topic Flickering screen in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/flickering-screen/m-p/2339#M97027 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Dear All<BR /><BR />I have an S2VP (about 18 months old) and in the past few weeks the screen, on start-up has begun to flicker and splurt as though it is in the throes of a breakdown. Once start-up is complete it generally behaves as normal (though on a couple of occasions it has just started flicking for 3-5 seconds)<BR /><BR />Is this a sign that the screen is on the way out or something less expensive such as a loose connection across the spindles/hinges or something wrong with the graphics card (ATI mobility radeon 9700 - 64mb)?<BR /><BR />Thinking I am about to lose everything I purchased a 100GB USB Fujitsu Handy HDD. Using the windows file back-up this will only allow me to save a maximum 4GB file as it says the HDD is based on fat32. Can I reformat the HDD to NSTC?<BR /><BR />Many thanks in advance<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:08:26 GMT Kawasaki 2006-03-15T13:08:26Z Flickering screen https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/flickering-screen/m-p/2339#M97027 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Dear All<BR /><BR />I have an S2VP (about 18 months old) and in the past few weeks the screen, on start-up has begun to flicker and splurt as though it is in the throes of a breakdown. Once start-up is complete it generally behaves as normal (though on a couple of occasions it has just started flicking for 3-5 seconds)<BR /><BR />Is this a sign that the screen is on the way out or something less expensive such as a loose connection across the spindles/hinges or something wrong with the graphics card (ATI mobility radeon 9700 - 64mb)?<BR /><BR />Thinking I am about to lose everything I purchased a 100GB USB Fujitsu Handy HDD. Using the windows file back-up this will only allow me to save a maximum 4GB file as it says the HDD is based on fat32. Can I reformat the HDD to NSTC?<BR /><BR />Many thanks in advance<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:08:26 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/flickering-screen/m-p/2339#M97027 Kawasaki 2006-03-15T13:08:26Z Re: Flickering screen https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/flickering-screen/m-p/2340#M97028 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi<BR /><BR />Could be the inverter, you'd really need to see a local computer shop.<BR /><BR />As for the hard disk, why not use WinZip or 7Zip as TT once suggested? It keeps the directory structure and compresses data.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:19:30 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/flickering-screen/m-p/2340#M97028 kee-lo_ 2006-03-15T15:19:30Z