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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: mrK on October 25, 2008, 11:27:24 PM

Title: On Screen Display gone haywire
Post by: mrK on October 25, 2008, 11:27:24 PM

here is my problem: the onscreen display of my monitor had gone haywire, that is, it started to change the monitor settings on by itself..also, i could not counteract this because pressing the buttons in my monitor (which supposedly made the OSD appear) had no effect.

here is a video i recorded about the phenomenon
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4nfmm3ghdlk

by the way, here is my computer information
OS Name   Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version   5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
1.80 GHz, 1.00 GB of RAM

AOC Model: F1770
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE/7200 GS

Title: Re: On Screen Display gone haywire
Post by: Broni on October 26, 2008, 06:28:59 PM

The sharpness of your video is pretty bad, so I can't really see much.
What is that bar in the middle, and jumping green squares/
Does it happen at booting?

Title: Re: On Screen Display gone haywire
Post by: mrK on October 27, 2008, 06:46:38 PM

Sorry about the sharpness of the video.
Here is another video, a 'sharper' one.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zkjwumlymz5

The green one simply means that a setting was selected
and can be modified.  So what happens is that many of the
settings are modified with me doing nothing, (it just goes on
it own).  It especially bugs me when the image setup is altered
(the v-size and h-size, the zoom level, etc.).

This happens as long as the monitor is turned on.

Title: Re: On Screen Display gone haywire
Post by: Broni on October 27, 2008, 07:01:52 PM

Honestly, I've never seen anything like that before.
Same thing in Safe Mode?

Title: Re: On Screen Display gone haywire
Post by: mrK on October 29, 2008, 02:50:36 AM

I've never tried to boot in safe mode. So I'll try.
I'll reply after doing so. Thanks for the persistence
in answering me.  ;)

Title: Re: On Screen Display gone haywire
Post by: mrK on October 30, 2008, 07:50:48 PM

Even on safe mode it happens.
Apparently, it happens whenever the monitor is turned on.

Title: Re: On Screen Display gone haywire
Post by: Broni on October 30, 2008, 07:53:32 PM

Do you have Windows CD?

Title: Re: On Screen Display gone haywire
Post by: Eg0Death on October 31, 2008, 06:42:19 AM

That appears to be the on screen display that's built into the monitor.  I've never known an operating system to interact with it.  Have the buttons on your monitor been damaged? 

(That video is excellent for troubleshooting your issue, by the way!)

Title: Re: On Screen Display gone haywire
Post by: mrK on November 04, 2008, 04:09:22 AM

No real cd.  And the monitor buttons have no damage either. I wonder what's going on.

Title: Re: On Screen Display gone haywire
Post by: patio on November 04, 2008, 06:21:50 AM

Tried the monitor on another machine ? ?

My guess as to what may be happening here is a bad cold solder joint on the board close to the pots for the monitor buttons and when the unit heats up and the contact expands it's causing the above...
Generally speaking monitors are like Bic lighters...when they run out of gas you throw them out and get a new one. They're usually too expensive to be repaired.