My monitor keeps freezing/going blank

Hi all, Im new to all this so apologies if this is the wrong forum.

When i'm scrolling up/down on a web page my screen will sometimes freeze for a second or two, then go blank for a few more seconds then everything will return to normal!! Anyone any ideas what my problem is?

TIA.

 

ahave you tested the monitor on another comP? it is probably your video card going bad but before you go buying new hardware update your driver, what vid card do you have, is it onboard?

 

Sorry I should have said it's a laptop that I have, when it comes to computers I'm about as illiterate as they come so I dont really have any idea what vid card I have. I've only had it a few months so it's still under warranty, perhaps I should get on to Fujitsu Siemens ??

 

Just to add that my 'fan' usually starts briefly when this happens too.

 

Sounds like a driver conflict then. Have you tryed reinstalling the drivers ?

 

I havent, and I wouldnt know where to start, I've run aida32 and I think it's telling me I have NVIDIA GeForce 6800 (256MB)

 

Just had a mate round who has installed the latest driver for me, still no luck

 

Loose contact someware ? Try tapping the laptop when it happens?

 

dunno if this will help but its worth a shot

Originally Posted by sidcerely
I had IE Flashes on almost all web page graphics (certain graphics actually) and anytime I moved my cursor across "links" the whole page flashed. Looked like a refreshing issue at first. I did a web search and found that several others were posting to majorgeeks with same problem and finding no help. I am not a major geek but just started looking at options and found this solution: Go to IE Tools, then Internet Options, then Colors, and UNCHECK the "Use Windows Colors" box.

This fixed my problem--No more flashing. I don't know why it fixed it or even if I will have problem for doing this change but so far NOTHING ELSE seems to be negatively affected. Colors all look the same but no IE SCREEN FLASHES. Good Luck with your solutions. Sidcerely

 

Touch wood, but this 'seems' to have done the trick, thanks very much everyone for all your help

 

I spoke to soon