Apparent fix for flashing laptop display.

Post #395,219 by Another Scott 10/2/14 9:06:01 PM Reply	Apparent fix for flashing laptop display. My Toshiba Portege R835 has been a great little machine for several years now. Over the last few months, it's had an issue where the display will flicker once or twice so for no apparent reason, often for minutes on end. It doesn't seem to be heat related, but who knows. I did some searching and someone suggested decreasing the refresh rate from 60 Hz to 40 Hz. The Intel integrated graphics driver lets one do that. It seems to have fixed the problem. Yay! Hope this helps someone else out there. Cheers, Scott.
Post #395,220 by boxley 10/2/14 9:34:01 PM Reply	thanks! one never knows Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 59 years. meep
Post #406,591 by Another Scott 11/28/15 1:47:06 PM Reply	Was getting worse and worse... Even at 40Hz, the flashing was slowly getting worse and worse over time. I was usually able to adjust the screen angle to make it go away, and I thought, Hmmm... I took the back off and tried pressing down on all the ribbon cables I could find to make sure they were properly seated. Put the cover back on, and, Voila! No more flashing. Woot! I guess the ribbon cable for the screen wasn't making good enough contact (though I didn't find one that specifically said "Display" or something like that). I'll try 60Hz again sometime. Fingers crossed that it stays fixed! Cheers, Scott.
Post #412,496 by Another Scott 8/6/16 10:44:59 AM 8/6/16 10:44:59 AM Reply	Finally fixed? The flickering, etc., continued to get worse over time. I found a web page that talked about how to remove the trim and install a new screen. It's surprisingly easy. I messed around and tried to reseat the video cable on the screen. And it was better. Hmmm... So this week I ordered a $20 video cable off of eBay. I just installed it and what do you know! The flickering is gone! And only 1 screw left over! Woot! Cheers, Scott. (Who still hasn't found a reasonably priced laptop better than this Toshiba Portege R835-P88 (8 GB RAM, 2x SSD)).

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