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Big McLargehuge

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Since: Jan 20, 2006
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:54 am
Post subject: Monitor suddenly flickering/has moving line? vid card prob?
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OK, my setup was fine yesterday, nothing weird but this morning I
turned on my computer and my monitor is flickering.
I figured something wonky happened and my refresh rate somehow
changed, but it didn't. so, whether I set the rate at 60, 70, 72, or
75Mhz I get flicker or horizontal bands moving slowly up the screen.
does it sound like my video card is failing or having a problem.
this is what I have:

p4 2.8
Chaintech GeForce 6600GT
latest nvidia drivers (I was using a few iterations ago but updated to
see if it was a driver issue, and it's not)
winxp pro sp2 with latest updates
directX 9.0c

monitor:
Eizo L671(18.1 inch analog LCD)

It's weird, I've tried rebooting and it's still got that moving line
(or flicker and line at lower refresh rates) so maybe I'll see if I
can borrow another video card and test it, but my current card is only
3 months old. Can they go bad that quickly?

thanks ahead for any suggestions

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:55 am
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"Big McLargehuge" <noone DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8439v19jcoo08g2bs0kgogm2miosi7vd8e@4ax.com...
> OK, my setup was fine yesterday, nothing weird but this morning I
> turned on my computer and my monitor is flickering.
> I figured something wonky happened and my refresh rate somehow
> changed, but it didn't. so, whether I set the rate at 60, 70, 72, or
> 75Mhz...

Well, there's yer problem - you're setting the refresh rate about
a million times too high....Smile


> I get flicker or horizontal bands moving slowly up the screen.
> does it sound like my video card is failing or having a problem.
> this is what I have:


It is possible that this is noise in the video; I would check all
connections, and definitely try the monitor with a different
video source (and possibly a different video cable) before
digging further.

Bob M.

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 2:36 pm
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On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:37:05 GMT, "Bob Myers"
<nospamplease.TakeThisOut@address.invalid> mumbled something like:

>
>"Big McLargehuge" <noone.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:8439v19jcoo08g2bs0kgogm2miosi7vd8e@4ax.com...
>> OK, my setup was fine yesterday, nothing weird but this morning I
>> turned on my computer and my monitor is flickering.
>> I figured something wonky happened and my refresh rate somehow
>> changed, but it didn't. so, whether I set the rate at 60, 70, 72, or
>> 75Mhz...
>
>Well, there's yer problem - you're setting the refresh rate about
>a million times too high....Smile
You think? Smile lol


>
>
>> I get flicker or horizontal bands moving slowly up the screen.
>> does it sound like my video card is failing or having a problem.
>> this is what I have:
>
>
>It is possible that this is noise in the video; I would check all
>connections, and definitely try the monitor with a different
>video source (and possibly a different video cable) before
>digging further.
>
>Bob M.
>

I hope it's as simple as that, I'll try your suggestions, thanks. This
is really bugging me too.

Big
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