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philipsams

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    My screen is full of lines
    « on: September 14, 2008, 04:32:17 AM »
    Hi.. I need some help with my graphics.. My screen is total ******.. there are lines all over the place.. i've tryed changing the monitor.. but its the same.. so something is wrong with my graphic card.. i also tryed updating the drivers.. but it didnt help.. i have attached a screenshot of my screen.. it might help you. really would be wonderful if you could help me :)

    i'm using windows xp and Radeon 9550 with the latest driver update

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    Re: My screen is full of lines
    « Reply #1 on: September 14, 2008, 04:51:04 AM »
    Quote from: philipsams on September 14, 2008, 04:32:17 AM
    Hi.. I need some help with my graphics.. My screen is total ******.. there are lines all over the place.. i've tryed changing the monitor.. but its the same.. so something is wrong with my graphic card.. i also tryed updating the drivers.. but it didnt help.. i have attached a screenshot of my screen.. it might help you. really would be wonderful if you could help me :)

    i'm using windows xp and Radeon 9550 with the latest driver update

    Did you uninstall all instances of the drivers before installing the latest drivers? Perhaps, an older version of the driver would work better on
    your computer.See the below link.

    http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/radeonxprevious-xp.html

    Note:The lines going across your screen do look like a bad video card.

    Have you tried removing and reseating your video card?
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    philipsams

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      Re: My screen is full of lines
      « Reply #2 on: September 14, 2008, 04:57:52 AM »
      well.. the problem was there before i updated the drivers.. I just tryed to update them because of the problem.

      I havnt tryed removing my graphic card - and i dont know how to reseat it ?
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      Re: My screen is full of lines
      « Reply #3 on: September 14, 2008, 06:16:12 AM »
      Reseating is just physically removing it and then putting it back - just to ensure all contact areas are good in the slot.

      Does look like a major card problem - but, wondering too - if you change resolution does it look same?  What is it like in safe mode - or if you change settings to 640 x 480, and 800 x 600.  I expect it will be but just something to check out.
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        Re: My screen is full of lines
        « Reply #4 on: September 14, 2008, 06:25:53 AM »
        i'm at my laptop atm.. I'm going to try safe mode first before i remove the card.. yes, i tried 800x600.. didnt change anything.. also tryed 16bit colours instead of 32.. To my big surprise the lines became purble instead of slight green :p
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          Re: My screen is full of lines
          « Reply #5 on: September 14, 2008, 03:07:13 PM »
          actually.. now i remember i deleted a lot of random stuff at my desktop around the time it started.. atm i run a recovery program to see what luck it brings..
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            Re: My screen is full of lines
            « Reply #6 on: September 14, 2008, 05:02:48 PM »
            I personally think the problem is the physical video card itself.

            ...either that, or there's a pin stuck in the video card's analog or DVI jack...
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            Re: My screen is full of lines
            « Reply #7 on: September 14, 2008, 08:01:31 PM »
            ...or...
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            If it was just desktop, you should be fine, but if it was more than desktop stuff....
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              Re: My screen is full of lines
              « Reply #8 on: September 15, 2008, 12:46:34 AM »
              this is monitor problem...
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              Re: My screen is full of lines
              « Reply #9 on: September 15, 2008, 12:48:17 AM »
              Quote from: senthilvalli on September 15, 2008, 12:46:34 AM
              this is monitor problem...
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              i've tryed changing the monitor.. but its the same..

              Don't know about that....

              For all we know, this could be a malware problem.
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                Re: My screen is full of lines
                « Reply #10 on: September 15, 2008, 12:15:26 PM »
                i tryed taking the computer back to another date.. Now there is no problem at all.. it recreated some files in system32.. including some drivers - though, i'm 100% sure i didnt touch system32 the last month.. kinda strange how it got deleted imo ^^

                Thanks for all your suggestions :)
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                Re: My screen is full of lines
                « Reply #11 on: September 15, 2008, 12:18:35 PM »
                If you restored to an earlier date and it is fine then somewhere along the line you installed the incorrect driver for that card...
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                Re: My screen is full of lines
                « Reply #12 on: September 15, 2008, 12:35:47 PM »
                Glad to hear that but - wow - sure musta been a major driver mismatch/compatibility to yield that much problem.  That was major!

                Be useful to track back and see if you can work out how it occurred.
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                  Re: My screen is full of lines
                  « Reply #13 on: September 17, 2008, 06:56:16 AM »
                  Calling the screenshot i posted a major problem ? :p you should have seen my screen when i launched anything actually requiring graphic.. Most of all it looked like that Equalizer which is in Windows media player
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