Re: Anyone out there using JAWS on a Dell Inspiron 5150?
- From: "Troy Sullivan" <sullidog_2001@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:02:59 -0500
I have a dell inspiron 2600 with an intell graphics card and it works
without any errors.
Troy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Hart" <ahart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 10:37 AM
Subject: Anyone out there using JAWS on a Dell Inspiron 5150?
> Hi listers,
>
> I'm contemplating the purchase of a Dell Inspiron 5150. The only catch
is
> that this machine includes an Nvidia GeForce FX Go5200 graphics card and I
> wonder about the compatibility of this card with JAWS using the Dell
> drivers. There is a three month old technical support note (TSN) under
> video cards on the FS web site that indicates that the Nvidia GeForce4 440
> Dell Go Mobile is incompatible with JAWS, resulting in video intercept
> errors. The TSN does not refer explicitly to a GeForce FX Go card, but it
> does talk about Nvidia cards in Dell notebooks as being most severely
> affected by the problem.
> I'm really not sure whether the newer model card experiences the same
> difficulty in Dell or if it is perfectly fine. I've placed a copy of the
> TSN at the end of this E-mail.
>
> So, I'm asking if there's anyone on the list who is currently using JAWS
> with a Dell Inspiron 5150 notebook, or knows of someone using JAWS with
> this notebook. If so, I'd really appreciate you dropping me an
> E-mail--off-list so as not to clutter it up--and letting me know of your
> experiences with it. Don't forget to mention what version of JAWS you're
> running. I can post a summary of responses back to the list later.
>
> Many thanks,
> Andrew.
>
>
> Details of Selected Bulletin
>
> Bulletin Type: TSN
>
> Date Posted: 03/11/2003
>
> Product Name: JAWS for Windows
>
> Version: Any
>
> Category: Video Cards
>
> Short Description:
>
> Nvidia Quadro series and Nvidia mobile video cards are not compatible with
> JAWS: Video Intercept Errors.
>
> Problem:
>
> In Win XP as well as the other NT based Win operating systems, the Nvidia
> graphic workstation and mobile class video cards are incompatible with
> JAWS. JAWS
> is not unable to hook properly using both the earlier jfwvid.dll and the
> more recent DCM jawsvid.dll; you may get a repeated JAWS Video Intercept
Error.
> Dell laptops and notebooks with Nvidia products appear to be most severely
> affected. Cards which have proven to be problematic include: Quadro,
Quadro
> 2 MX series, Quadro DCC, GeForce4 440 Go Dell Mobile
>
> Solution:
>
> Though we have reports that some users have had success with some of these
> cards, the factor or set of factors which affects compatibility has not
yet
> been
> identified. Freedom Scientific continues to look at this issue; there is
no
> workaround at this time.
>
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