screen flickers on s3hp

[turnerd]

does anyone have a problem with there screen on the s3 series, every now and then it flickers. is this normal

[g33]

i have a new s3xp and the screen 'blinks' or goes to a slightly lower brightness. im starting to find these sony vaios pretty shite

[Twisted-Rizla]

Hi

What sort of stuff were you running when this happens?

Are your drivers up to date?

You can get phone numbers for Sony and any available updates from

Vaio-Link

[theboss]

It happened to me and I think I know how to cure it. It happens when your battery is re-charging and I believe its the video-driver.

In the NVidia settings go to the Geforce settings tab which gets you the flyout Setting dialog. Go to Smart Dimmer. Select the Battery setting from the drop-down and Un-Tick "Enable Smart Dimmer when using Battery".

Since I did that it no longer happens.

My theory is that in the charging cycle there is a quick switch to battery to measure whether its charged. I think the Video Driver detects that we are on battery for a few microseconds and Smart Dims, then sees the power come back and goes to the screen brightness you use when on AC.

Anyway, I don't get it happen anymore. I did download latest NVidia drivers from Sony Update - but that bug is still there.

[turnerd]

thanks for that, ive made the change to the laptop, and see what happens.

[TygerTyger]

Screen flicker is classed as a hardware problem, if you get in touch with Vaio Link they will most likely call it in for repair. It's not an unusual problem.

[kee-lo_]

Apparently it's the circuit from the battery bay which interferes with the graphics chip on the mobo.

Has to go for a repair.