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Thread ID: 31338	2003-03-18 21:11:00	Video Card making pretty Lines on Startup	Mr T (3403)	Press F1

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129261	2003-03-18 21:11:00	Hi, Got an interesting problem . I have a Geforce2 MX 400 Video Card . Sometimes when i start up my machine (Usually after changing some settings EG resolution) i get pretty colored Vertical lines up and down my screen . Its windows (XP) starting because i can hear the nice jingle, but i cant see anything bar the colorful lines . To work around this problem i have to take out my Geforce2 put in my standard card restart my machine until i can see windows . Shut down my PC install the Geforce2 again . When i have done this it works fine . The problem is i don't really enjoy doing this . I hope i have made sense and also hope that someone can help me out . I have (what i believe) to be the latest drivers . I know the simple answer is don't change the resolution . . . BUT some of the games i run automatically do it .	Mr T (3403)
129262	2003-03-18 23:01:00	dos it get vertical lines on the screen BEFORE windows starts? what video card drivers are you useing? have you got your monitor driver installed?	tweak'e (174)
129263	2003-03-19 00:00:00	Hi there, Nah the lines appear as soon as i power on. So i turn on my machine and the first thing i see on screen is Vertical lines.. The Lines... Arrgghh they haunt me... make them go away... :) My drivers are the latest off the Nvidia site. I belive my monitor driver is installed - I will check it out though or maybe reinstall it?...	Mr T (3403)
129264	2003-03-19 07:22:00	>Nah the lines appear as soon as i power on. if the lines appear BEFORE windows splash screen (hit pause just as the pc starts you should see the bios info) then your video card is likely to be stuffed. try it in another machine to check. the other possibility is the lines are a monitor test pattern which some monitors display. the pc may not be telling the monitor to switch on.	tweak'e (174)
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