Re: Display atrifacts


"Andrew" <andrewportess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "V Green" <vanceg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Check to see if the fan on your video card
> > has stopped running.
> >
> > "kb" <kb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> Just arrived back from holiday (lovely, thanks) to find strange but
tiny
> >> artifacts all over the monitor...
> >>
> >> They take the form of short, horizontal lines in green and red at
random
> >> places on the display. They disappear after a "refresh" of the desktop
> >> but
> >> re-appear a few moments later. They also disappear when starting a new
> >> program and then re-appear, again, a few minutes later.
> >>
> >> Nothing else seems to be affected and I've done a complete virus scan
and
> >> system restore to when I last knew it was OK - i.e. Sat 27th Aug.
> >>
> >> Anybody know what might be causing it?
> >>
> >> PLEASE??????
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >
> >
>
> Artifacts are very rarely a result of a driver problem more likely heat,
> overclocking or faulty video memory. Check the cooling, can you see the
GPU
> temperature in the video card settings? Do you see any display problems
> during boot up; particularly during when the BIOS phase of booting up -
the
> drivers are not even in sue at this stage. It's not a Leadtek 6800GT by
any
> chance is it?
>
> Andy

Hi Andy:

Did you ever get your 6800 stable?

>
>


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