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Corky
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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 01:07
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I have a problem with my Graphics card, there is a bunch of green red and blue dots all over my screen, and its really starting to bug me.

Just look at the screen, Well I dont know if you can see them but I can.

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AMD Athlon 64 Proccessor 2800+ 1.81 GHz
768 Mb RAM
370 Watt power supply, any ideas on how to fix this?

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Keo C
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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 01:17
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Quote: "any ideas on how to fix this?"

Post your graphics card model?


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Corky
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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 01:35
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Oh sorry its an ATI Radeon 2600 PRO HD

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Keo C
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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 01:40 Edited at: 8th Feb 2008 01:40
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Please post a .PNG Screenshot.


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Corky
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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 01:45
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They have duplicated now so the boxes I made are no use.

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Keo C
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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 02:00
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Your card may be overheating.


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Corky
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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 02:05
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Why would it overheat, it has a heatsink, im not overclocking it.

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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 02:34 Edited at: 8th Feb 2008 02:35
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If you put a graphics card in an oven with a heatsink it will overheat. In other words, try to improve airflow.


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Corky
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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 02:42
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Yeah but it is probably already ruined. Isnt it?

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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 02:42 Edited at: 8th Feb 2008 02:44
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Not if you catch it in time. Blow out dust, apply thermal grease, or something. No time to watse though, your card could be knocking on Death's door, and he's home.


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Corky
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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 02:43
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Its been like this for like 2 months. I will try it though.

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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 03:02
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I cant see anything in those images haha.

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Corky
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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 03:40
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hmm.. ok

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Lucifer
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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 15:19
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dead or stuck pixels on your screen?

stuff..
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Corky
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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 20:44
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No, they are always in a different place.

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Agent Dink
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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 21:57 Edited at: 8th Feb 2008 21:57
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Stuck pixels aren't always visible and considering I can't see a single thing amiss in those screenshots I think that's probably what it is. A Print Screen will not capture stuck or dead pixels because they are an issue with the monitor.

I'd say also considering they are red, green, and blue (the colors of stuck pixels) that that is exactly what is going on. Say bye bye to your monitor if it's progressively getting worse ^_^ Dunno how you'd stop it. Maybe get some of those screen flashing applications. They can help but I dunno. You said there are alot more now that before, something might be going bad in the screen.

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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 22:01
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Quote: "I'd say also considering they are red, green, and blue (the colors of stuck pixels) that that is exactly what is going on. Say bye bye to your monitor if it's progressively getting worse "


Its a brand new moniter, got it for christmas. I really dont think its the moniter, don't know why it would be that, because when I put my old graphics card in they dont show up.

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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 22:06
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Interesting.

Are the rogue pixels connected to the screen. For example, when you scroll down, do the pixels scroll away or do they stay in place?


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Posted: 8th Feb 2008 22:47
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All I can see are the distortions caused by saving to a jpg file - and your png image looks the same. Did you just convert the jpg to a png. If so, that was rather pointless - the png will just preserve the jpg distortions. You need to prepare a clean png from your screen image.
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Posted: 9th Feb 2008 04:42
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The screen shows nothing, but you circle something. This indicates a problem with your monitor, for sure (if it was your card, you'd have it in the screenshot). I'd check out this monitor you just got, see if you can return it and try another or contact their support and make them explain. The reason something would be wrong with it is because you just got it.

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Corky
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Posted: 9th Feb 2008 05:44
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heres a new .png pic

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Posted: 9th Feb 2008 06:07
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you're a nutter. No anomalies there.


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Posted: 9th Feb 2008 06:13
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Either you're going crazy or it's your monitor.

It doesn't matter if it was new or not, these things happen with LCDs. If you still have the receipts take it back to the store for a replacement, or send it to the manufacturer if it's still in warranty. They'll give you a free monitor to replace it if there are really issues.

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Maybe a problem with the cable/video card output?

With the screenshots you're giving, it's easy to assume it is just a problem with the monitor. But you claim the problem goes away when you switch the video card. If the problem exists where the card sends its signal over it's VGA/DVI port, or the cable itself, then that could explain why you will see problems on your end, but we won't be able to see them through screenshots.



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Posted: 9th Feb 2008 06:21
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you could take a photo, or better yet a video with your webcam, so we can diagnose it.


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Corky
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Posted: 9th Feb 2008 06:26 Edited at: 9th Feb 2008 06:26
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your serious, you can't see anything, I will take a picture

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Yeah, we can't see anything, because these artifacts you get aren't being displayed by your video card. It's something with the monitor or monitor cable as Preston C mentioned. Here... do a test. Print Screen your screen. Paste it in your paint program, circle the spots, then move the image around. The spots won't move ^_^ Therefore they aren't part of the image you are saving hehehe. So no, we can't see anything in your screenshots.

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Posted: 9th Feb 2008 13:17
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Yeah, I can't see anything unusual either - unless you mean the thick red lines all over the image.

A photo is the answer. While we're on the subject, anyone know what the attached BSOD error means?

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Posted: 9th Feb 2008 13:41
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Stop stamping on the mobo?

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Corky
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Posted: 9th Feb 2008 16:34
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Quote: "Stop stamping on the mobo?"

but its making me so mad

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Posted: 10th Feb 2008 08:11
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Quote: "A photo is the answer. While we're on the subject, anyone know what the attached BSOD error means?"


The matrix has you...

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Quote: "A photo is the answer. While we're on the subject, anyone know what the attached BSOD error means?"


You do realize that photo is completely illegible, right? I mean, did you look at the photo before you uploaded it?


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Quote: "You do realize that photo is completely illegible, right? I mean, did you look at the photo before you uploaded it?"

I think he's joking.

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Posted: 10th Feb 2008 17:31
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I knew that.


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Corky
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Posted: 15th Feb 2008 17:43
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Alright this is wierd... When I plug in another monitor it doesn't do it, when I use my new monitor and an old CFC card, it doesn't do it either though?

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Corky
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Posted: 15th Feb 2008 17:45
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Think i found the problem... its only when I use the dvi cord.

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Corky
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Posted: 24th Feb 2008 19:36
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hmm seems that my problems havent gone away... Fpsc doesnt let me use full lightmaps anymore... is this a graphics card problem?

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Posted: 24th Feb 2008 19:47
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this would have nothing to do with your monitor. This is a graphic card problem. Driver or bad coding related, could be hardware issue, but you've obviously figured out your hardware issue is probably a bad dvi cable.


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Corky
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Posted: 24th Feb 2008 19:52 Edited at: 24th Feb 2008 19:53
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The instruction at "0x05af9a3c" referenced memory at "0x17c64be8" The memory could not be "read"

Click on OK to terminate the program
Click on CANCEL to debug the program

Thats exactly what it says.

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