Mobility Radeon 9800 Blank Monitor

PhilKenSebben · Dec 31, 2006, 02:35 AM

Hi all,
I recently updated my drivers, as Day of Defeat source was messing up bigtime, and the only thing suggested by the valve system analyzer was that my drivers were severly out of date (version from oh, 2004 haha) and I figured it couldn't hurt.... I downloaded the ones from dell, but, they don't keep their video drivers that up to date, I think it was the same version that I already had on my lappy (Dell Inspiron 9100) so that didn't help much. After installing them, I looked around for others, but the ATI system tool wasn't compatable with dell, so I got the Omega drivers as I've read good things about them. That was yesterday (Friday) and they worked great, DOD never crashed or had any of the problems that I was having. However, when I turned on my computer today (Saturday), the screen keeps going blank right after I turn it on. This really confused me, as I rebooted a few times yesterday with no problem. I've tried going into set up (f2) and safe mode (f8), but both are blank as well. I believe it is still booting up correctly, and the screen flickers every once in a while, but nothing ever happens on the monitor aside from that. I'll try to give the best system specs I can, if I left anything important out feel free to ask, any help would be greatly appreciated...

Dell Inspiron 9100
Mobility Radeon 9800
Newest Omega drivers (downloaded them from the main site yesterday)
3.2 processor
1g ram
Newest directx (9.0c or something, updated thursday to try to fix the problems w/ dod)

Thanks for any help ahead of time, I'm stumped.

~Grant

PhilKenSebben · Dec 31, 2006, 03:23 AM

Update:
I infact was able to uninstall the omega drivers as I realized while trying safe mode that the screen is in fact loading, it is just terribly dim. I have to strain my eyes and adjust to it for a sec to see it, but its there. The brightness adjustor (Fn and arrow up/down) doesn't do anything that I can tell, but it may just be a relatively small change due to the darkness of the screen. I have no idea what is wrong, whether something in my monitor burnt out or what, and this may actually not be the place to ask this question now, but if any of you have an idea what this could be, that could lead me in the right direction. Thanks again for any help.

swimtech · Dec 31, 2006, 05:55 AM

It looks like a coincidence with the installation of the Omegadriver set, but the backlight of your LCD is not turning on. This could be due to the inverter (the high voltage source for the backlight in the LCD panel) or the LCD panel itself - I'm willing to bet all is well on an external monitor...

Is your Dell still under warranty?

Dec 31, 2006, 02:35 AM	#1
PhilKenSebben DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Mobility Radeon 9800 Blank Monitor Hi all, I recently updated my drivers, as Day of Defeat source was messing up bigtime, and the only thing suggested by the valve system analyzer was that my drivers were severly out of date (version from oh, 2004 haha) and I figured it couldn't hurt.... I downloaded the ones from dell, but, they don't keep their video drivers that up to date, I think it was the same version that I already had on my lappy (Dell Inspiron 9100) so that didn't help much. After installing them, I looked around for others, but the ATI system tool wasn't compatable with dell, so I got the Omega drivers as I've read good things about them. That was yesterday (Friday) and they worked great, DOD never crashed or had any of the problems that I was having. However, when I turned on my computer today (Saturday), the screen keeps going blank right after I turn it on. This really confused me, as I rebooted a few times yesterday with no problem. I've tried going into set up (f2) and safe mode (f8), but both are blank as well. I believe it is still booting up correctly, and the screen flickers every once in a while, but nothing ever happens on the monitor aside from that. I'll try to give the best system specs I can, if I left anything important out feel free to ask, any help would be greatly appreciated... Dell Inspiron 9100 Mobility Radeon 9800 Newest Omega drivers (downloaded them from the main site yesterday) 3.2 processor 1g ram Newest directx (9.0c or something, updated thursday to try to fix the problems w/ dod) Thanks for any help ahead of time, I'm stumped. ~Grant

Dec 31, 2006, 05:55 AM	#3
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	It looks like a coincidence with the installation of the Omegadriver set, but the backlight of your LCD is not turning on. This could be due to the inverter (the high voltage source for the backlight in the LCD panel) or the LCD panel itself - I'm willing to bet all is well on an external monitor... Is your Dell still under warranty? __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Dec 31, 2006, 03:23 AM	Thread Starter #2
PhilKenSebben DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Update: I infact was able to uninstall the omega drivers as I realized while trying safe mode that the screen is in fact loading, it is just terribly dim. I have to strain my eyes and adjust to it for a sec to see it, but its there. The brightness adjustor (Fn and arrow up/down) doesn't do anything that I can tell, but it may just be a relatively small change due to the darkness of the screen. I have no idea what is wrong, whether something in my monitor burnt out or what, and this may actually not be the place to ask this question now, but if any of you have an idea what this could be, that could lead me in the right direction. Thanks again for any help.