Good to read something about this issue ..

I just updated the bios and driver and there it was the invisable bar on my D800

I don't see any updates on the driver pages .. too bad.

After installing the i8600 drivers the invisable bar is still there but now on the top of the screen .. less disturbing though

Sorry for the posting again (sticky-finger). Let me try that again ....

Got exactly the same problem on a brand new D800 using the GeForce4 4200 Go.

Installing the GeForce4 4200 Go driver for Inspiron 8600 did solve the issue for me.

Here is what I also noticed:

- When login in, the screen was flickering one time (desktop displayed, then all black, then desktop displayed again). Since I installed the Inspiron drivers, no more flickering.

- Opening the display properties, changing the screen resolution and back to its value (just to ungray the Apply button), then Apply made the invisible bar disappear. But I had to do that every time I switch on the machine (until I installed the inspiron driver).

Some kind of acknowledgement from Dell support on this problem will be nice :-)

Just want to throw my 2c in and say that I'm having the same issue.

robert

Funny thing is the splash screen for the executable actually indicates that it will work for the D800.

I guess Dell support forgot to add it to the D800 video driver downloads ...

-Tram 

Here's a dumb question... where can I get the GeForce4 4200 Go driver for Inspiron 8600  driver? A link would be cool :)

I had the same problem and successfully update my drivers with the 8600 version available at: http://support.dell.com/FileLib/Type.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&Category=0&OS=WW1&OSL=EN&SvcTag=&SysID=INS_PNT_P4M_8600&DeviceID=3996

This kept the fix to the original problem of it flashing greenish purple after typing in the administrator password and eliminated the invisible line issue that the bios update created. Although it flickers when it boots up it no longer flickers when I load myself into Windows XP. As mentioned in a previous thread when you open the Inspiron patch it states that is is for Inspiron 8500, 8600 and D800. I figure if it didn't work it was still Dell's fault. I just wish they would remove their flash bios "update" until they sort out these issues which have ended up making the solution worse than the problem.

Have another great day,

Tom

D800 Windows XP Pro GeForce 64MB Ram

P.S. If you go to the nVidia website (www.nvidia.com) you can download their latest driver which won't help this issue (I tried) but will give you lots of extras like nView (which you may or may not like).

Here is a solution to get back to the old VGA bios...

http://delltalk.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_video&message.id=91085

The previous Version 4.28.20.29.D1 comes with the flash tool. (preA03.bin)

Thanks to ReWeN

 

HELLO!!!!

Like everyone else I have this problem on my new D800. I thought I had solved it with the latest drivers and behold it is back. What I did find is if I change the resolution and return it to the original setting the problem goes away. Anyone out there with additional thoughts, please feel free......

btw, I agree that Dell is very neglectful on this one and I'm disappointed there has been no official Dell response to this thread - shame shame on Dell!

Cheers,