I got a broken laptop from my neighbor. I bought a power brick and a LCD screen for it (brick was missing and LCD was broken). I replaced the parts and was having problems getting the screen to work. It'd work during post and the WinXP loading screen, but it'd go blank after the load screen. The backlight was still on, but no image. I tried a bunch of stuff and found that there was a problem with the latest driver I had downloaded. I never noticed it at first because I was using an external monitor while waiting for the new LCD screen to be shipped to me. I also figured that since she had used an external monitor while waiting for her replacement to arrive, maybe some settings had been changed.
After doing a fresh install of XP Home and all of the updated, I found that the problem showed up after I installed the video driver. I restored the system to an earlier time and it worked again. I went directly to the Dell website and had the same problem with the driver I downloaded from there. I went to Nvidias website and couldn't find a driver for a FX Go 5200. So, I downloaded the driver for a FX 5200 and the installer stopped and said that there was no supported hardware, so it wouldn't install the driver. I let Nvidias software (at the Nvidia website) look for supported hardware and it found none. I downloaded the driver directly from the Dell website, and the same problem occurred (after reboot, no LCD image after loading screen). I restored to an earlier time again and now am looking for a driver that won't cause this issue.
I don't plan on gaming with this laptop, so even if I could just get a bit more functionality from the driver it would be great. Right now, the max resolution gets limited to 16 bit color, etc... Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
-Ken
BTW: Before I installed the fresh copy of XP, I did make sure that the LCD worked fine in BIOS and I even ran the laptop on Knoppix for a while.
After doing a fresh install of XP Home and all of the updated, I found that the problem showed up after I installed the video driver. I restored the system to an earlier time and it worked again. I went directly to the Dell website and had the same problem with the driver I downloaded from there. I went to Nvidias website and couldn't find a driver for a FX Go 5200. So, I downloaded the driver for a FX 5200 and the installer stopped and said that there was no supported hardware, so it wouldn't install the driver. I let Nvidias software (at the Nvidia website) look for supported hardware and it found none. I downloaded the driver directly from the Dell website, and the same problem occurred (after reboot, no LCD image after loading screen). I restored to an earlier time again and now am looking for a driver that won't cause this issue.
I don't plan on gaming with this laptop, so even if I could just get a bit more functionality from the driver it would be great. Right now, the max resolution gets limited to 16 bit color, etc... Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
-Ken
BTW: Before I installed the fresh copy of XP, I did make sure that the LCD worked fine in BIOS and I even ran the laptop on Knoppix for a while.
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