These two Vostro's have the latest G45 chipset and video driver from Intel. I always use the component manufacturer drivers as well. Maybe I will try rolling back to an older driver. I will never buy a Vostro again. These things are just piles.
<rant>Next time someone calls me and says they need a machine and they don't want to pay more than $500 I'm going to say "Tell me when you find one and I'll come set it up!". My name just ends up getting attached to the junk a year later when they're tired of all the problems they've had. They'll pay $1500 for the iMac they have at home and tell me to get a decent PC in their hands for a third of the price. I mentioned this detail to this customer and he just looks confused.</rant> BTW, I hadn't seen that website before for the laptop drivers. Thanks! -- Mike Gill From: Bob Fronk [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 5:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Display driver stopped responding and has recovered I have seen this on two Precision Workstation M4400 notebooks. (Vista64 bit / Nvidia video) I updated the driver to a "non-Dell" driver and no problems since. http://laptopvideo2go.com/ Bob Fronk From: Mike Gill [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 5:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Display driver stopped responding and has recovered Is anyone seeing this a lot lately? I have two Dell Vostro 220's and my own Latitude E6500 that gets this now and then. The 220's have Intel video chipsets and my Lat has a Quadro. I don't see it near as much on my machine, may once a week. The Vostro's see this all day long and have fresh installed of Vista from the DVD. Everything is up to date with the BIOS and display drivers direct from Intel. -- Mike Gill ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
