Video Card Freeze - Compatibility issue?

I recently installed Windows 7 on my Inspiron 1501 laptop. The video card is an Xpress 1150 and the whole unit is about 2 1/2 years old. Just after loading Windows 7, my computer began crashing. The screen would go a random color which I figured out later wasn't random at all. It actually pasted the prevalent color on the screen over the whole thing in a vague bar pattern like lines of miniature color gradient. It does it at random without any warning. I'm wondering if this is a compatibility issue. Maybe it's coincidence and my video card is going bad. Anyone else having a problem like this?

Welcome to the forums dm2013! Have you tried updating the driver? That's usually the culprit in these situations. Here:
http://driverscollection.com/?file_c...e1a3c369dc0b3e

You have to do the little Captcha thing. (I hate those things so much. )

Welcome to the site dm2013

Have you tried - Dell "Drivers and Downloads" for Inspiron 1501

P.S. There are no "Windows 7 Drivers". You may have to use compatibility mode for the XP or Vista driver

Yeah, I recently updated the driver with the newest ATI windows Vista/7 compatibility. It's still doing it.

Well, the only thing I can think of right now is to back up and reinstall. Of course, cliff probably has some magical remedy!

ATI don't supporte the x600 - 2900 cards anymore nor does windows 7 or the current drivers

Did you ever figure this out? I have the same problem with my inspiron 1501 and ended up reverting back to Vista.