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Display error, any ideas?
Mar 5 2008, 6:30 am
By: Saox  

Mar 5 2008, 6:30 am Saox Post #1



http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/6050/shitqy6.jpg

Any ideas why does my screen look like this ? I can hardly read things now. Thoose 'lines' are moving and 'blinking'. I never had this problem before, any ideas what might have happened, and how to solve it?



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Mar 5 2008, 6:34 am Test Post #2



Maybe loose wires, or loose internal components. That would be the first things I would check if that was my screen.

Edit:
Actually, the first thing I would do is tap my screen, and give the box a kick.



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Mar 5 2008, 6:39 am Joshgt2 Post #3



Do you have a phone right next to it? It looks like something a phone going off or checking it's frequency would do to a screen for awhile...



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Mar 5 2008, 6:41 am Saox Post #4



I checked the wires it's all okay with the wires.

What do you mean with the phone Joshgt?



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Mar 5 2008, 6:47 am Joshgt2 Post #5



when a phone is too close to anything such as a monitor or speakers, it will periodically generate some lines on a monitor (like the ones you have) which are moving and sometimes blinking and they generate an odd "errrrnnnnn" noise (so to say) for speakers. This will happen due to the frequency passing through those objects to the phone. If you were getting a call or something then the whole thing gets worse. That is why you should keep your phone away from your computer really, about 1 foot, just so nothing gets messed up maybe...



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Mar 5 2008, 7:45 am Saox Post #6



No it's not connected with the phone, definetly. I have my phone with me all the time and this kind of things didn't happen before. Of course I know of the eeeerrrnnn in the speakers. Besides, the phone is not even 1 meter close to the cpu, so this is definetly not where the problem is.



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Mar 5 2008, 7:58 am MasterJohnny Post #7



Something hardware most likly the video card is the problem



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Mar 5 2008, 2:35 pm Forsaken Archer Post #8



Didn't you have this problem before?
This topic reminds me exactly of another topic... the problem was the ram or something.

I had something similar and I believe it was just the video card dying. After I forced reboot the computer a couple times, the card would "warm up" and such lines would disappear. Replace with spare, if you have one, and check results.



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Mar 5 2008, 3:07 pm Saox Post #9



Yes it was the RAM problem indeed. I belive it is somehow connected with it.

So you think the solution is that the card warms up? It might be possible since my cpu runs pretty often for long periods.

What can be done ?



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Mar 5 2008, 3:12 pm Nintendo_Confed Post #10



Get a new video card. All i can recommend.



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Mar 5 2008, 3:59 pm Forsaken Archer Post #11



Reread... I didn't say the card got too hot...
When I started my computer after awhile of being off, my display would be distorted. If I let it run and then reset, everything would be fine. Like the card would only work correctly when it was "warmed up" or held some current or something.
Basically, the card was dying.

I believe I told you to check video card last time as well. Do you have a spare (any type what so ever) that you could swap it with? If you did something with the ram that fixed it before, what changed?



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Mar 5 2008, 6:07 pm Saox Post #12



Unfortunetly I don't have any spare card at the moment. When I used 2 ram tracks at once the display was disorted as in the screenshot. When I picked up the one I was suspiscious about everything worked fine untill now ;).



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Mar 5 2008, 8:02 pm Vi3t-X Post #13



Your Screen Is Distorted For The Following Reasons

A Frequency Band Is Running At Roughly The Same Band As Your Monitor's Electro-Magnetic Sensors (the crystals in your screen).
Reset Your Screen Or Remove The Frequency Generator


A Certain Program Such As A Defragger Or Compiler Is Re-arranging Data
Restart Computer


Your Computer Is Running Low On Virtual Memory or RAM
Clean and/or Replace Your RAM Card(s)


Your Monitor Is Screwed
Get A New Monitor... Duh?


There Is A Strong Magnetic Current Lurking Somewhere
Find and Remove The Current


Your Computer is Ill
Open BIOS and Re-Configure Things Such As Overclocking and Such, And See If That Helps


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If that doesn't fix your problem, PM me with info on your Computer and I'll see whats wrong

WooT, 11yr old Technical Power!!!



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Mar 6 2008, 12:34 am Saox Post #14



Hi!

How do I do this things exactly? You seriously don't need to tell me how to restart my computer, but how do I do theese following things:
-reseting screen, remove frequence generator
-cleaning ram cards?
-what could possibly be a magnetic current in a flat? ;)
-what type of bios settings do you suggest ?



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Mar 6 2008, 3:06 pm Nintendo_Confed Post #15



Quote from Saox
Hi!

How do I do this things exactly? You seriously don't need to tell me how to restart my computer, but how do I do theese following things:
-reseting screen, remove frequence generator
-cleaning ram cards?
-what could possibly be a magnetic current in a flat? ;)
-what type of bios settings do you suggest ?

Not sure what he means by "reseting screen" but a frecuency generator is another apliance or electrical object that may interfere with your screen. I say this has nothing to do with the screen, as the artifacts (imperfections in display) show up on screen shots.

Cleaning ram modules (they arent cards) is actually really easy. Just turn off your computer, umplug all the cables from the computer and press the power button once (this will ground your PC, eliminating the threat of electric discharge). Open up the computer, making sure to touch a metal part of the case at least once to get rid of any static electricity from your body, and locate the ram modules(heres a picture if you dont know what they look like :Click!)If you know how to remove them, do so and clean them with a small, clean, and dry paint brush. Also clean the slots they were inserted in. If you dont know how to remove them, you will need to tell me what type of ram youve got (though I highly doubt youve got SIMM lol)

No idea about the magnetic current thing.

If you dont really have any computer experience, I highly suggest you dont mess around in the BIOS and if you alredy have and you dont know what you were doing, reset all the values to their defaults.
Hope that helps!



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Mar 8 2008, 5:06 am AfterLifeLochie Post #16



Check that no power cordsare wrapped around your monitor.
Try uprgading the card, the firmware and your monitor (you might find a pin or wire within it has been loosend apon manufacture and is slowly shorting out).
As for Magnetic Current:

Mobiles, phones, cameras, amplifiers, microphones, speakers, even your computer can ommit them!



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