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| 1368742 | 2014-02-25 19:58:00 | Hi Everyone, Haven't had to log in here for some time now as I haven't had any problems. However, today my computer screen became scrambled after about 10 minutes use... There are a series of close horizontal lines of unreadable data (probably only 3-4mm wide) over the whole screen. If I reboot the computer it clears, only to scramble again after a while. I run MS Windows XP Professional SP3 AMD Athlon 7550 Dual-Core Processor, 1.7GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a Am at a loss to work out what it could be. Please if anyone can help I would appreciate it.... cheers* hoanikai |
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| 1368743 | 2014-02-25 20:03:00 | Probably the videocard ready to die | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1368744 | 2014-02-25 20:12:00 | thanks Speedy, Is it easy to check if it's on the way out? The computer and cards are probably 5 years old ie: should I take the comp into my supplier and have them look at it? |
hoanikai (13138) | ||
| 1368745 | 2014-02-25 20:21:00 | Does it have onboard video? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1368746 | 2014-02-25 21:58:00 | Could be about to fail completely or could be heat related, it has been quite hot lately. It might be worth taking the side of and removing the graphics card to check if the heatsink / fan is clean or clogged with dust etc. The Chipset you mention includes onboard Video I'm pretty sure so as Speedy mentioned it might be worth using that and see what happens. It should just take over when you remove the graphics card but it might pay to go into the BIOS and set it to use the onboard first. | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1368747 | 2014-02-25 23:40:00 | If it's an integrated graphics processor (IGP) - and it sounds like it by the model number, note that those usually borrow some system RAM (some do have dedicated but most don't) to use as Video RAM. I could also be you have faulty memory which is causing the problem. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1368748 | 2014-02-26 19:09:00 | Does it have onboard video? Hi Speedy, Sorry not to followup on this before now... Not sure what is meant by onboard video. |
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| 1368749 | 2014-02-26 20:27:00 | Is there a VGA , HDMI or DVI connection (If you look at the back of the case). If you remove the video card (If you installed one) can you still connect it to something? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1368750 | 2014-02-26 22:29:00 | Not sure what is meant by onboard video. It means a graphics processor integrated into the motherboard chipset (northbridge) or integrated into the CPU itself. As opposed to a separate graphics card\board which plugs into an expansion slot, eg: PCI-E or AGP If that's still confusing, try this: en.wikipedia.org |
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