Laptop screen flickers twice when i switch on the laptop as if its refreshing..

[Hazza]

Its a HP laptop, anyone know how to stop this?

 

[Dafthead]

Well if it's every time and just the twice I wouldn't bother about it fella.

 

[Hazza]

Its quite annoying tho!

 

[Cheeky_Chappie]

HP 6720s by any chance?

 

[Hazza]

Nope, HP 530

 

[Cheeky_Chappie]

Make sure you have the latest BIOS installed. I had a flickering problem on work's HP6270s where it was flickering everytime i moved or tapped the lappie. It was fixed by installing the latest BIOS. Couldnt believe it at first when the HP support guy was telling me to flash it.

 

[Hazza]

It's a brand new laptop tho

 

[Mike_182]

It's a brand new laptop tho

It's been in a box in someone's warehouse for a few months.

 

[Hazza]

eBuyers... hmm

What should i do then?

 

[Mike_182]

Flash the BIOS.

 

[Hazza]

How do i do this? And would it affect the computer?

 

[Gumby]

Download the latest bios from the HP site / Compaq site / Interweb, wack it on a CD, make sure the CD is in when you restart, press f7 (or whatever it says) to load the new files and flash bios, cross your fingers and hope.

 

[Mike_182]

They usually do a winflash (WinPhlash) utility which makes life easier.

 

[Cheeky_Chappie]

It's a brand new laptop tho

So was the 4 HP laptops that we bought that had the flicker problems.

Check out this link for the latest bios for you HP530

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...Id=3375953&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=2094

Its quite easy. I did mine under windows and took 2 mins. If your not sure what to do then just call the HP support, they'll take you through it.

 

[john.med]

My dell's always done this. thought it was normal? Just updated the BIOS from ao1 to ao6 and it still does it

 

[Hazza]

It's a brand new laptop tho

So was the 4 HP laptops that we bought that had the flicker problems.

Check out this link for the latest bios for you HP530

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...Id=3375953&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=2094

Its quite easy. I did mine under windows and took 2 mins. If your not sure what to do then just call the HP support, they'll take you through it.

I've just updated my bios, but still flickered twice when i loaded the laptop up again...

Hmmm :dapprove:

 

[john.med]

Is this an actual fault then?

 

[Hazza]

Sounds like it can be solved but who knows.... not really bothered me a great deal, as it works perfectly fine.

 

[Scottydog]

Try this:

1. Go start/control panel/administrative tools/task scheduler.
2. On the left-hand side, click "Task Scheduler Local" (you should already be there, but just in case).
Expand "Task Scheduler Library," then "Microsoft," then "Windows," then click "MobilePC."
Up top, you'll see a task called "TMM." Click it, and on the right-hand side, click "Disable."

 

[john.med]

Cheers Scott, I tried that. Vista wouldn't let me totally disable TMM so I've scheduled it monthly. Just restarted my laptop and it used to flicker 2-3 times, now it flickers once v.quickly. So I think I'll live with it

 

[Final Maxim]

i got the hp530 and it flickers twice on startup too.

i thought it was the graphics card sorting the res myself

 

[Hazza]

Did u get urs from eBuyer FM?...

Yeah i thought it was some sort of refreshing thing that the graphics card has done...

But i followed Scotts instructions and it seems to have worked Great work Scott..

But out of interest what does TMM stand for?

 

[Final Maxim]

nah from laptopsdirect.co.uk

 

[Hazza]

How much for?...

And if u want ur flickering to go away, try Scotts thing... worked for me

 

[Final Maxim]

yea just done it and it worked

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/asp/versions.asp?rewrite=HP_530_GU334AA&pagetype=version&page=

 

[Scottydog]

TMM = Transient Multimon Manager. It basically improves connections to external displays/extra displays, but it really isn't needed unless you use a tablet pc or have 2/3 monitors on a desktop pc, just another useless vista add-on.

Glad I could help! :approve:

NB Vista may not let you totally disable it completely if you have a limited user account on the PC or your UAC (User Account Control) is enabled.. turn it off!