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RED FLICKERING LINES ON MY DISPLAY
A WHILE BACK I STARTED GETTING THESE RED FLICKERING HORIZONTAL LINES ALL OVER ON MY SCREEN, THEY ARE THERE ABOUT 90% OF THE TIME, BUT SOMETIMES THEY ARE NOT THERE, ALSO EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I WILL GET A BLUE SHADOW OF EVERYTHING ON MY SCREEN OFF TO THE LEFT.
I HAVE THE PROBLEM IN WIDOWS XP BUT ALSO ON THE BOOT SCREENS BEFORE WINDOWS LOADS. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I WAS MY MONITER SO I TOOK IT TO WORK AND MY PARENTS HOUSE AND PLUGGED IT INTO COMPUTERS AT BOTH OF THOSE LOCATIONS.
THE MONITER DID NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AT EITHER OF THOSE COMPUTERS, BUT AT HOME IT STILL DID, SO IT CANT BE THE MONITER. SO I CHECKED MY CABLE CONNECTIONS, THEY WRE FINE, SO I TRIED A NEW CABLE, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.
NEXT I GOT NEW VIDEO CARD DRIVERS, I HAD A GeFORCE4 Ti 4200. THAT DIDNT FIX IT EITHER. I THEN THOUGHT IT WAS THE VIDEO CARD ITSELF SO I GOT A NEW ONE, A GeFORCE FX 5200, INSTALLED IT WITH NEW DRIVERS AND I STILL HAD THE PROBLEM.
I HAVE THE PROBLEM IN WIDOWS XP BUT ALSO ON THE BOOT SCREENS BEFORE WINDOWS LOADS. AT FIRST I THOUGHT I WAS MY MONITER SO I TOOK IT TO WORK AND MY PARENTS HOUSE AND PLUGGED IT INTO COMPUTERS AT BOTH OF THOSE LOCATIONS.
THE MONITER DID NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AT EITHER OF THOSE COMPUTERS, BUT AT HOME IT STILL DID, SO IT CANT BE THE MONITER. SO I CHECKED MY CABLE CONNECTIONS, THEY WRE FINE, SO I TRIED A NEW CABLE, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.
NEXT I GOT NEW VIDEO CARD DRIVERS, I HAD A GeFORCE4 Ti 4200. THAT DIDNT FIX IT EITHER. I THEN THOUGHT IT WAS THE VIDEO CARD ITSELF SO I GOT A NEW ONE, A GeFORCE FX 5200, INSTALLED IT WITH NEW DRIVERS AND I STILL HAD THE PROBLEM.
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It could be something simple as some interference from a transformator (do you have a dimmer on your lighting?) or a TL light. Just see if you can really move your monitor and computer to another room, not just around your desk.
Troubleshooting these things is most of the time a bit of experimenting.
LucF
Troubleshooting these things is most of the time a bit of experimenting.
LucF
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I don't have a dimmer but I do have florecent lights, I dont know what a TL light is. I'll try moving the computer and moniter this evening when I get home from work.
TL = Tube light :) So those are also florecent lights.
Sorry I assumed you called those things the same (I'm from the Netherlands)
LucF
Sorry I assumed you called those things the same (I'm from the Netherlands)
LucF
flourscent lights, fans, speakers, air conditioners, and elevators are a few common things that can cause those problems...I'll bet, based on what you said, that the issue is an environmental factor like one of these things that I mentioned...very possibly the flourscent lights.
jeff
jeff
1You took the monitor to your parent´s house. The problem DID NOT appear there RIGHT? or it was a different error?
2What cable did you change? The electrical cable? or the signal one... I suppose the signal is attached so it must be the AC one
3Check your signal cable for any broken/missing/damaged pins, also check at your vga card.
4If you enter the BIOS, does the problem appear? If not, exactly at what point does it start...
5Do you have a special software OR hardware that has something to do with video???? some capture card, TV card, EXPERTS: I dont know if a webcam could apply for this sort of interference, so please check it out too.
6Please provide a more detailed description of these red flickering bars like: are they a cursor tall? are they traslucid? or solid? etc Also of the blue part, wich i didnt quite understand.
2What cable did you change? The electrical cable? or the signal one... I suppose the signal is attached so it must be the AC one
3Check your signal cable for any broken/missing/damaged pins, also check at your vga card.
4If you enter the BIOS, does the problem appear? If not, exactly at what point does it start...
5Do you have a special software OR hardware that has something to do with video???? some capture card, TV card, EXPERTS: I dont know if a webcam could apply for this sort of interference, so please check it out too.
6Please provide a more detailed description of these red flickering bars like: are they a cursor tall? are they traslucid? or solid? etc Also of the blue part, wich i didnt quite understand.
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I have tried diferent outlets for both, and also moving my moniter around on my desk. Didnt work. I'm going to try a different moniter tonight or tomorrow.