but on pause with the window minimized. I finished what I was doing, looked over and the screen had gone fuzzy. I can still see it but it's really pixalated and has one vertical line down it. The screen was always really clear, and now it looks like it's made of lots of really visible circles. It's new a few weeks ago, and the scree was really clear. I don't know what happened, but I've restarted, not used it for a day, unplugged it and even just let it charge while shut down. What should I do?
SOURCE: Dell Inspiron 700m screen acting up
try to uninstall and install the the display drivers / graphics card drivers.. it should help you.
SOURCE: laptop doesn't work on battery after charging
If you are planning to open the notebook make sure the cpu cooler is mounted flush and has the most possible amount of contact with the cpu for heat transfer. I don't know about yours but normally in bios you can set a fatal temperature shutdown. Try to look up what cpu you have (when you open the case) and see if maybe the temperature is set too low. Then you would be able to reset the temperature to something higher if possible and this would solve the overheating shutdown problem.
SOURCE: vertical line on screen Lenovo T61 Laptop
You have a dead column of pixels. The only solution I'm afraid is to replace the LCD screen.
I'm sorry the news isn't good but can you take a moment and rate the solution as fixya even if it wasn't what you wanted to hear? Thanks! :c)
SOURCE: battery meter is low, even though computer is always plugged in
My first reaction would be that you have simply worn the battery out already and it can no longer hold a charge. Discharging and re-charging constantly will do that even in a year. Or leaving it plugged in 24/7 for week at a time can hurt it as well.
Sometimes if you run it all the way down to nothing/as dead as possible and then charge it back up it will "re-train" the battery where dead and fully charged are.
In the case of this battery it sounds like it's just worn out. Sometimes turning off extra features like bluetooth if it has it or the WiFI card along with dimming the screen when possible will get a few more minutes out of it.
I'm going through something similar with my laptop right now. I found a "universal laptop battery" and just carry that around now (amazon is a good place for such batteries). It was only about $30 or so. Sorry it's not good news!
SOURCE: blue screen when I close the top of my laptop or shut it off
this error relates to video drivers. to fix this. restart your computer and as soon as you see dell keep tapping the F8 key in the top row to get advanced boot options. and then select "Enable VGA Mode" and press enter 2 times. then the computer should start and then do a system restore. to do system restore.
There are two ways to perform a System Restore in Microsoft Windows. The choice only depends on if the computer is currently able to boot into Windows or not. If the computer is able to get to the desktop (with the clickable start
in the lower left corner), then choose Method 1. If the system is unable to boot to the desktop or otherwise is unable to complete a system restoration using the selection above, then choose Method 2.
Method 1 Able to Access the Desktop.
1 start .
then click Help and Support
2 Under Pick a Task
, click Undo changes to your computer with System Restore
3 Select Restore my computer to an earlier time
, then click Next >
4 Under, 1. On this calendar, click a bold date, select a date before problems were observed with the computer.
Dates in bold indicate a restore point is available for that date.
5 Under, 2. On this list, click a restore point, click to choose a restore time from the list.
6 Click Next >
.
7 Verify that the desired restore point is listed, then click Next >
.
8 After the computer restarts, the Restoration Complete page of the System Restore window appears. Click OK
.
If the problem still occurs, try restoring the computer to an earlier restore point.
Method 2 Unable to Access the Desktop.
1 Turn off the computer.
2 Turn on the computer and press the F8 key every other second until the Windows Advanced Options window appears.
3 Press the <Down Arrow> key on the keyboard and select Safe Mode with Command Prompt.
4 Press the <Enter> key on the keyboard.
5 Log in as the administrator or as a user with administrator rights.
6 At the command prompt (blinking cursor), type:
C:\Windows\system32\restore\rstrui.exe
and then press the <Enter> key.
If Windows XP has been reinstalled to a different location on this computer, change C:\Windows to the new path.
If this doesnot work...then we need to reset the computer back to factory settings.
Notice:
Restoring the original factory image erases ALL existing data. This includes files, folders, programs, drivers, E-mails, photos. Before performing a PC Restore, back up all personal files. If you do not back up your personal files, the data will be lost.
1 Turn on the computer.
2 When the Dell splash screen appears during the computer startup process, press and hold <Ctrl> and then press <F11>. Then, release both keys at the same time.
NOTE: Some systems like Inspiron Mini 9 (910) do not support System Restore as they do not have <F11> nor any substitute.
3 In the Dell PC Restore by Symantec window, click Restore. Alternatively, press <Tab> to highlight Restore, and then press <Enter>.
4 When a warning message appears stating that all data will be lost, click Confirm, or press <Tab> to highlight Confirm and then press <Enter>.
The Progress window will appear. Once the restore process starts, Dell PC Restore by Symantec usually takes about 8 to 10 minutes to finish.
When the restore process is complete, the following message will appear:
The system recovery process was successful.
5 Click Finish or press <Tab> to highlight Finish and then press <Enter> to restart the computer.
The software is now installed as it was when the computer was first received.
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