Vista - Problem with Mobile Intel 945 Express Chipset Family

I have a dell laptop with a mobile intel 945GM. When my laptop is on startup
a black line appears moving up and down all along the screen, i uninstall the
driver and the problem was fixed but the resolution was awful, i reinstall
the driver and the problem appeared again. I tried with a desktop monitor and
the problem is still there. What can i do?

Just to be sure - do you have the latest driver from Intel?

http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/CS-022034.htm

I have same chipset on a different laptop with no issues.

Is the Dell still under warranty?

"Spinoza" <Spinoza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C3954AF8-F1D1-47FA-9EFE-A10DC0621797@microsoft.com...
>I have a dell laptop with a mobile intel 945GM. When my laptop is on
>startup
> a black line appears moving up and down all along the screen, i uninstall
> the
> driver and the problem was fixed but the resolution was awful, i reinstall
> the driver and the problem appeared again. I tried with a desktop monitor
> and
> the problem is still there. What can i do?

Yes, i have the lastest driver: 7.14.10.1283

My dell is under warranty but when I bought it, it had Windows XP, I
upgraded it to Vista Ultimate, i'm thinking to format my hard disk and
reinstall the Vista. What do you think?

I don't know if dell could still giving me support for another OS. I
calling right now lol.

"Mac" wrote:

> Just to be sure - do you have the latest driver from Intel?
>
> http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/CS-022034.htm
>
> I have same chipset on a different laptop with no issues.
>
> Is the Dell still under warranty?
>
> "Spinoza" <Spinoza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C3954AF8-F1D1-47FA-9EFE-A10DC0621797@microsoft.com...
> >I have a dell laptop with a mobile intel 945GM. When my laptop is on
> >startup
> > a black line appears moving up and down all along the screen, i uninstall
> > the
> > driver and the problem was fixed but the resolution was awful, i reinstall
> > the driver and the problem appeared again. I tried with a desktop monitor
> > and
> > the problem is still there. What can i do?
>

"Spinoza" <Spinoza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BE071215-A5DF-4580-BA80-5015E9CC3FD7@microsoft.com...
> Yes, i have the lastest driver: 7.14.10.1283
>
> My dell is under warranty but when I bought it, it had Windows XP, I
> upgraded it to Vista Ultimate, i'm thinking to format my hard disk and
> reinstall the Vista. What do you think?
>
> I don't know if dell could still giving me support for another OS. I
> calling right now lol.
>
> "Mac" wrote:
>
>> Just to be sure - do you have the latest driver from Intel?
>>
>> http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/CS-022034.htm
>>
>> I have same chipset on a different laptop with no issues.
>>
>> Is the Dell still under warranty?
>>
>> "Spinoza" <Spinoza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C3954AF8-F1D1-47FA-9EFE-A10DC0621797@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a dell laptop with a mobile intel 945GM. When my laptop is on
>> >startup
>> > a black line appears moving up and down all along the screen, i
>> > uninstall
>> > the
>> > driver and the problem was fixed but the resolution was awful, i
>> > reinstall
>> > the driver and the problem appeared again. I tried with a desktop
>> > monitor
>> > and
>> > the problem is still there. What can i do?
>>
Have you checked the Dell website for compatibility information about your
model laptop, any necessary updates, etc. for compatibility with Vista?

--
Michael Solomon
Backup is a PC user's best friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/

Hi,guy,

I met the same problem with my Dell laptop. Please don't install the latest
945GM graphic driver from intel. I rolled back to old drivers of 945GM, like
7.14.10.1114 and 7.14.10.1187 without that issue, but I think the latter may
be better.

Good luck!

"Michael Solomon" wrote:

>
>
> "Spinoza" <Spinoza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BE071215-A5DF-4580-BA80-5015E9CC3FD7@microsoft.com...
> > Yes, i have the lastest driver: 7.14.10.1283
> >
> > My dell is under warranty but when I bought it, it had Windows XP, I
> > upgraded it to Vista Ultimate, i'm thinking to format my hard disk and
> > reinstall the Vista. What do you think?
> >
> > I don't know if dell could still giving me support for another OS. I
> > calling right now lol.
> >
> > "Mac" wrote:
> >
> >> Just to be sure - do you have the latest driver from Intel?
> >>
> >> http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/CS-022034.htm
> >>
> >> I have same chipset on a different laptop with no issues.
> >>
> >> Is the Dell still under warranty?
> >>
> >> "Spinoza" <Spinoza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:C3954AF8-F1D1-47FA-9EFE-A10DC0621797@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have a dell laptop with a mobile intel 945GM. When my laptop is on
> >> >startup
> >> > a black line appears moving up and down all along the screen, i
> >> > uninstall
> >> > the
> >> > driver and the problem was fixed but the resolution was awful, i
> >> > reinstall
> >> > the driver and the problem appeared again. I tried with a desktop
> >> > monitor
> >> > and
> >> > the problem is still there. What can i do?
> >>
> Have you checked the Dell website for compatibility information about your
> model laptop, any necessary updates, etc. for compatibility with Vista?
>
> --
> Michael Solomon
> Backup is a PC user's best friend
> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>