Repost: Flickering Black Screen

[JaceySquires]

I'm running Windows XP on an IBM T42 Thinkpad, and I've been irritated by a recurring glitch whenever I load movie files with realplayer or wmp (doesn't seem to occur with quicktime).

Here's what happens:
I load some form of movie format, the monitor blacks out for a moment, may flicker back on and then to black again, for about three seconds until the video has loaded. This doesn't occur EVERY time I load a media file, but I haven't noticed a correlation between what else I'm doing at the time and when this occurs.

Someone mentioned something to me about making sure I've updated my drivers, and to give my system specs on this forum as well.

Again, I have an IBM T42 Thinkpad, and all of my parts are stock parts.

The graphics card I use:
ATI Radeon 9600

Here are all of the other system specs:
14.1 SXGA+(1400x1050) TFT LCD, Pentium M 735, 512MB RAM, 80GB 5400rpm HDD, CD-RW/DVD-R Multi-Burner(slim), Intel 802.11b/g wireless(MPCI), Modem(CDC), 1Gb Ethernet(LOM), UltraNav, Secure Chip, 6 cell Li-Ion battery, WinXP Pro

PLEASE give me any of your ideas on how I can get rid of this annoying "FLICKERING BLACK" phenomenon.

[EzyStvy]

Original thread:
http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=125927