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Thread ID: 105949 2009-12-19 22:12:00 Monitor Flashes on and off...Plz help WestMclaren2004 (7303) Press F1
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841279 2009-12-19 22:12:00 I've been having these problems lately and was wondering what's causing it.

After a few mins of normal use, the monitor flashes intermittently before increasing its occurence and period of time between screen and blacks.

I've swapped monitors. No change
Swapped DVI cables NO change

Could it be the PSU or Graphics Card failing?


Thanks a million.
WestMclaren2004 (7303)
841280 2009-12-19 22:15:00 CRT or LCD Make model number.
:)
Trev (427)
841281 2009-12-19 22:39:00 But as he has tried a different monitor how will the make and model number help? Sweep (90)
841282 2009-12-19 22:45:00 What OS? Speedy Gonzales (78)
841283 2009-12-19 22:47:00 It could be just about anything.

Give us details:
Graphics card
Monitor details/age
Operating system
Any recent changes to soft/firm/hardware

I had that happen when I updated from Ubuntu 9.04-9.10. As it was my second OS, I just deleted it and went back to only using Vista.
Thebananamonkey (7741)
841284 2009-12-19 23:53:00 Download a new graphics driver. If it is using the newest, download an older one. pctek (84)
841285 2009-12-20 07:46:00 What OS?

asus p5w dh deluxe
XP 32bit
256mb XFX 7900gt
Corsair 520W

3 years old.

Will try to rollback Graphics driver, but difficult as the MONitor flashes unexpectedly.....
WestMclaren2004 (7303)
841286 2009-12-20 07:54:00 A quick way to test whether it is a driver problem or not-boot into safe mode

Tap F8 on boot and select safe mode with your arrow keys

Blam
Blam (54)
841287 2009-12-20 07:58:00 Christ, talk about BIOS updates, this mobo has 20 of them lol. Must be pretty buggy to have that many. What BIOS is on it? Its up to 3001. Is SP3 on it? What resolution have you set it to and the hertz? I would have a look in the forum (vip.asus.com). If it is a mobo issue Speedy Gonzales (78)
841288 2009-12-21 03:42:00 if that setup is 3 years old, and there has been no problems before - I'd guess its more of a graphic card problem.

Has there been any graphic card driver updates done ?? If not then why all of a sudden is it playing up, apart from some sort of corruption somehow.

First I'd try a different card, or as Blam suggested try it in safe mode,since that only loads default drivers. If it plays up in safe mode, change the card.
wainuitech (129)
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