Hello,
I have a Sony Vaio laptop, product name: vpcsc41fm
Windows 7 home edition, the original one, hasn't re-installed it since i first bought it.
I have the following problem for a few months now (since january):
Graphics/icons are blurry and also text. The issue comes and goes, but most of the time is blurry.
For instance: maps.google.com, whenever i search a place, all text is blurry at first, then clears off for 2-3 seconds and
it goes blurry again.
If i open a browser, no matter firefox or google chrome or IE and if i maximize or minimize the screen and everything goess off of focus/turns blurry.
If i open AcrobatReader with a text that is clearly reable on another computer, then it's blurry on mine and even doesn't look like a text, BUT LOOKS LIKE AN IMAGE.
Graphics look like they are in a small resolution like 800x600, kinda of croocket, dots are missing from the pictures.
Video card is:
-AMD Radeon HD 6470M, drivers version: 8.862.4.2000 and it shows it's the lates. I tried with other versions and didn't fix the problem.
-Intel HD Graphics Family, which before that was Intel HD Graphics 3000 and it shows same drivers version: 8.862.4.2000 on Device Manager under Properties, but when I open the Intel Graphics and Media Control Panel,
then it shows: Intel HD Graphics 3000, drivers version: 8.15.10.2476.
I had a message showing: "Display driver has stopped responding and has recovered", which will appear even with ONLY 1 open window. That was showing for a few months before the blurry problem started to occur. I checked for viruses, but there were none.
The video card drivers are showing up to date/latest versions, but i still tried differrent ones and it didn't fix the problem.
Performance on Desktop for Windows Aero: 6.2;
3D business and gaming graphics performance: 6.2
I went through the options: "Clear text" and also "Display color calibration". I played all of the options available and it didn't fix the issue.
In Safe Mode I have the issue too.
I use the laptop in a SPEED mode, the resolution of the screen is: 1366/768 x60Hz.
What i haven't tried is:
-connect to an external monitor, besides an LCD TV, on which it has the same problem.
-clean dust from an inside ???
I turned the fan on maximum speed. I had it on minimal, because it was too noisy and for years was fine, but now turned it back to high speed and that didn't fix the problem. But should i try to open the bottom and clean any dust?
Anything else I can try to do ?
Thank you!