miggyboi
04-13-2009, 09:17 AM
For years my computer has been doing okay, having the occasional monitor black outs wherein the light on my monitor turns orange. Then, I just had to shut it down, tighten loose connections, etc. and soon enough it would turn out okay.
But just 1 hour ago or so, after downloading an add-on for firefox (a facebook application that enables profile color changing, etc.), and playing on some application on it, my monitor blacked out, and came back on again after a few seconds. Thinking it was nothing, I stopped playing the application (YoVille!) and continued browsing the internet, when suddenly it would black out again. I tested around to see when it would black out, and surprisingly, it would black out every time my computer processes anything! (from right clicking at the desktop, to clicking the start button, to opening programs.folders, etc.)
Weirder still is, my monitor would sometimes display a washed out version of my desktop background, making my mouse cursor, taskbar, disappear. Then after a few seconds it would reappear again, everything looking normal. Sometimes my cursor would flicker, and some buttons/shortcuts on my taskbar or browser would be black. All of these things happening while my monitor blacks out every now and then while moving the mouse around, right clicking at the desktop. I can't even run my antivirus program because my system would black out, reappear, freeze, then the whole thing happens again.
I know it's kind of confusing, how I explained it, but I hope you guys get the gist of it. Is this some hardware problem? A virus perhaps? I'm not that all proficient with computers, so helping me through this would be of great, great help for me.
Thanks!
But just 1 hour ago or so, after downloading an add-on for firefox (a facebook application that enables profile color changing, etc.), and playing on some application on it, my monitor blacked out, and came back on again after a few seconds. Thinking it was nothing, I stopped playing the application (YoVille!) and continued browsing the internet, when suddenly it would black out again. I tested around to see when it would black out, and surprisingly, it would black out every time my computer processes anything! (from right clicking at the desktop, to clicking the start button, to opening programs.folders, etc.)
Weirder still is, my monitor would sometimes display a washed out version of my desktop background, making my mouse cursor, taskbar, disappear. Then after a few seconds it would reappear again, everything looking normal. Sometimes my cursor would flicker, and some buttons/shortcuts on my taskbar or browser would be black. All of these things happening while my monitor blacks out every now and then while moving the mouse around, right clicking at the desktop. I can't even run my antivirus program because my system would black out, reappear, freeze, then the whole thing happens again.
I know it's kind of confusing, how I explained it, but I hope you guys get the gist of it. Is this some hardware problem? A virus perhaps? I'm not that all proficient with computers, so helping me through this would be of great, great help for me.
Thanks!