Problems With A Toshiba Satellite P200D

[Quizzer2093]

i am having strange issues with a Toshiba Satellite P200D ..

i have tried multiple operating systems; Ubuntu, WindowsXP, Windows7, Windows Vista.. (the laptop came installed with Vista Home Premium).

when i install the proper ATI video drivers, my screen just goes black. computer is still running just cant see anything which makes it hard to see whats on the screen. I can install the Catalyst Software, just not the actual driver for the video. other than that the laptop runs really well with the Standard VGA driver from all the operating systems ..

anyone know what the cause could be, or maybe giveme some hints on what to try to solve the issues ..

the laptop is out of warranty, so i dont want to have to pay to send it back to Toshiba ..

Specs On My Laptop

AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-57 – 1.9GHz
17.1” WXGA TFT w/ TruBrite™ - ATI Radeon X1200
2GB DDR2
160B HDD S-ATA,
DVD Super-Multi Double Layer
Modem, LAN, Atheros 802.11b/g, IEEE 1394,
Integrated Web Camera, Integrated Microphone,
TV-Out
Windows® 7 Professional

[alex]

I don't wish to insult you but are you absolutely sure you're trying to install the correct driver?

Just to advise you further for now though, there is no compatible driver for XP and it's not supported on Win 7 by ATI either.

You also may want to check this out for further info.

[Quizzer2093]

yeah installing exact drivers from the toshiba website

[Charlfave]

what is the exact age of your toshiba laptop?

[Quizzer2093]

couple years .. but i did figure out what was going on. video was overheating got a cooing pad and it stopped

[Geekster]

Sounds like your graphics card is bad