Blinking Graphics

I have used a JPanel with several other panels including JScrollPane and such. I'm having problems with the screen blinking everytime I do something GUI related on the applet.
I turned doublebuffering on the parent container but this didn't do anything.
Anyone have any idea how this could be solved? Could it be because I'm using GridBagConstraints?
Thanks in advance

Well.. I will try that.. but it seems like everytime I move the scrollbars in my GUI the blinking happens. That's when I move the scrollbars in chunk increments. When I do unit increments/decrements it doesn't blink much.
Why is this so?

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Originally posted by REILLY875
I also heard that this Now applies to the 9700-Pro also..As this reply came from another members ATI Tech man> Dated Dec 24, 2003 at 01:10 PM reply
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This video card has a know problem with the Intel 865 chipset. The only ati cards that work have to have a serial # with -30 at the end or higher or they will not work. Because this card is discontinued our supplier cannot gaurantee a -30 card as a replacement. We can only exchange for a different item within the first 15 days so the only thing I can suggest is to see if you have a friend that may want to buy the card as there is probably nothing wrong with it and then buy another one. Any of the new 9600 or 9800 series don't have this problem. If you have any other questions let me know. Thanks alot.
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