Flickering Problems

[Bandages]

I have an VGN-N38E model Vaio with on bored GMA 950 GFX card and 945GM express chipset family. I recently downloaded and installed some new drivers from Intel and they have now caused a flickering while playing computer games. Also my fps have droped alot and the screen will go blank for a serious of seconds and then catch back up with itself.

I went to fomat the laptop and reinstall Vista but there was niether no cd with the computer and when i use the Vaio Recovery tool it says that the partition has been deleated.

I would like to give the whole computer a fresh start and go back to facotry orginal, or at least get my gfx working properly again. Any help?

[Blencogo]

Hi Bandages and welcome to Club Vaio.

Which XP Graphics driver do you have installed? There is a new one Version 14.32.4, Dated 26/FEB/2008 available from here which may be worth trying: -

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2301&OSFullName=Windows*+...

Have you got Daemon Tools or Norton Ghost installed? These can give the 'Deleted' message.

Check to make sure your Recovery Partition has been deleted: -

Start -> Right-Click 'My Computer' -> Manage -> Disc Management

Is it still shown?

If it is gone, you will have to contact Sony Vaio-Link Support and buy a replacement Recovery Disc Set for about £30 from here: -

http://support.vaio.sony.co.uk/contacts/contacts.asp?site=voe_en_GB_cons&tp=vaio&cc=en_GB&cm=phone