12-17-2009, 08:29 PM
I had a real bad problem with my laptop.
I downgraded to Windows XP from Windows Vista, and here is where my problems started, everything seemed fine at first apart from i needed drivers for my Advent 5431 laptop.
I really needed to get online as soon as possible, and could not get the ethernet and Wireless drivers from anywhere since i could not use my friends internet.
So i took it to the local computer shop and asked him could he get all my drivers on we arranged a cheap price since it was only drivers and all was good in a few hours.
So i get home turn on the laptop and i was impressed at how quick the laptop was running on XP.
Here is where my big problem started.
Every half an hour or so the computer screen would go off on its own, the power of the laptop stayed on, it did this over and over all day yesterday.
I come on here and found lots of usefull information from a few members and leaded me to the computer fix.
A few people told me some stuff to do, so i updated drivers and took out my CMOS battery and my Ram give it a clean out with a tin of compressed air, and guess what ive had no problems since with my screen.
hehe Cheers Guys
I downgraded to Windows XP from Windows Vista, and here is where my problems started, everything seemed fine at first apart from i needed drivers for my Advent 5431 laptop.
I really needed to get online as soon as possible, and could not get the ethernet and Wireless drivers from anywhere since i could not use my friends internet.
So i took it to the local computer shop and asked him could he get all my drivers on we arranged a cheap price since it was only drivers and all was good in a few hours.
So i get home turn on the laptop and i was impressed at how quick the laptop was running on XP.
Here is where my big problem started.
Every half an hour or so the computer screen would go off on its own, the power of the laptop stayed on, it did this over and over all day yesterday.
I come on here and found lots of usefull information from a few members and leaded me to the computer fix.
A few people told me some stuff to do, so i updated drivers and took out my CMOS battery and my Ram give it a clean out with a tin of compressed air, and guess what ive had no problems since with my screen.
hehe Cheers Guys