Need help! Orange lines! :/

[Sousterr]

Hi Guys,

So I made a new computer from scratch and since first boot i've been seeing Orange Horizontal lines flash when transitioning through screens (startup passing through bios -> windows, desktop > Starcraft 2, Screen awake > screen shutting going to sleep, etc, etc. ) (NOTE: THEY HAPPEN RANDOM, sometimes they don't appear, sometimes they do.

I'm using a Samsung 23" SyncMaster 2333,

Asus P8Z77-V PRO
i5 3570k
Kuhler 620
Corsair (2) 4g 1600mhz sticks
Vertex 4 126 SSD

Using ONboard graphics (NO GPU as my CPU has HD Graphics 4000)
Etc...

I've tried changing the connection cords to my screen from the pc (didn't change anything, and NOTE that the lines only happen when using DVI i believe)

I've tried different screens, no orange lines but different scenarios happen like blinking green 1/3rd of top of screen)

i've tried using the normal blue screen adapter (where as lines don't appear (with little testing), but see the green flash scenario on top of screen.

I even just got a direct replacement motherboard and am still see them occur (First boot up, it'd only happen through the bios transitions), then i fiddled with my ram to test each stick, and it then started to occur normally like on other motherboard (don't know if this matters as it could've been just not happening on first few startups before fiddling with ram)

P.S, this is really stressing me out and i'm sorry if this wasn't written out appropriately (hard to understand)

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated as i cannot find ANY info anywhere!

Thanks! (If there's something i left out let me know and i'll get back ASAP)

 

[flank21]

you probably have a problem with the your gpu and or vram. Assuming that your computer allocates a portion of your system memory as vram you either have a problem with your memory or the gpu itself and since it is physically a part of your cpu you'd have to replace the cpu. Just because something is new does not mean its good. If the only testing you've done on your memory so far is switches modules around then i'd recommend running memtest86+.

get it here
http://www.memtest.org/#downiso

if you get the iso you have to burn it to a cd/dvd or if you have a spare USB flash drive you can download the USB-key version.

run memtest86+ for like 12 hours and make sure it completes at minimum 6 passes

if your memory is bad it will show errors in red towards the bottom of your screen like this

if you have bad memory, rma it and when the replacement memory arrives run memtest86+ again.

if you don't have bad memory then there is something wrong with you gpu, and again since its integrated into the cpu you're going to have to contact intel for a replacement.

 

[Sousterr]

Going to try that tonight, thanks for the reply!

To add to what i said, i've been coming into a situation where i wouldn't be able to open my bios settings(it would skip to windows quickly) (also, sometimes able to see a square background looking like the bios trying to open), and usually i have to SPAM the DEL button to even get into the bios.

Also occurring, is a situation where windows doesn't open, nor does bios, and it comes to a black screen where it says something like: "set the right startup device and click to continue"

and doesn't go away until i reset my bios battery.

 

[Sousterr]

Is it possible that the latest version of the ISO bootup doesn't work? I just burned it onto a cd, and it won't open up

 

[flank21]

are you booting from the cd? ex. inserting cd into cd/dvd driver and rebooting computer?

have you set your bios boot order to boot from your cd/dvd drive before your hard drive?

 

[Sousterr]

Ended up figuring out the memtest, Nero wasn't burning in the right settings.

Regarding my boot thing, still don't know what happened. Probably just bad bios settings :S,

Haven't figured out the orange lines thing, brought it in for canadacomputers to check it, but they tell me they found no issues with my hardware and say it has to be my screen.

so, no luck here...

 

[Sousterr]

Appreciated the comments though!

 

[flank21]

well if you can I would try to test your monitor on another computer to verify their claims. Nothing against canadacomputers but most computer repair shops are out to make easy money and could care less about the actually issue.

edit
also did you run memtest?