Johnnydoe Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Recently my computer's display became fuzzy with weird colors and dark bars across the screen... immediately i thought the monitor was dead, so i went out and purchased a new monitor. I received the monitor today, hooked it up, and found the same display problems as my old monitor...i was wondering if this could be a graphics card problem, or any other type of problem? Any information or help diagnosing would be greatly appreciated!thanks, mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sharber58 Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Recently my computer's display became fuzzy with weird colors and dark bars across the screen... immediately i thought the monitor was dead, so i went out and purchased a new monitor. I received the monitor today, hooked it up, and found the same display problems as my old monitor...i was wondering if this could be a graphics card problem, or any other type of problem? Any information or help diagnosing would be greatly appreciated!thanks, mikeWhat is the name of your video graphic card? Also have you right clicked a bare spot on the desktop left click properties, then settings tab..What is the resolution set at? Advanced monitor tab what does it show for monitor refresh rate? What version of Windows? Is this onboard video or a separate AGP or PCI video card?Is this a name brand PC & if so what make & model number, please.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted July 18, 2006 Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 it definately could be a graphic card problem. The easiest wasy to test the hardware would be to run linux from a cd. If linux runs well without the distortions, then you can safely assume windows might be corrupted; a reinstall of windows may fix it. If when running linux you have the same problem, you definately have a hardware issue. My first thought would be the graphic card/chipset. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnnydoe Posted July 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 sorry for not being more descriptive.. i was sorta in a rush.anyway, here are the answers: NVIDA Geforece2 MXI tried mulitple resolutions: normally i keep it at 600 x 800, and i tried it at 1024 x 1280 because thats what the monitor instructions saidMonitor refresh rate is 75hertzI have Windows XP on a Dell Dimension 8100As for the linux, i gave it a try with Knoppix, and the display was the same...thanks, mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shanenin Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 I would try and find a cheap card on ebay to use. If that does not solve your problem, you are only out a few dollars. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Honda_Boy Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 (edited) I experienced a similar problem on an old video card years ago. An nVidia Vanta Riva TNT2 to be exact. I had shadows showing up on a bunch of things plus every time you updated the drivers it would cause extreme problems. I called gateway about it and they sent me a GeForce 2 MX200 and that fixed. Could just be an old wore out card. Get yourself an MX4000 or something if you're not going to be playing games.If you lived in my town I'd ru an old PCI GeForce 4 MX420 to you that I don't want no more. Edited July 19, 2006 by Honda_Boy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 it sounds as tho your resulation is wrong xp needs 600+800unless you want smaller textthat is were you may be having trouble ive just tried 1024 x 1280 on mine and i get a distorted screen you may have to increase your refresh ratemine is set at 85htrzi had the same trouble with a refresh rate lowerthan 85 hertz are you a gamer many gamers try a different refresh rate and a lower resolution good luckmarty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Johnnydoe Posted July 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 It seems like most of you think I need a new graphics card, so I'll pick up a decent one online (I'm not a gamer).Marty - I can't set my refresh rate to anything higher than 75hertz. Also, my resolution was 600x800 since I bought the computer, which includes the time when I noticed the poor display.Thanks for all the help, Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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