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Unworldly

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My display randomly shuts off while the computer keeps running, basically I get a black screen. This was only happening when using games like World of Warcraft and Sims, but now after a OS restore the black screen shows up while doing normal web browsing.

Computer Specs:

PROCESSOR*
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7350
OPERATING SYSTEM*
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (SP1, 64-bit), Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (SP1, 32-bit)
GRAPHICS ENGINE*
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9700M GTS
GRAPHICS MEMORY*
2303MB total (64-bit): 512MB GDDR3 discrete memory + up to 1791MB shared memory w/NVIDIA® TurboCache™ technology

Memory and Storage
MEMORY*
4GB PC3-8500 DDR3 1066MHz SDRAM
HARD DRIVE*
200GB HDD (7200rpm)
OPTICAL DRIVE*
DVD-SuperMulti (+/-R double layer) with Labelflash™ drive

Audio and Video
DISPLAY SIZE*
17.0" widescreen
DISPLAY TYPE*
WXGA+ with TruBrite® Technology
DISPLAY RESOLUTION*
1440x900


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Jordi Ruiz

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Hello,

If you perform a system restore and this not works, try to update your graphic driver, could be an incomaptibility with your actual driver and Vista.
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OS restore has been performed and the latest video drivers have been installed, problem still persists.
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