FZ21S Screen Issues

[LGarlando]

I have just purchased a Vaio FZ21S and appear to have 'problems' with the screen. When I display certain colours on the screen they do not appear to be 'solid' but have a banding effect similar to a printer with a head problem. This means that large areas of these certain colours appear to have dark bands about every 4 or five rows! Has anybody else observed a similar problem?

[Blencogo]

Hi LGarlando and welcome to Club Vaio.

Have you downloaded and installed the nVidia driver update from here: -

http://support.vaio.sony.co.uk/downloads/updates/updates.asp?site=voe_en_GB_cons&c=0&s=VGN-FZ&m=2808

[LGarlando]

Hi, thanks for the welcome! Yes, my computer has the very latest drivers intstalled - I thought it may have been that. Any other thoughts? I have attached a picture - the best I could manage. The problem is only just visible in this picture but it is the horizontal bands

[Blencogo]

There have been some teething problems with the nVidia GeForce 8400M GT GPU which have been put down to it being a new GPU still running on beta drivers. However, I would have expected them to have sorted it by now.

It may be worth registering the fault with Sony e-support just to get it on the record.

Perhaps other users of the FZ21S can contribute here - is this normal?

[LGarlando]

I've registered the issue with them. I also seem to be noticing some strange diagonal lines on very light colours! Does anyone else have any display problems? I want to know whether to return the laptop or if its a driver issue...

[Imran720]

i have recently purchased my vaio fz21s and are having no screen issues