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New pc - Blue lines across the screen
Name: hookie Date: July 6, 2009 at 14:48:02 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro CPU/Ram: AMD 2800+ / 1G ram Subcategory: Hardware Problems
Comment:
hey, woundering if you could help.
i've just built a new pc out of bits and i have weird blue lines across the screen on xp but vista its ok.
Name: wanderer Date: July 6, 2009 at 15:11:00 Pacific
Reply:
given your criteria it can only be the xp video drivers or you are attempting too high a resolution given the driver. Set xp to 800x600 16 colors and see if the lines still exist.
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Response Number 2
Name: hookie Date: July 6, 2009 at 15:14:49 Pacific
Reply:
yeah i've tried this, still there.
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Response Number 3
Name: hookie Date: July 6, 2009 at 15:49:34 Pacific
Reply:
Its only on xp tho, vista i have no weird lines. but io dont want to use vista as its so slow.
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Response Number 4
Name: wanderer Date: July 6, 2009 at 15:52:20 Pacific
Reply:
same thing happen in xp safe mode? what video card and how much ram does it have?
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Response Number 5
Name: hookie Date: July 6, 2009 at 16:55:54 Pacific
Reply:
nope, its doesnmt do it safe mode. its a x800 256mb
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Response Number 6
Name: rich1949 Date: July 7, 2009 at 19:39:42 Pacific
Reply:
Are you using the Microsoft, ATI or video card manufacturers driver for video. I have an X800 and am using the latest ATI drivers from ATI with no problems either in XP or Vista.
I am running Vista with 4GB and not seeing a major speed difference from Vista to XP, what programs are you using that appear to make it slower.
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