topic Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking in PCs & Accessories

VAIO B1XP screen blinking

psampa — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 10:04:01 GMT

Two months ago I bought a Sony vaio B1XP and I am very pleased with it . However, there are two things that bother me and are related to the screen. The first is well known and concerns the backlight that is more bright at the bottom. The second (and more annoying) is that my screen from time to time suddenly blinks. There is no deterministic way to reproduce the problem. The blinking can occur while working with the laptop or when idle. That doesn't happend in a specific angle of the display , can happend in various angles. Two friends of mine that have the same laptop have noticed the problem also. Is this a general issue? Do you know a walkaround?

Thanks,
Petros

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

jammold — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 10:33:09 GMT

The same just happened on my K115B - for NO reason at all the screen just blinked once and then stopped whilst running on AC power...

Could be a faulty inverter but I don't want to part with my computer to get this repaired as yet... May speak to Sony directly about this, I'm annoyed its happening!!!:smileycry:

I'm sure a full System Recovery will NOT fix it...:smileywink:

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

account1 — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:05:29 GMT

same problem here !
should we contact sony for this ?
vaio B1XP

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

kee-lo_ — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:55:48 GMT

Yes you should contact VAIO-Link asap.

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

psampa — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 14:26:36 GMT

The problem is that sony service here in Greece is really bad. Actually, there is no service for vaio laptops and therefore the laptops should be shipped to the Netherlands I think in order to evaluate the problem and fix it and that could take 1-2 months. Given the fact that the problem is not that bad (I mean I can work without any problem) and that I am not sure if it is a hardware problem (I have the impression that the problem doesn't appear when I am playing a game) I hesitate to send my laptop for service.

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

account1 — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:38:47 GMT

ok psama i already contacted sony about this so lets wait and see what they have to say .
by the way i'm from Greece too !
Hail brother !

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

TygerTyger — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 19:00:14 GMT

I had this problem, and I noticed it doesn't happen on games either. Odd isn't it? Yet I'm positive it is hardware related, and so were Sony when I had it fixed. I didn't even realise being brighter at the bottom was a fault, I thought all laptop screens were like that. I'll add it to my list.

And having had the flickering screen repaired, it's started doing it again today. I am so damn fed up with Sony.

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

AlanHudson — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:17:44 GMT

And I thought it was just me! My B1XP does exactly the same - a completely random flicker to black for a fraction of a second.

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

kee-lo_ — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:24:24 GMT

I wonder if it's a bad batch of GPU's / screens?

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

TygerTyger — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:43:45 GMT

If it didn't span so many peoples computers and so many different models I'd probably agree. I reckon it's something to do with X-Black screens.

Anyway, my 'What the hell is this I thought you fixed my computer' membership card arrived this morning. Doesn't allow you discounts.

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

lexios — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 17:00:32 GMT

I am also from Greece and I have the same problem. I guess this is weird isn't it?

If you contact Sony please post the responce here please.

I will contact them too.

Regards

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

JeAnDrE — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 17:15:22 GMT

Hi!
I bought a Vaio VGN-B1XP in December 2004 here in Portugal and in fact I have noticed that the backlight is stronger at the bottom, and the screen blinks for a fraction of second sometimes!
Now I see that are more people people with the same problem.
I haven't contact Sony yet because I need my laptop to work and until now I could live with this little problem.
So, if you contact Sony, please post here if they were quick solving the problem, if that so, I will try to contact Sony when I get some vacations or something...

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

AlanHudson — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 19:00:36 GMT

I'd be interested too if anyone has any feedback from Sony. Seems to be a comparatively widespread problem.

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

account1 — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 08:51:35 GMT

still here waiting for reply
i'll let you know....

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

AlanHudson — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 10:38:26 GMT

Thanks - good luck!

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

psampa — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:05:40 GMT

When I first posted my problem I haven't realized that it was so widespread. In any case, the fact that all the 3 laptops that we bought for the lab had the same behavior raised some suspicions. Now I see that there are many people that experience this issue (having in mind that this model is not yet very popular and that not all the b1 series owners are members of this forum) and I am starting to believe that sony knows the problem. My view is that is sony's obligation to recall the models and had them fixed (permanently , not as in the case of tygertyger post). The real problem is that my work depends on my laptop and I don't have the luxury to give it away for some weeks to get it repaired, especially when I know that there is no sign yet that sony knows what is wrong and how to fix it.
Let's wait for the reply from sony

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

psampa — Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:04:03 GMT

Did anyone received any reply from sony?

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

kee-lo_ — Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:56:21 GMT

Yeah I am suprised by the amounts of posts to this problem, worrying isn't it?

Some people have had the same problems on the K series too.

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

JeAnDrE — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:31:46 GMT

Well, I have updated the drivers of the Display Adapter.
Intel is providing the most recent Driver Updates to the Intel 82852/82855 GM/GME at their Support Site.
Sony is also providing the same recent drivers at Sony Update website.
In the Vaio Update website the Intel Graphics Driver provided to the B1XP says that:
"This update resolves the following issues:
- Display sometimes flashes or get corrupted
- Unable to change refresh rate in dual-display mode"
I have downloaded and installed this update, and since then, I have not yet repaired in any Display Flash...
The solution could be this update.

The brighter backlight at the bottom of the display seems to be an hardware problem...

Re: VAIO B1XP screen blinking

AlanHudson — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:35:55 GMT

That's interesting. I had already seen this driver update on the Vaio site:

"Intel Graphics Controller Driver Version 6.14.10.3879d for Microsoft Windows XP

This driver is to be installed on the VAIO notebooks listed below.

VGN-T1XP/L
VGN-T1XP/T

This update resolves the following issues:
- Display sometimes flashes or get corrupted
- Unable to change refresh rate in dual-display mode"

Is the B1XP the same as the T1XP? No problems following the update, JeAnDrE??

Edit: Totally different machines as I've just discovered.