August 3, 201015 yr Hi, My brother recently bought a laptop, and when he plugs it on the TV (which is a 720 HDTV) using HDMI, the TV screen will go on and off, sometimes more often than others. I don't know if it's clear what I mean, if not, ask more. Computer is on Windows 7 and has a GTX 230M as graphics card. I have already tried updating the graphics card drivers, but it didn't solve the problem.
August 3, 201015 yr Have you tried other ways to plug to your Tv? Like VGA? I'm connect to my Tv in my room using a S-Video Cable, but the Tv is quite old so the quality isn't great. Barrows Items: 1x Dharok's Platelegs, 1x Veracs's Plateskirt, 1x Dharok's Greataxe, 2x Torag's Platelegs, 1x Akrisae's War Mace, 1x Ahrim's Robeskirt, 3x Akrisae's Robetop, 1x Guthan's Warspear, 1x Akrisae's Robeskirt, 1x Torag's Helm, 2x Verac's Brassard, 1x Karil's Pistol Crossbow
August 3, 201015 yr Author I might try that, but first I'll have to find a VGA cable and ways to have sound other than the TV.
August 3, 201015 yr I might try that, but first I'll have to find a VGA cable and ways to have sound other than the TV.You can pick up a male to male 2.5" audio jack for about $5 at a local store. Just plug it into the TV and then into the headphone port of the laptop.
August 4, 201015 yr Author The TV doesn't have that kind of Audio jack, unfortunately. The only problem is my brother doesn't want to use anything else than HDMI, but we found that the problem happens less when the resolution we put is smaller.
August 5, 201015 yr Author My brother and I looked around still, and found more. We found someone that had the same problem, and that person solved it with a TV firmware update. Not wanting to risk the warranty, we won't update the firmware of the TV. I tried the laptop on my secondary computer screen and there was no flicker, so that seems to have been the problem all along.
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