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Screen Resolution After Sleep mode
Hey all I'm having a problem that i just can't figure out why and how to fix
it! My current screen resolution is 1440x900, I put my computer to sleep, shut the lid, then I open the lid and eveything is good still 1440x900 then bam! the screen flickers and it goes to 1024x768! wats the deal??? also i experience flickering every so often here and there in Vista which i don't like, my laptop is a dual boot with Linux Ubuntu and none of this happens in Ubuntu.......so why do i keep insisting on using Windows!! haha anyways any help would be greatly appreciated, i'm truly stumped!! Thanks, Alain |
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Screen Resolution After Sleep mode
S15_88,
Symptoms such as you are experiencing with your graphics performance usually isn't a Vista issue. Most likely it's a problem with the video card (chip) drivers. You should check whether your graphics card/chip has updated drivers available from the manufacturer of your computer (Dell, Compaq, eMachine, etc.), or from the manufacturer of your graphics card/chip. As you likely know, compatible drivers for Vista have been improving with time. That's all I can say without knowing more about your system. In addition, you can check whether Vista has any issues by: Checking a Vista report for specific errors and corrective measures to take: Click on Start (icon) and select All Programs. Then, select Maintenance Problem Reports and Solutions. When that report opens, select from among the Tasks on the left margin and elsewhere. Peruse the report and look for any specific information about what caused your problem (or other problems while you're at it). If you get some insight from the report, take the corrective action suggested in the report. Just something to try, since Vista logs errors and hopefully it will in this case, if there are any. Let us know whether any of this is useful. -- freddy "S15_88" wrote: Hey all I'm having a problem that i just can't figure out why and how to fix it! My current screen resolution is 1440x900, I put my computer to sleep, shut the lid, then I open the lid and eveything is good still 1440x900 then bam! the screen flickers and it goes to 1024x768! wats the deal??? also i experience flickering every so often here and there in Vista which i don't like, my laptop is a dual boot with Linux Ubuntu and none of this happens in Ubuntu.......so why do i keep insisting on using Windows!! haha anyways any help would be greatly appreciated, i'm truly stumped!! Thanks, Alain |
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Screen Resolution After Sleep mode
Same problem here on a Dell Inspiron E1505 running Vista.
Dell support says "There is not a setting that can be set so that the resolution is the same as it was before you put the system in sleep mode." According to them, the device is working correctly. In other words, they don't know what to do with it, either. "S15_88" wrote: Hey all I'm having a problem that i just can't figure out why and how to fix it! My current screen resolution is 1440x900, I put my computer to sleep, shut the lid, then I open the lid and eveything is good still 1440x900 then bam! the screen flickers and it goes to 1024x768! wats the deal??? also i experience flickering every so often here and there in Vista which i don't like, my laptop is a dual boot with Linux Ubuntu and none of this happens in Ubuntu.......so why do i keep insisting on using Windows!! haha anyways any help would be greatly appreciated, i'm truly stumped!! Thanks, Alain |
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Screen Resolution After Sleep mode
One possible solution I stumbled upon -- in the registry there are several
"Bags" that contain various screen resolutions. Modifying these items seems to have fixed the problem for me, although I have no idea why nor do I know for sure that these settings are related. But it's something to try. "freddy" wrote: S15_88, Symptoms such as you are experiencing with your graphics performance usually isn't a Vista issue. Most likely it's a problem with the video card (chip) drivers. You should check whether your graphics card/chip has updated drivers available from the manufacturer of your computer (Dell, Compaq, eMachine, etc.), or from the manufacturer of your graphics card/chip. As you likely know, compatible drivers for Vista have been improving with time. That's all I can say without knowing more about your system. In addition, you can check whether Vista has any issues by: Checking a Vista report for specific errors and corrective measures to take: Click on Start (icon) and select All Programs. Then, select Maintenance Problem Reports and Solutions. When that report opens, select from among the Tasks on the left margin and elsewhere. Peruse the report and look for any specific information about what caused your problem (or other problems while you're at it). If you get some insight from the report, take the corrective action suggested in the report. Just something to try, since Vista logs errors and hopefully it will in this case, if there are any. Let us know whether any of this is useful. -- freddy "S15_88" wrote: Hey all I'm having a problem that i just can't figure out why and how to fix it! My current screen resolution is 1440x900, I put my computer to sleep, shut the lid, then I open the lid and eveything is good still 1440x900 then bam! the screen flickers and it goes to 1024x768! wats the deal??? also i experience flickering every so often here and there in Vista which i don't like, my laptop is a dual boot with Linux Ubuntu and none of this happens in Ubuntu.......so why do i keep insisting on using Windows!! haha anyways any help would be greatly appreciated, i'm truly stumped!! Thanks, Alain |
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Screen Resolution After Sleep mode
I have the same problem with my Dell Inspiron 1720.
What do you mean by 'registry'?? thanks. -- Sunny LA "mahoneyr" wrote: One possible solution I stumbled upon -- in the registry there are several "Bags" that contain various screen resolutions. Modifying these items seems to have fixed the problem for me, although I have no idea why nor do I know for sure that these settings are related. But it's something to try. "freddy" wrote: S15_88, Symptoms such as you are experiencing with your graphics performance usually isn't a Vista issue. Most likely it's a problem with the video card (chip) drivers. You should check whether your graphics card/chip has updated drivers available from the manufacturer of your computer (Dell, Compaq, eMachine, etc.), or from the manufacturer of your graphics card/chip. As you likely know, compatible drivers for Vista have been improving with time. That's all I can say without knowing more about your system. In addition, you can check whether Vista has any issues by: Checking a Vista report for specific errors and corrective measures to take: Click on Start (icon) and select All Programs. Then, select Maintenance Problem Reports and Solutions. When that report opens, select from among the Tasks on the left margin and elsewhere. Peruse the report and look for any specific information about what caused your problem (or other problems while you're at it). If you get some insight from the report, take the corrective action suggested in the report. Just something to try, since Vista logs errors and hopefully it will in this case, if there are any. Let us know whether any of this is useful. -- freddy "S15_88" wrote: Hey all I'm having a problem that i just can't figure out why and how to fix it! My current screen resolution is 1440x900, I put my computer to sleep, shut the lid, then I open the lid and eveything is good still 1440x900 then bam! the screen flickers and it goes to 1024x768! wats the deal??? also i experience flickering every so often here and there in Vista which i don't like, my laptop is a dual boot with Linux Ubuntu and none of this happens in Ubuntu.......so why do i keep insisting on using Windows!! haha anyways any help would be greatly appreciated, i'm truly stumped!! Thanks, Alain |
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