Motherboard has corrupted graphics

[bumfodderboy]

I recently bought an Abit NF7-S 2.0 motherboard with the Nforce2 Ultra 400 chipset. I also purchased a 2400+ Sempron. When I first got into the CMOS to check the settings, I noticed that every once in a while a random letter would be colored in. I took no real note of this. I then set up XP Pro on it, and after the installation completed and windows booted, i noticed small errors occuring on the screen. Letters would be missing, lines would be drawn across randomly. I thought that the problem would be the video card, so I slapped in an old 4mb PCI card. When I booted up, I got random dots across the screen. The CPU is clocked correctly and is running around 34-37 degrees celsius. The mobo is hitting about 30 degrees, so Im sure that it is not a cooling problem. I then swapped out the memory, cpu, and power supply to no avail. I was wondering if flashing the BIOS would help this problem.

 

[endyen]

Check your monitor. Might just be the way it fits onto the computer, or it may be that you hyave the wire crossing too many, or the wrong other wire. Could also be that the monitor is failing.

 

[Crashman]

I used to see that problem with certain BIOS versions and certain cards, but it's been very many years since it's popped up here.

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