Dell Vostro Laptop: Display Errors And Their Suitable Fixes

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Display error in laptops is most annoying and frightening as it leaves no scope for even trying out trial and error troubleshooting. With the blank screen in front, one gets no idea about what to do and can only feel at loss.

Display errors can happen because of hardware as well as software issues. For resolving hardware issues you are bound to go for technical support. However for software issues like operating system (OS) errors you can try some self troubleshooting tips. The following tutorial will help you on how to troubleshoot display issues of Dell Vostro Laptop.

Dell Vostro Laptop and even other series of Dell Laptops run on Windows Operating systems. Its display is controlled by hardware components like the display screen and software component such as video drivers and integrated graphics or a graphics processing unit (GPU). Windows use video drivers to work on integrated graphics and display screen to present the visual display on the screen.

Cause of Display Errors

If your Dell Vostro laptop is showing display errors, then there can be different causes behind it. The most obvious and common ...
... reasons behind the error are mentioned below:

Hardware Error:Display errors can happen because of failure of the display screen

Issue with video drivers:Display errors happen when the video drivers are missing or get incorrect or corrupted

Issue with integrated graphics:Motherboard failure causes the damaging of integrated graphics, which leads to display errors

Operating System crash:Crashing of Windows also leads of display issues, which are usually intimated through Blue screen error messages.

Suitable Fixes of Display Errors

First ensure that the BIOS and Video drivers of your Dell Vostro laptop are the latest one. You can get the latest video drivers from Support.Dell.Com Website.

Try completely uninstalling and reinstalling the graphics drivers by performing the following steps:

Press ‘Windows key + R’ on Desktop screen.
Type ‘devmgmt.msc’ in Run box and press ‘Enter.’
Click > sign next to ‘Display Adapters.’
Right click the entry listed under ‘Display Adapters’ and click ‘uninstall.’
Next, test the LCD in the System Setup (BIOS). For this, you need to enter the computer BIOS Setup Screen. Perform the following steps to get into the screen:
Turn off your computer and then turn it one. When the Dell logo appears, continue tapping till the message Entering Setup appears.
In the setup screen, if the display error prevails means it’s not the operating system or software problem rather a hardware issue. So contact technical support.
Next, you can try running your Laptop Built-In Self-Test (BIST). For this perform the following steps:
Turn off the computer
While pressing the power button also keep pressing the D key to start the BIST.
Once BIST will get started, the screen will display multiple flashing colors.
Look for distortion, lines or any other video issues you have observed.
Once the test is finished, the laptop will restart automatically.
If you have an external monitor, then you can connect your Dell Laptop to that external monitor. This will connect the motherboard of your laptop to this new display. If you are not getting display even in that external monitor then you must contact technical support.
But if you get proper display in the external monitor that means your laptop is having some issues with its operating system. Here, try reinstalling your OS and also don’t forget to verify whether you are using the latest available video drivers from Support.Dell.Com Website.

Aforementioned are some of the troubleshooting methods that you can try out of your own to resolve the display errors in your Dell laptop. If the problem still prevails then make no delay in contacting your technical support expert.

About the Author: Hi! I am Brook M. Perry, a pro lific blog writer and keen author of articles related to pc security supportand solution for issues related to computers and mobile devices. Being associated with the reputed laptop support service provider Qresolve, I have resolved thousands of tech issues for our customers from worldwide. online computer support.My areas of interest are virus removal, PC security, endpoint security system, router support etc. You can follow me for my useful computer support articles on Ezine and other article-oriented websites.