Monitor is wavy/blurry on half of screen

[jac0033]

My monitor is wavy and blurry on half of the screen.  It is an Emachine T series.  The monitor is 15" LCD.  The problem just happened after restarting the computer.  I tried to set the display but that only helped some.  I did reinstall the video driver (ATI) that helped a bit, now only half of the screen is wavy.  The problem is on the right hand side of the monitor.

I still use this monitor but it hard to read, any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

[Broni]

Try monitor with another working computer.

[senthilvalli]

Also can you try resart computer than booting time you can press F5. Than you choose enable VGA mode.

[jac0033]

I did hook it up to an other computer and it worked fine.

I did try F5 and that made it worse.  The icon on my desktop were huge.  I restarted and hit F5 again and use the option to "go back to the last good config"

I did that and I am back to the wavy screen

Any other suggestions.  The settings for the display are 1024 by 768 on plug and play monitor on ATI RADEON Xpress 200 series.

[patio]

Where did this Driver come from and is this onboard video or a card ? ?

On a side note i suggest trying a different/ more wattage PSU to everyone with an eMachine...

[jac0033]

Sorry, I am not very familar with the inter workings of this machine.

How would I know if it is onboard video or a card?

What is and where is wattage PSU ?

Thanks

[Broni]

Download, and install Everest: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html
Open it, click Computer, then Summary.
In upper menu, go Report>Quick Report-Summary
Save it in text file, and paste it in your next post.
Don't include anything under line Debug - PCI

[Broni]

Don't include anything under line Debug - PCI

[jac0033]

Here is the summary report:

--------[ EVEREST Home Edition (c) 2003-2005 Lavalys, Inc. ]------------------------------------------------------------

    Version                                           EVEREST v2.20.405
    Homepage                                          http://www.lavalys.com/
    Report Type                                       Report Wizard
    Computer                                          YOUR-9D97A97754
    Generator                                         Owner
    Operating System                                  Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
    Date                                              2008-11-07
    Time                                              21:32


--------[ Summary ]-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Computer:
      Operating System                                  Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
      OS Service Pack                                   Service Pack 2
      DirectX                                           4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
      Computer Name                                     YOUR-9D97A97754
      User Name                                         Owner

    Motherboard:
      CPU Type                                          AMD Athlon 64, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) 3500+
      Motherboard Name                                  MSI RS480M2 (MS-7093)  (3 PCI, 1 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN, IEEE-1394)
      Motherboard Chipset                               ATI Radeon Xpress 200, AMD Hammer
      System Memory                                     384 MB  (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
      BIOS Type                                         Award (08/19/05)
      Communication Port                                Printer Port (LPT1)

    Display:
      Video Adapter                                     ATI RADEON Xpress 200 Series  (128 MB)
      Video Adapter                                     ATI RADEON Xpress 200 Series  (128 MB)
      3D Accelerator                                    ATI Radeon Xpress 200 (RS480)
      Monitor                                           Plug and Play Monitor [NoDB]  (359 50V 02717)

    Multimedia:
      Audio Adapter                                     ATI SB400 - AC'97 Audio Controller

    Storage:
      IDE Controller                                    ATI IDE Controller
      IDE Controller                                    Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
      IDE Controller                                    Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
      Disk Drive                                        WDC WD2000BB-22GUC0  (186 GB, IDE)
      Disk Drive                                        Generic USB SD Reader USB Device
      Disk Drive                                        Generic USB CF Reader USB Device
      Disk Drive                                        Generic USB SM Reader USB Device
      Disk Drive                                        Generic USB MS Reader USB Device
      Optical Drive                                     HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4165B
      SMART Hard Disks Status                           OK

    Partitions:
      C: (NTFS)                                         190779 MB (169416 MB free)

    Input:
      Keyboard                                          Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
      Mouse                                             PS/2 Compatible Mouse

    Network:
      Network Adapter                                   Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC  (192.168.1.64)

    Peripherals:
      Printer                                           HP PSC 1500 series
      Printer                                           Send To OneNote 2007
      USB1 Controller                                   ATI SB400 - USB Controller
      USB1 Controller                                   ATI SB400 - USB Controller
      USB2 Controller                                   ATI SB400 - USB 2.0 Controller
      USB Device                                        HP PSC 1500 series (DOT4USB)
      USB Device                                        HP PSC 1500
      USB Device                                        USB Composite Device
      USB Device                                        USB Mass Storage Device
      USB Device                                        USB Printing Support
      USB Device                                        USB Printing Support

[patio]

The only driver you should run for that video is on the Driver CD that shipped with the motherboard...it'll be labelled MSI Drivers.
If not travel to their site and enter the MBoard info and grab a fresh video driver and re-install it.
ATI drivers will give you fits.

[Broni]

Before I start looking, I'll repost patio's question:
Where did this Driver come from?
What model of eMachines T series is it?

[jac0033]

Model T 6412

[Broni]

I did reinstall the video driver

I'll repost patio's question:
Where did this Driver come from?

[jac0033]

The driver came from ATI.  I do not think it was from a disk.   The monitor was really hard to use until I updated the ATI driver.   It got better but is still hard to read one side of the monitor.

[Broni]

The driver came from ATI

ATI web site? Did you find it yourself?

Did you try eMachines web site: http://emachines.com/support/product_support.html?cat=Desktops&subcat=T%20Series&model=T6412
ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Series Driver