screen saver won't come on...??help pls

[zskillz]

so I changed my video drivers to the latest dell release and now my screen saver never comes on... does anyone have any suggestions about this?

thanks
-Z

[zskillz]

^no ideas??^

[JiminElkGrove]

What make video chip is on the machine (i.e. ATI, nVidia or other)? Some Dells also have integrated graphics. Let us know that and we can go from there. Jim

[zskillz]

nvidia geforce2 GO!


dell inspiron 8100.

-Z

[JiminElkGrove]

Does the nVidia Logo display when you run Direct 3D applications? If so, there is a known issue described here. Caused other problems for me until I disabled the nVidia Logo from display with Open GL:
NVIDIA Direct3D™ Logo: Under Windows XP, when the NVIDIA
Direct3D logo is enabled, certain Direct3D applications have rendering
problems. Symptoms can range from nothing being rendered to flickering.
Workaround Solution: Disable the NVIDIA Direct3D logo. You can follow
the steps below, if needed:
1 On your Windows desktop, right mouse click and select Properties.
2 Click the Settings tab and then click the Advanced option.
3 Click the tab that displays the name of your NVIDIA GPU.
4 Click the Direct3D Settings option from the menu on the left.
5 Uncheck (disable) the option named Display logo when running
Direct3D applications by clicking it.
6 Click Apply for the change to take effect.

If you were running a screen saver in Direct 3D, this could cause the screen to be blank instead. Jim

[zskillz]

well, thanks, I looked at that setting and it was already set the way taht you said it should...

in the end, I just chose a different screen saver (although the default "pipes" one should work)

it appears to be working just fine now

thanks,

-Z