On 23/03/13 16:30, geoff wrote:

S-i-L has just turned up with her laptop

it has a problem

there are half a dozen mini "displays" on the screen, or rather a
"scroll" of them left and right

Is it the video chip fuqt or is the re the possibility of a simpler
reason (I do hope so, having already pulled the thing apart to replace
the power connector )

Its a Packard Bell Ares GM running vista



Mmm that sounds like the video driver is borked or the video chip itself.

Try upgrading to latest driver...FROM THE MANUFACTURES WEBSITE.,

also try different video modes.


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