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January 24th, 2026 22:19
Inspiron 2320 Screen Flashing
Have an old Inspiron 2320, 8 G, upgraded i7 processor, given to me years back.
No matter what I have tried (repair, reinstall original Windows, Windows 7, Windows 10) after a few seconds the screen starts flashing colors and there is no way to get out of it other than turn off the computer. Happened years back and I just tried today to install Windows 10. Installation went fine but then after a minute or so the flashing started. Now the machine will not start, flashing starts before the startup completes.
There have been similar reports of this. The only difference is that during the time I originally had the problem and today the machine was running Linux perfectly. No issues. This kind of indicates its a Windows issue, but I have no idea how to solve it. Can't even boot into safe mode because the flashing starts before you can get control.
Any ideas? If not anyone can have this machine if you're near Suffern, NY.
win9x23
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January 25th, 2026 19:41
Tx for your reply. I can't even get Windows to load so I can't change the video drivers. Saw nothing in the bios about GPU acceleration so I think I'm just out of luck. I would agree it's a video driver issue as Windows 10 and 11 both install OK but when they finally start up the crash occurs. So I can get to the Windows repair screen using the install USB but there are no options to fix or change anything or even boot in safe mode (which wouldn't really help even if it worked).
Too bad, it worked flawlessly in Ubuntu Linux but I don't really use that any more.
bradthetechnut
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January 26th, 2026 03:59
Test or replace the size 2032 battery in the ol' thing.
win9x23
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January 26th, 2026 17:25
fyi got it working by attaching another monitor, then changing the display driver to a basic microsoft driver. Machine seems stable but I can't get resolution above 1280 X 1024. I'm 90% sure updating the driver will allow a higher resolution but will cause the computer to revert to an unstable system. So I think I'm at my ropes end here.
If I can find the 2032 battery I'll try that, not sure why that would make a difference.
Tx to everyone who replied.
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January 26th, 2026 22:54
@win9x23 "If I can find the 2032 battery I'll try that, not sure why that would make a difference." Reason being is bad batteries affect BIOS and therefore PC operation. Issues depend on individual PC.