Just to be sure - do you have the latest driver from Intel?

http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/CS-022034.htm

I have same chipset on a different laptop with no issues.

Is the Dell still under warranty?

"Spinoza" <Spinoza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a dell laptop with a mobile intel 945GM. When my laptop is on
>startup
> a black line appears moving up and down all along the screen, i uninstall
> the
> driver and the problem was fixed but the resolution was awful, i reinstall
> the driver and the problem appeared again. I tried with a desktop monitor
> and
> the problem is still there. What can i do?