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Kurasii

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    Sudden pixelation on screen?
    « on: August 31, 2014, 01:29:55 PM »
    So this happened just 10 minutes ago. It's never happened before and I was just browsing online when it happened. Suddenly the screen started flashing/pixelating in the upper left hand corner. I tried to screenshot it in hopes it was just Firefox, but it didn't show up in the screenshot :( I also noticed it did it on my desktop too, not just on Firefox. Would this be a graphics card thing? Is it bad news?

    It happens randomly in bursts, it just flashes on and off really quickly.
    I can kind of "erase" it by highlighting my desktop under it sometimes.



    Help!

    Edit: Oh god it went over even further this time

    « Last Edit: August 31, 2014, 01:50:46 PM by Kurasii »

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    Re: Sudden pixelation on screen?
    « Reply #1 on: August 31, 2014, 01:49:36 PM »
    Remove all power and remove/re-seat the vid card...any change ? ?
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    Kurasii

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      Re: Sudden pixelation on screen?
      « Reply #2 on: August 31, 2014, 01:57:28 PM »
      Remove all power and remove/re-seat the vid card...any change ? ?

      I'll have to check when I get home from work. I don't have quite enough time to haul everything out from under my desk at the moment :/ I'll try later though and let you know, thanks

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        Re: Sudden pixelation on screen?
        « Reply #3 on: August 31, 2014, 10:40:59 PM »
        Remove all power and remove/re-seat the vid card...any change ? ?

        After coming home from work, the problem hasn't happened in the 2 hours I've been online... Should I just leave well enough alone, unless it happens again? Do you think it's ok?