"Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
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> Tuttle <nospamhere@notarealaddressnospam.gs> wrote on Mon, 19 May 2008:
>
> >Thanks for the reply.
> >
> >I don't think this is a video card issue. If it were a video card or
display
> >adapter/drivers issue, I think there would be more widespread display
> >problems.
>
> Not necessarily.
>
> >As I described, in some circumstances typing a question mark
> >causes text to go invisible, while deleting the question mark enables the
> >text to be visible again. That sounds like something quite specific, not
a
> >general display problem.
>
> It obviously *is* a display problem in that as you described, the text
> is still there, but white and therefore "invisible". To me it sounds
> typical of a hardware acceleration glitch and you lose nothing by trying
> turning it down, but your choice, of course.

I do appreciate the suggestion, which I will try as soon as I get my hands
on the laptop again. However, the sytem has worked fine for over two years
with maximum acceleration - this problem is very recent.