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Inspiron 9300 UXGA website display problems
Hello -
I've noticed some problems when viewing some websites on my Inspiron 9300 UXGA. I believe it's a display driver problem (NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800). I've just updated to the latest Dell version of these drivers, and have the same problems.
Here's an example of one of the problems: transparent PNG's don't display correctly (show lots of 'black' instead of the underlying image). I'm using IE 6.0 (latest from Windows Update). There's a long-known problem of PNGs in IE before 5.5 - that's not the problem I'm seeing.
As a matter of fact, there's a page setup to show the old IE 5.5 PNG bug, and a *fix* for that bug. The "fixed" PNG display is "broken" on my display. If you go to
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bobosola/index.htm and click on "The Solution", you should see proper display of the "Logo". Instead, I get "Logo" with a black bar behind it. Here's an example of what it should look like (captured on my NON-Dell PC), and what I'm seeing (captured from my Inspiron):
Since the 'solution' above makes use of a DirectX alpha-blend function (which I assume is part of the video drivers), I assume the problem is actually in the video drivers (could be an invalid assumption on my part).
Another problem I see is while scrolling a page in IE, often background images get 'corrupted' with horizontal stripes. For example, go to
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage, then click the bottom scroll bar arrow a few times. Here's links to what it looks like on a NON-Dell PC, vs on my Inspiron:
Finally, something I've noticed on a few sites with background images: display/scrolling can be very slow (as compared to a NON-Dell PC). Here's a site which shows the slowdown pretty well:
www.xbox-scene.com. Click on the bottom scroll bar arrow and see how slow the screen update is. You'll also see the horizontal stripe corruption on this page.
Does anyone else see these problems? Is there a known solution?
I'm running Windows XP Professional SP2, with all the latest updates applied, and using Internet Explorer 6.
Thanks,
- Paul
Changeing the user HR will improve pixilated images and text in internet explorer. I just went to all the links you have mentioned and have the same results so this I would suppose it is not your machine. A little later I will pull the links up on my desktop and see. I would think it is IE or the sites themself.
Inspiron XPS Gen 2
770 (2.13 GHz/2MB Cache/533 MHz Fsb
6800 ultra
2 GIG's Ram
17 "(1920 x1200) WUXGA Display ( Samsung )
OS Windows XP Pro sp2
Logitech MX 1000 Cordless Laser Mouse
Nostromo n52 Game pad- Thanks for the reply.I don't think any of these suggestions address my problems, though. They all seem to be text/font related, where my problem is with images/bitmaps.I've seen the "USEHR" registry fix suggested before - *what* exactly is the "HR" that we're using?Thanks,- Paul
- I have the Inspiron 9300 with the WUXGA and the Nvidia 6800 Go and I don't have the issues that you listed. Not sure what could be causing it. The horizontal bars are fine and the scrolling is fast, but the horizontal lines twitch while scrolling but fine when not scrolling. That happens on my custom built desktop w/ CRT monitor so I'm not concerned with that.I'm using ForceWare version 77.24.. Video BIOS version 5.41.02.29.A8.
- The fact that you don't see the problems (bug have the same hardware as I do) gives me hope that this may be fixable.I see that you have an older "Video BIOS version" (77.24) than I do (78.11). I wonder if it's possible for me to 'downgrade' to that version? I just recently upgraded to 78.11 (in an effort to 'fix' the problems I'm seeing). I didn't write down what version was already running when I did the upgrade - maybe it was 77.24.Here's some more version info on my system - maybe it'll be possible to narrow down which component is causing the problem by comparing versions:Video BIOS version: 5.41.02.29.A8ForceWare version: 78.11Display driver version (from 'MSInfo.exe'): 6.14.10.7811DirectX version (from 'dxdiag.exe'): 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519Windows: XP Professional 5.1.2600 SP2 Build 2600That's all of the pieces I can think of which could be the cause of the problem.Thanks to everyone for help in figuring this out.- Paul
** Problem solved!! **
I've just tried setting my DPI setting to "96" (it was "120"). I really didn't think that would explain all of my problems (maybe speed problems, but not the PNG error). It turns out that it *does* solve them all (PNG transparency error, corrupted background when scrolling, and speed of display of certain backgrounds).
I apologise for not trying this earlier as suggested - it really didn't seem like it could be the cause (esp. of the PNG transparency error).
Thanks to everyone for their help!
Regards,
- Paul
P.S. I still consider this to be a real 'bug' in the driver/video bios/etc, but at least I can work around it!
Message Edited by paulbart on 10-03-2005 12:41 PM
jeffcmfrt
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1.Set your display to your native resolution to do this rightclick a empty space on your desktop then click properties then click the settings tab use the slider to select your native resolution then click apply.
2.Set DPI to 96 to do this right click a empty spot on your desktop then click properties then settings tab then click the advanced button under the general tab in the pull down select 96 DPI . (Note After making DPI changes you have to restart)
3.Make sure clear type is selected right click a empty space on your desktop click properties then the appearence tab then the effects button under the 2nd pull down make sure clear type is selected.
4.Open internet explorer click tools then internet options then click the advanced tab under Multimedia uncheck the box that says enable automatic image resizeing then click apply then ok click View then put your pointer over text size select largest.
5.Regestry fix.Click start then run type in regedit click ok or hit enter Click the + on the following below .When you get to Main double click on it on the right side almost at the bottom and locate USEHR=dword:00000001 double click on it a box will pop up in the top left of your screen change the value to 0 click ok clic on all the - to collapse all then exit regestry and restart.
+HKEY_CURRENT_USER
+ Software
+ Microsoft
+ Internet explorer
Double Click Main
Double Click USEHR = dword:00000001
Change value to 0
6.This is a nifty small download which will improve text on LCD Display's it make a pretty drastic improvement after you download and run it you can turn it off in your control panel just to see the difference it makes heres the link.
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ClearTypePowerToy.mspx
You may also want to change your font size to large or largest to do this right click a empty space on your desktop then properties then click the appearence tab then use the pulldown under font size to change.
Best Wishes
Inspiron XPS Gen 2
770 (2.13 GHz/2MB Cache/533 MHz Fsb
6800 ultra
2 GIG's Ram
17 "(1920 x1200) WUXGA Display ( Samsung )
OS Windows XP Pro sp2
Logitech MX 1000 Cordless Mouse
Nostromo n52 Game pad