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[neoxoen]

ok i need help my vista keeps well messing up heres the problem when i close the lid to my laptop and open it back up the screen flashes like it refreshed and then i cant touch any icons on my desktop and cant do anything except open the start menu i can still run programs ut everything is slown down and my explorer is crashing every time i close the lid on the laptop does anyone know whats wrong or has it happened to you

here are my computer specs.

amd 64 2.o ghz
1.0 gig of ram
ati radeon express 1100 256 mb memory

[Snuffy]

Hi, Welcome to VB.
Lots more info is needed...
like name, version, bios #. of computer, what upgrades if any you have installed, what version of Vista, A nice program to use is BELARC, it is FREE
and you can run, save the specs... remove all SECRET info. such has KEYS and SN's... other junk... then have available for members to read.
This info will guaranteed to save you answering lots if What
a sample of mine. Plus there is much more info...

Operating System System Model
Windows Vista Ultimate (build 6000) Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.40 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core (2 installed)
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ALiveXFire-SATA2
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P1.30 12/20/2006
Drives Memory Modules c,d
221.53 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
154.24 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

DVDRW 16X16 ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]
VOM-12E48X ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

IC35L060AVVA07-0 [Hard drive] (61.49 GB) -- drive 2, s/n
VNC300A3G4GLGA, rev VA3OA50K, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD800JB-00ETA0 [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 1, s/n
WD-WCAHL2579921, rev 77.07W77, SMART Status: Healthy
WDC WD800JD-00MSA1 ATA Device [Hard drive] (80.02 GB) --
2048 Megabytes Installed Memory

[crabby]

Grab the newest ati drivers from here:

http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html

And get the new drivers for everything else too

crabby