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Why does screen sometimes dim/go gray/translucent?
I just installed windows 7 64bit and have been further installing anti-malware and essential programs and drivers but have not finished (I still have unrecognized devices and am mostly using whatever drivers that Windows found on its own.
Every once in a while the entire screen will seem to dim as if you were looking through a cloud. I suspect it is some Aero effect, but I would like to know why it does that as it can happen when I am not using eithre the mouse or the keyboard. It seemingly just does it on its own. It only lasts a second or two.
Here are the details of my system:
Win 7 Ultimate x64; MSI P6N SLI Platinum; Q6600 Go stepping; stock HSF; 4GBx1 Patriot & OCZ DDR2-800; ATI AIW 2006 (x1300); (Audigy 2ZS Platinum w. bay; Hitachi 1Tb, 3x Seagate 500MB SATA2's; Lite-On DH203AH; Dell 2407WFPb 24" LCD, Enermax 600W EG701AX-VE-SFMA, Logitech Z-560 Speakers (400W); Antec Super LanBoy Aluminum Case
Device manager shows the following for my graphics card:
Radeon X1300/X1550 using ATI 4/24/09 drivers version 8.56.1.15
I have not yet tried to install catalyst drivers.