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Hi all

I had trouble with a Dell Latitude D600 laptop computer. I photographed the machine with an image that we use for our other D600s Dell and there seems to be a problem with the video drivers and wireless. I was able to find the right driver for the wireless, is not one posted on the Dell Web site however.

Whenever I have start Windows with computer red streaks start showing on the desktop. I know that this is not a hardware problem (or rather hope not) because BIOS looked normal and I uninstalled the driver Radeon 9000 and he returned to the Standard VGA adapter, which although blurred showed without streaks. I'm went to the Ati site and downloaded the driver update and still experienced the same problems.

I was wondering if it was a quirky graphics card and how I would discover it? I tried utilities such as DriverGuide Toolkit, but they stressed the Mobility Radeon 9000 card. Any suggestions?

-Paul


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