Nvidia GeForce2 Go/colors/etc

er1c · 10-05-2008, 09:43 PM

Hi, long-time peruse-er, first time poster. I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 on which I installed Windows XP. The trouble I am having is with my graphics card, as stated in the subject. On my desktop, the colors look grainy, as if I am viewing in a low resolution, but I am not, I have a 1280x1024 display resolution with 32-bit color depth, and all of my drivers are up to date.

As another example, the blue color of the menu bars of any window does not fade seamlessly from dark to light, it is rather blocky.

Additionally, streaming web video looks similar, and when extended to full-screen size (not full-screen mode, even) the video becomes very choppy. Alternatively, Warcraft III seems to run perfectly fine, with no grainyness or speed issues.

I've been searching around for a solution, but I couldn't nail down my specific problem. Please let me know how I can get to the bottom of this! Thanks.

yodamage · 10-06-2008, 12:04 PM

have you replaced any hardware in your lap top? i dont know if they are intergrated or not. if you did what and to what?

er1c · 10-06-2008, 12:10 PM

I have not, and now that I think about it, I do believe the colors weren't like this after a fresh install of the OS a couple months ago.... After installing a few things, games, etc.. They started to act like this.

yodamage · 10-07-2008, 10:51 AM

ok so if you have your os disk still try puting it in and restarting your computer, on the dell screen hit f12 i think to boot to disk. when it starts navigate some of the options to get to a screen that says repair xp. (or somthing along those lines) then post what happens please.

er1c · 10-09-2008, 06:03 PM

Ok, I did this, and now I am at a command-prompt type screen, in my windows directory on c:. If I type 'help,' I am presented with a bunch of options, which I don't know which one of these might help my situation. Any suggestions or further guidance? Thanks!

yodamage · 10-10-2008, 11:01 AM

ok why are you in comand prompt? did you try to repair you os with the boot disk already...

er1c · 10-10-2008, 11:08 AM

Yes, what I am talking about is the screen it brought me to.

I put in the xp disk, booted from it, and chose the option to repair windows xp. From there, it brought me to a command prompt of c:>windows, I type 'help' and get a list of commands, like chkdsk, partition, and a bunch of others, but none of them seemed to be anything useful for this. :(

Is there an additional step or something you're talking about?

yodamage · 10-13-2008, 10:49 AM

hmm thats wierd...when you put in the cd after you clicked repair did it give you a list like (boot to cd, access comand propt, ext) if so try clicking one of the other options and if not than i dont really know what to do... also is you graphics card intigrated? if not try taking it out and re setting it into its docking bay. please post results

10-05-2008, 09:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
er1c Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Nvidia GeForce2 Go/colors/etc Hi, long-time peruse-er, first time poster. I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 on which I installed Windows XP. The trouble I am having is with my graphics card, as stated in the subject. On my desktop, the colors look grainy, as if I am viewing in a low resolution, but I am not, I have a 1280x1024 display resolution with 32-bit color depth, and all of my drivers are up to date. As another example, the blue color of the menu bars of any window does not fade seamlessly from dark to light, it is rather blocky. Additionally, streaming web video looks similar, and when extended to full-screen size (not full-screen mode, even) the video becomes very choppy. Alternatively, Warcraft III seems to run perfectly fine, with no grainyness or speed issues. I've been searching around for a solution, but I couldn't nail down my specific problem. Please let me know how I can get to the bottom of this! Thanks.

10-06-2008, 12:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
yodamage Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 21 OS: vista 32bit	Re: Nvidia GeForce2 Go/colors/etc have you replaced any hardware in your lap top? i dont know if they are intergrated or not. if you did what and to what?

10-06-2008, 12:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
er1c Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: Nvidia GeForce2 Go/colors/etc I have not, and now that I think about it, I do believe the colors weren't like this after a fresh install of the OS a couple months ago.... After installing a few things, games, etc.. They started to act like this.

10-07-2008, 10:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
yodamage Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 21 OS: vista 32bit	Re: Nvidia GeForce2 Go/colors/etc ok so if you have your os disk still try puting it in and restarting your computer, on the dell screen hit f12 i think to boot to disk. when it starts navigate some of the options to get to a screen that says repair xp. (or somthing along those lines) then post what happens please.

10-09-2008, 06:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
er1c Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: Nvidia GeForce2 Go/colors/etc Ok, I did this, and now I am at a command-prompt type screen, in my windows directory on c:. If I type 'help,' I am presented with a bunch of options, which I don't know which one of these might help my situation. Any suggestions or further guidance? Thanks!

10-10-2008, 11:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
yodamage Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 21 OS: vista 32bit	Re: Nvidia GeForce2 Go/colors/etc ok why are you in comand prompt? did you try to repair you os with the boot disk already...

10-10-2008, 11:08 AM	#7 (permalink)
er1c Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 4 OS: xp	Re: Nvidia GeForce2 Go/colors/etc Yes, what I am talking about is the screen it brought me to. I put in the xp disk, booted from it, and chose the option to repair windows xp. From there, it brought me to a command prompt of c:>windows, I type 'help' and get a list of commands, like chkdsk, partition, and a bunch of others, but none of them seemed to be anything useful for this. :( Is there an additional step or something you're talking about?

10-13-2008, 10:49 AM	#8 (permalink)
yodamage Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 21 OS: vista 32bit	Re: Nvidia GeForce2 Go/colors/etc hmm thats wierd...when you put in the cd after you clicked repair did it give you a list like (boot to cd, access comand propt, ext) if so try clicking one of the other options and if not than i dont really know what to do... also is you graphics card intigrated? if not try taking it out and re setting it into its docking bay. please post results