crocklip Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Hi,I recently encountered some problems with my laptop (Dell Inspiron 6000) and after seemingly endless phone calls to Dell, the reinstallation of Windows was the only solution.After I installed Windows Xp Home Service Pack 2 I noticed that video playback was very jumpy with media player and that general performance was very slow. I installed all the drivers etc. I tried changing the screen resolution and colour quality but still no good. I'm also having problems with power saving: There is no standby option, when I close the laptop during operation and open it again, the screen does not return from black and I need to restart.A further problem I am having is the TV-out option. Before when I pressed Fn+F8 a multiple monitor option would appear on the screen but now, nothing!Any help at all from you guys would be great!Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 I don't know much about Dell but, from what I understand, their computers have a lot of other stuff involved with them apart from just the operating system.Did you re-install just WXP + SP2 or did you re-install all of the Dell software? What I am thinking is that there might be some proprietary Dell gizmos that need installing.May well be wrong but, it's a thought :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Dog Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Did you format the drive and do a clean install? When I had my Dell laptop and would re-install Windows, I had to always install the Dell drivers and accessories before some things would work correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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