have kind of a weird glitch or something?

[philatron85]

hi everyone, first time posting here, i have a really crazy glitch or something. can anyone tell me what all those blue, red, and yellow lines are on the screen? it happens when i move the window around the screen. its really weird and have never seen that before. just started happening a week or so ago. anyone know?

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g279/clodbuster_1985/untitled-3.jpg

thanks
phil

edit: i noticed it might be hard to see in this pic. but if you look hard enough its in the middle of the window. up by the minimize, and "x" buttons, sorry, dont know why its so small.

[Fruss Tray Ted]

i DON'T SEE A PROBLEM FROM HERE WHERE YOU SAY BUT i DO SEE A BIT OF PIXELATION SCATTERED HERE AND THERE ON THE SCREENSHOT. Oops

Maybe unloading and reloading your video drivers could help. Or maybe a problem with your monitor?

[philatron85]

alright ill try the drivers when i get home from work tonight. i am using a 37 inch LG tv as my computer monitor/ TV. i noticed when i put my background color as all white, i had about 10 pixels scattered through out the screen. and when i go to move the windows around, they run over the pixels and draw an etch-a-sketch design in the window. thats what it reminds me of, an etch-a-sketch.
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g279/clodbuster_1985/untitled-4.jpg

phil

[Fruss Tray Ted]

If you can, try another monitor.

[philatron85]

well i tried another monitor before trying the drivers. it does the same thing. i will try the drivers and repost back. thanks

phil

[philatron85]

i just updated the drivers. downloaded the newest version and installed it. restarted computer and its the same. i dont know what it could be.

[Fruss Tray Ted]

Did you uninstall your drivers before installing the latest? Please do if you didn't.

Are the pixelations in the same location at every boot? Are they at the same place as each other on different monitors? Random locations?

Onboard or video card?

Warranty?

[philatron85]

Did you uninstall your drivers before installing the latest? Please do if you didn't.

Are the pixelations in the same location at every boot? Are they at the same place as each other on different monitors? Random locations?

Onboard or video card?

Warranty?

i did not uninstall the drives. if i did, will i still get a picture? i didnt think i would so i just installed new drivers. so i can just uninstall the drivers?

they are in the same spot every time, on every monitor i try.

its an nvidia 7900gs. no warranty.

phil

[Fruss Tray Ted]

Before proceeding below, it would be advisable to remove and reseat your video card to eliminate the likelyhood of it being connection problems.

if i did, will i still get a picture?

Yes, you will still have 'video' (get the picture? ;) ) but it will be very limited in color and resolution.

You can uninstall in two ways. Control Panel's Add or Remove Programs, or Device Manager by highlighting (video adaptors in this case) and right clicking to access the 'remove' option. I prefer, or should I say, I am more accustomed to using the latter. Either is fine.

When you reboot albeit with less detail in video quality, go to where the newer drivers are and install as usual. Once you reboot again it will return to normal.

Hopefully the install of the current drivers has corruption or lays on a couple of bad sectors on your hard drive and the reload will either fix the pixelation or place the new drivers over good sectors. If the problem returns, the next steps are to run diagnostics (on the Hard drive) or try another video card.

Somehow we'll figure it out (or die tryin' :o )

;)

[philatron85]

well did what you said, uninstall/reinstall.
the same thing is happening. however, i notice not as many pixelations are on the screen. im stumped.

phil

[philatron85]

hey Fruss, what were you talking about with the diagnostics on the hard drive? i really dont have access to another video card, unless i went to buy one, and right now money is preventing me from doing that. LOL.

thanks
phil

[Fruss Tray Ted]

Try removing the card itself and reseating it first. Also do this with your memory sticks just for giggles.

The diagnostics are downloaded software from the website of the respective manufacturer of the drive in your system. IE, Western Digital has a program called Data Lifeguard, Maxtor's is MaxBlast. Make a floppy or CD with the program on it, reboot and run it to test the integrity of your drive.

As an alternative, you can start with ScanDisk to look for bad sectors but it is not as powerful or effective as the manufacturer's.