Display atrifacts

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
K

KB

Distinguished
Apr 5, 2004
135
0
18,680
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Just arrived back from holiday (lovely, thanks) to find strange but tiny
artifacts all over the monitor...

They take the form of short, horizontal lines in green and red at random
places on the display. They disappear after a "refresh" of the desktop but
re-appear a few moments later. They also disappear when starting a new
program and then re-appear, again, a few minutes later.

Nothing else seems to be affected and I've done a complete virus scan and
system restore to when I last knew it was OK - i.e. Sat 27th Aug.

Anybody know what might be causing it?

PLEASE??????

Thanks
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Check to see if the fan on your video card
has stopped running.

"kb" <kb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7D403252-F4A2-4F54-AF50-047A9C446D4F@microsoft.com...
> Just arrived back from holiday (lovely, thanks) to find strange but tiny
> artifacts all over the monitor...
>
> They take the form of short, horizontal lines in green and red at random
> places on the display. They disappear after a "refresh" of the desktop but
> re-appear a few moments later. They also disappear when starting a new
> program and then re-appear, again, a few minutes later.
>
> Nothing else seems to be affected and I've done a complete virus scan and
> system restore to when I last knew it was OK - i.e. Sat 27th Aug.
>
> Anybody know what might be causing it?
>
> PLEASE??????
>
> Thanks
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Update your video drivers to the latest version. Get them from the video
board manufacturers website please, not from Windows Update.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

"kb" <kb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7D403252-F4A2-4F54-AF50-047A9C446D4F@microsoft.com...
> Just arrived back from holiday (lovely, thanks) to find strange but tiny
> artifacts all over the monitor...
>
> They take the form of short, horizontal lines in green and red at random
> places on the display. They disappear after a "refresh" of the desktop but
> re-appear a few moments later. They also disappear when starting a new
> program and then re-appear, again, a few minutes later.
>
> Nothing else seems to be affected and I've done a complete virus scan and
> system restore to when I last knew it was OK - i.e. Sat 27th Aug.
>
> Anybody know what might be causing it?
>
> PLEASE??????
>
> Thanks
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

"V Green" <vanceg@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:eA4$b5WsFHA.4044@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Check to see if the fan on your video card
> has stopped running.
>
> "kb" <kb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7D403252-F4A2-4F54-AF50-047A9C446D4F@microsoft.com...
>> Just arrived back from holiday (lovely, thanks) to find strange but tiny
>> artifacts all over the monitor...
>>
>> They take the form of short, horizontal lines in green and red at random
>> places on the display. They disappear after a "refresh" of the desktop
>> but
>> re-appear a few moments later. They also disappear when starting a new
>> program and then re-appear, again, a few minutes later.
>>
>> Nothing else seems to be affected and I've done a complete virus scan and
>> system restore to when I last knew it was OK - i.e. Sat 27th Aug.
>>
>> Anybody know what might be causing it?
>>
>> PLEASE??????
>>
>> Thanks
>
>

Artifacts are very rarely a result of a driver problem more likely heat,
overclocking or faulty video memory. Check the cooling, can you see the GPU
temperature in the video card settings? Do you see any display problems
during boot up; particularly during when the BIOS phase of booting up - the
drivers are not even in sue at this stage. It's not a Leadtek 6800GT by any
chance is it?

Andy
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

"Andrew" <andrewportess@nospamhotmail.com> wrote in message
news:11hmbg3il7lu912@corp.supernews.com...
>
> "V Green" <vanceg@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> news:eA4$b5WsFHA.4044@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Check to see if the fan on your video card
> > has stopped running.
> >
> > "kb" <kb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7D403252-F4A2-4F54-AF50-047A9C446D4F@microsoft.com...
> >> Just arrived back from holiday (lovely, thanks) to find strange but
tiny
> >> artifacts all over the monitor...
> >>
> >> They take the form of short, horizontal lines in green and red at
random
> >> places on the display. They disappear after a "refresh" of the desktop
> >> but
> >> re-appear a few moments later. They also disappear when starting a new
> >> program and then re-appear, again, a few minutes later.
> >>
> >> Nothing else seems to be affected and I've done a complete virus scan
and
> >> system restore to when I last knew it was OK - i.e. Sat 27th Aug.
> >>
> >> Anybody know what might be causing it?
> >>
> >> PLEASE??????
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >
> >
>
> Artifacts are very rarely a result of a driver problem more likely heat,
> overclocking or faulty video memory. Check the cooling, can you see the
GPU
> temperature in the video card settings? Do you see any display problems
> during boot up; particularly during when the BIOS phase of booting up -
the
> drivers are not even in sue at this stage. It's not a Leadtek 6800GT by
any
> chance is it?
>
> Andy

Hi Andy:

Did you ever get your 6800 stable?

>
>
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Thanks for the replies, chaps! Very good of you.

CPU running at normal temp. (I have front of case indicator).

Can't say if they appear during boot up - they take a while to arrive!

They seem, now, on closer inspection to always be in the same place on
screen. As the weather's cooled down a bit here today they're taking longer
to appear so I think heat IS the answer!

Now, how can I tell if it's the graphics card or the monitor? If it weere
the card, would they be in the same place every time? I don't know how memory
is allocated. It's an NVIDIA GeForce 6600, BTW!

Thanks!



