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Monitor lines
Name: james Date: October 31, 2002 at 09:53:22 Pacific OS: 98se CPU/Ram: 400MGz cpu/448MB ram
Comment:
When I open the start menu or move icons around on my desktop they leave trails of horizontal lines on the screen of my monitor. Clicking F5 clears the lines until the next time I open the start menu or move icons around. Does anyone know what's causing this to happen and what I can do to stop it from happening? Thx guys... -james-
Name: james Date: October 31, 2002 at 09:55:23 Pacific
Reply:
I'm adding a screen shot to make it easer to understant what I'm talking about. http://www.angelfire.com/clone/nick4/screenlines.jpg
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Response Number 2
Name: lac8383 Date: October 31, 2002 at 10:01:34 Pacific
Reply:
1) Try updating your video drivers if at all possible to the latest
2) Under Control Panel, right-click on "Display", click on "Settings", Advanced, Performance and set the acceleration down a peg and reboot. See if this helps.
It really sounds like video drivers, though.
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Response Number 3
Name: james Date: October 31, 2002 at 12:48:30 Pacific
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I tryed updating the drivers and turned the acceleration down a bit and still have the same problem. Any other ideas guys? Thanks for posting a reply so quickly lac8383.
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Response Number 4
Name: Jennifer Date: November 1, 2002 at 06:11:56 Pacific
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Had this problem at work not too long ago. The video card had gone bad. If your machine is still under warranty, you can get a replacement. Otherwise, just buy a new one.
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Response Number 5
Name: james Date: November 1, 2002 at 16:42:21 Pacific
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Uugggg!! Not exactly what I wanted to hear...lol. Thanks Jen, if it keeps up, I'll keep your suggestion in mind. -james-
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Response Number 6
Name: james Date: November 9, 2002 at 06:10:32 Pacific
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I just want to update this thread...I took Jennifer's advice and started to look to the video card as the possible problem. I have a Nvidia GeForce3 Ti 500, the fan mounted on the card was not working and the card was getting too hot causing the lines to appear on the monitor. I replaced the fan and now the lines are gone. Thanks Jennifer... -james-
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