display flashes

The screen of my laptop (Dell Inspiron 1420, W/Vista 32 bit) Flash 2 or 3 times, making it look entirely black screen, as the computer stops after I start it and when all the icons appear on the screen. After that, I can start working on my projects. This is repeated every time that I use my computer.

Hello thaydogia, welcome.

My suggestion would be to get a current copy of your display drivers. Follow these instructions:

1. go to: http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_1420&os=WLH&osl=en&catid=&impid=

2. Select your operating system at the top, if not already done
3. expand the 'Video' category
4. download the "Driver of Intel GM965" or driver "Nvidia GeForce 8400 M/GS ' according to which your laptop graphics card has.

* You can find this information by:

1. click on START
2. Type "dxdiag" (without the quotes) and press enter
3. click on the "View" tab
4. once noted, return to Dell's Support page and download the appropriate driver
5. install the driver, and then restart your computer

Let us know if this solves your problem,

Thank you!

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