Possible the back light needs to be replaced.
Try System Restore to a time before the problem began.
"snowbunny" <snowbunny@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a laptop with Vista media version on it. Two days ago the monitor
> started to flicker (kind of a strobe effect) and I am not sure how to stop
> it. I have tried changing the resolution, changing the screen refresh
> rate
> (but the only option I seem to have is 60 hertz...), and turning off the
> TMM--none of these has worked. Any advice? Thank you in advance