Re: Do I need to replace my video card?

If your monitor is as deep as it is wide and tall (or deeper, as much as
15") then you have a CRT (cathode ray tube) based monitor regardless of how
curved or flat the glass is. If it is only about 3 or 4 inches deep then it
is an LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor.

The point is that CRT's are illuminated by an electron gun shooting
electrons against a coating on the inside of the display screen, and keeping
the same image on the screen for very long periods like you are doing will
eventually degrade the coating to the point where the monitor becomes
useless. Sometimes the image is permanently ghosted into the coating. This
is why people run screensavers. LCD screens are not subject to this type of
damage.

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"HartsVideo" <HartsVideo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5E76D84E-657C-4317-9D95-C249F88AE9A5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks for the info Galen. Computer/internet terminology isn't my strong
> suit so I appreciate your input. I don't know what a CRT monitor is and I
> no
> longer have the paperwork that came with it. I mentioned in another post
> that I will be buying a new monitor in the near future but if I still have
> the problem, would it be the graphics card then? If so, do you know what
> kind of graphics card I'll need from the info that I posted or would you
> need
> to have more info?
>
> Denise
>
> =====================================
>
> "Galen" wrote:
>
>> In news:C3043972-15FB-4E3B-9B0C-CD31F3F2FA5E@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> HartsVideo <HartsVideo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:
>>
>> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>>
>> > Hi Galen and Mike,
>> >
>> > Thanks for responding. The site is graphic intensive . . . winmx
>> > through private servers. I share old movie and cartoon files from
>> > the 1920's to the 70's with others. Movies take about 2 days to get
>> > from #100 in que to #1 and they take at least 24 hours to d/l. I
>> > haven't stayed on any other site for 2 to 4 days, such as eBay or my
>> > email, so I don't know if my graphics would start to go when I'm
>> > there. But when my graphics start to go and have almost completely
>> > gone at winmx, my graphics are fine when I check my email or go to
>> > eBay while winmx is still running. My computer doesn't even slow
>> > down after a few days. My computer is 4 years old and my monitor is
>> > 3 years old, it's a KDS 17" flat screen.
>> >
>> > The reason that I thought that my graphics card might be the problem
>> > is because, about 2 years ago, I used a program named Leechammer
>> > while at winmx for winmx. When Leechammer "hammered," the image of
>> > winmx on my monitor would "shake" quickly for about 5 seconds. This
>> > would happen more than 50 times in a few hours. When I started to
>> > receive the beige areas after using Leechammer for about 6 months, I
>> > uninstalled the program and haven't used it since because I thought
>> > that it was ruining my graphics card, but the graphics continued to
>> > turn beige if I was at winmx for more than 2 days. Then, about a year
>> > later, the pop-up boxes started to be clear with only the border
>> > showing about a day after the beige areas show up (about the 3rd day
>> > at winmx). When my grapics get bad after being at winmx for a few
>> > days, if I reduce winmx to system tray and then maximize winmx, I can
>> > see everything at winmx again, but as soon as someone sends me a PM
>> > or if I need to open any other boxes, my graphics go crazy. . .
>> > almost all white/beige/clear, so I again minimize and maximize winmx
>> > and I see everything again until the next time that I want to open a
>> > box, which is fairly often. If you would like the program, the
>> > patches and the guides so that you can try it yourselves, I'll upload
>> > them to you if there's a way to do that here.
>> >
>> > I hope this info helps.
>> >
>> > Denise
>> >
>> > =====================
>> >
>> > "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>> >
>> >> The first two or three lines of your post say it all.. there is only
>> >> a problem at one particular site.. any where else. and the graphics
>> >> card appears to be fine.. so it isn't the graphics card, is it..
>> >>
>> >> Perhaps you might like to share the URL such that one of us could go
>> >> see for ourselves..
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Mike Hall
>> >> MVP - Windows Shell/User
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "HartsVideo" <HartsVideo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:E68C3862-F258-452C-B3AB-59B8FE24198A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm on the internet at a specific site for days at a time
>> >>> without rebooting. By the end of the 2nd day, my graphics start to
>> >>> fade so that there are beige areas where text should be and by the
>> >>> end of the 3rd day, only the outline of a pop-up box can be seen.
>> >>> There is no info inside of the
>> >>> box . . . I see through the box to what is behind the box. These
>> >>> graphics problems happens only at this site. If I go to another
>> >>> site (to check my email, etc), I have no problems with my graphics.
>> >>> I stay on my computer this long because I will lose much time and
>> >>> info if I stop to reboot. I periodically do a disc clean-up, empty
>> >>> temporary folders, etc, during the 2
>> >>> or 3 days but it doesn't help.
>> >>>
>> >>> I have Windows XP Pro, an AMD Duron Processor, 945 MHz,
>> >>> 256 MB Ram. In System Properties > Hardware Tab > Device Manager >
>> >>> Sound, Video and
>> >>> Capture Devides, it says that I have "Legacy Video Capture Devices."
>> >>>
>> >>> My computer was made for me 4 years ago and the person who
>> >>> made it
>> >>> is no longer with us so I can't find out the specifics of what is
>> >>> inside my
>> >>> PC.
>> >>>
>> >>> I've read some of the other posts here about video cards,
>> >>> BIOS, whether the video card is part of the motherboard or
>> >>> separate, and raising the AGP aperture size. If these are possible
>> >>> solutions to my problem, please
>> >>> tell me how to get into BIOS, how to raise the AGP aperature size,
>> >>> and how to
>> >>> find out whether my video card is part of my motherboard.
>> >>>
>> >>> I don't do gaming so I don't need a video card that's fast but I
>> >>> need one that can work for days on end without the need to reboot.
>> >>> Someone suggested
>> >>> that the size should be at least 1G. I have no other problems
>> >>> with my computer when I stay on line for 2 or 3 days without
>> >>> rebooting except that I
>> >>> lose my graphics.
>> >>>
>> >>> If I need a new video card, what type of video card will I need to
>> >>> buy? If
>> >>> you need more info, I'll be happy to supply it.
>> >>>
>> >>> Denise
>>
>> You say WinMX. The site's been down for forever and a day - though the
>> application can still be downloaded from quite a few places. Just an FYI:
>> The servers no longer connect except for the OpenNap P2P servers which it
>> seems you're doing. That'd not be a site - that'd be an application if
>> I'm
>> understanding you correctly. You said flat screen and not panel or LCD so
>> I'm guessing it's a CRT monitor? It could be, as I suggested, the monitor
>> failing.
>>
>> --
>> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
>> http://dts-l.org/
>>
>> "My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of
>> existence." - Sherlock Holmes
>>
>>
>>


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