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Thread ID: 103335 2009-09-19 04:46:00 Screen/Display Question - SurferJoe46 (51) Press F1
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811843 2009-09-19 04:46:00 I did somethin' goofy I guess - but that's just me, huh!

Somehow I changed the screen effects and now my screen paints
SLOWLY going down the screen and not even for an image off the internet .

This happens when I get into XP as the desktop paints itself so slow!

I am having rendering problems I guess .

I have an nVidia GeForce FX 5500 card and I bet something happened to the driver - anyone agree? I need a game plan to correct this if someone has any ideas .
SurferJoe46 (51)
811844 2009-09-19 04:51:00 Step one: reinstall the driver. Erayd (23)
811845 2009-09-19 04:57:00 This is on that 9-hdd media monster.

I wanted to do that and I just needed a little shove.

Thanks.
SurferJoe46 (51)
811846 2009-09-19 05:08:00 ;) Erayd (23)
811847 2009-09-19 05:21:00 My (defective?) driver was 7.1.7.7, and the new one is supposed to be 7.1.8.4 which my wizard says is older - WOT?

I'll try it anyway and se if things get better. I still have the OEM CD I can pop in, I just hate having my desktop all messed up again!

Rats!
SurferJoe46 (51)
811848 2009-09-19 05:39:00 No better.

It still paints the screen real-slowly!
SurferJoe46 (51)
811849 2009-09-19 06:07:00 I tried it and didn't like it so I went back to the 7.1.7.7 and I bet it's the card itself now. SurferJoe46 (51)
811850 2009-09-19 06:21:00 Try uninstalling / reinstalling the card to force windows to redetect it - does that solve your issue? Erayd (23)
811851 2009-09-19 07:27:00 Alternatively, boot into safe mode and see if it still happens.

If it doesn't, then its definetly a driver problem, if it does, then this could be the card itself or something else...
Blam (54)
811852 2009-09-19 08:08:00 Sounds like the card has reverted to 2D (no 3D acceleration), is it flickering when scrolling?
This can happen if your video acceleration (www.deskshare.com) has been turned down/off, also caused by using/reverting to the OS installed Microsoft driver (which only "does" 2D), or maybe your card's overheating/dying (fan still going?), hope this helps.
feersumendjinn (64)
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