"V Green" wrote:

>
> "Andrew" <andrewportess@nospamhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:11hmbg3il7lu912@corp.supernews.com...
> >
> > "V Green" <vanceg@nowhere.net> wrote in message
> > news:eA4$b5WsFHA.4044@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > Check to see if the fan on your video card
> > > has stopped running.
> > >
> > > "kb" <kb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:7D403252-F4A2-4F54-AF50-047A9C446D4F@microsoft.com...
> > >> Just arrived back from holiday (lovely, thanks) to find strange but
> tiny
> > >> artifacts all over the monitor...
> > >>
> > >> They take the form of short, horizontal lines in green and red at
> random
> > >> places on the display. They disappear after a "refresh" of the desktop
> > >> but
> > >> re-appear a few moments later. They also disappear when starting a new
> > >> program and then re-appear, again, a few minutes later.
> > >>
> > >> Nothing else seems to be affected and I've done a complete virus scan
> and
> > >> system restore to when I last knew it was OK - i.e. Sat 27th Aug.
> > >>
> > >> Anybody know what might be causing it?
> > >>
> > >> PLEASE??????
> > >>
> > >> Thanks
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Artifacts are very rarely a result of a driver problem more likely heat,
> > overclocking or faulty video memory. Check the cooling, can you see the
> GPU
> > temperature in the video card settings? Do you see any display problems
> > during boot up; particularly during when the BIOS phase of booting up -
> the
> > drivers are not even in sue at this stage. It's not a Leadtek 6800GT by
> any
> > chance is it?
> >
> > Andy
>
> Hi Andy:
>
> Did you ever get your 6800 stable?
>
> >
> >
>
>
>
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

> > Andy
>
> Hi Andy:
>
> Did you ever get your 6800 stable?
>
> >


Yes. Although the problem only started when I installed the 6800 GT it
turned out to be my Terratec Aureoun 5.1 Fun sound card. As soon as I
removed the card and used onboard sound the problem went away. Must
have been some conflict between the soundcard and the 6800 GT - very
strange!!!

Andy
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

<andrewportess@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1125921372.484229.64550@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>
> > > Andy
> >
> > Hi Andy:
> >
> > Did you ever get your 6800 stable?
> >
> > >
>
>
> Yes. Although the problem only started when I installed the 6800 GT it
> turned out to be my Terratec Aureoun 5.1 Fun sound card. As soon as I
> removed the card and used onboard sound the problem went away. Must
> have been some conflict between the soundcard and the 6800 GT - very
> strange!!!
>
> Andy
>

God, I hate stuff like that...you never really know
what it is, other than that switching hardware makes it go away.

The original SBLive cards had PCI latency problems that caused
weird things to happen too.
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

V Green wrote:

>
> <andrewportess@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1125921372.484229.64550@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > > Andy
>> >
>> > Hi Andy:
>> >
>> > Did you ever get your 6800 stable?
>> >
>> > >
>>
>>
>> Yes. Although the problem only started when I installed the 6800 GT
>> it
>> turned out to be my Terratec Aureoun 5.1 Fun sound card. As soon as
>> I
>> removed the card and used onboard sound the problem went away. Must
>> have been some conflict between the soundcard and the 6800 GT - very
>> strange!!!
>>
>> Andy
>>
>
> God, I hate stuff like that...you never really know
> what it is, other than that switching hardware makes it go away.
>
> The original SBLive cards had PCI latency problems that caused
> weird things to happen too.

You and me both. It could also have been that the soundcard was in the
slot next to the video card, which some m/b's don't like.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Taking the cover off the box, to make it cooler, would affect the card
but not the monitor.

kb wrote:

> Thanks for the replies, chaps! Very good of you.
>
> CPU running at normal temp. (I have front of case indicator).
>
> Can't say if they appear during boot up - they take a while to arrive!
>
> They seem, now, on closer inspection to always be in the same place on
> screen. As the weather's cooled down a bit here today they're taking longer
> to appear so I think heat IS the answer!
>
> Now, how can I tell if it's the graphics card or the monitor? If it weere
> the card, would they be in the same place every time? I don't know how memory
> is allocated. It's an NVIDIA GeForce 6600, BTW!
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> "V Green" wrote:
>
>
>>"Andrew" <andrewportess@nospamhotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:11hmbg3il7lu912@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>>>"V Green" <vanceg@nowhere.net> wrote in message
>>>news:eA4$b5WsFHA.4044@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>>Check to see if the fan on your video card
>>>>has stopped running.
>>>>
>>>>"kb" <kb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:7D403252-F4A2-4F54-AF50-047A9C446D4F@microsoft.com...
>>>>
>>>>>Just arrived back from holiday (lovely, thanks) to find strange but
>>
>>tiny
>>
>>>>>artifacts all over the monitor...
>>>>>
>>>>>They take the form of short, horizontal lines in green and red at
>>
>>random
>>
>>>>>places on the display. They disappear after a "refresh" of the desktop
>>>>>but
>>>>>re-appear a few moments later. They also disappear when starting a new
>>>>>program and then re-appear, again, a few minutes later.
>>>>>
>>>>>Nothing else seems to be affected and I've done a complete virus scan
>>
>>and
>>
>>>>>system restore to when I last knew it was OK - i.e. Sat 27th Aug.
>>>>>
>>>>>Anybody know what might be causing it?
>>>>>
>>>>>PLEASE??????
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Artifacts are very rarely a result of a driver problem more likely heat,
>>>overclocking or faulty video memory. Check the cooling, can you see the
>>
>>GPU
>>
>>>temperature in the video card settings? Do you see any display problems
>>>during boot up; particularly during when the BIOS phase of booting up -
>>
>>the
>>
>>>drivers are not even in sue at this stage. It's not a Leadtek 6800GT by
>>
>>any
>>
>>>chance is it?
>>>
>>>Andy
>>
>>Hi Andy:
>>
>>Did you ever get your 6800 stable?
>>
>>
>>>
>>
>>
 
Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

I know all about the SB Live latency problem as well! My SB Live used
to cause my PCI ADSL modem to disconnect as the SB was hogging the PCI
bus. Luckily I could tweak the PCI latency and delayed transaction
settings in the BIOS to get around it though.

Andrew
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom