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| Thread ID: 96350 | 2009-01-07 22:54:00 | Dell monitor problem - or is it Vista? | Tony (4941) | Press F1 |
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| 735936 | 2009-01-07 22:54:00 | So, there I was, having a quick game of Spider Solitaire, when without warning, my entire screen changes to a black background with vertical green lines - everythiong else is gone. Nothing I did changed anything, but a reboot has fixed it - for the moment. I'll be doing the usual searches for driver updates etc., but I wondered if anyone has come across this before, which might help me short-cut the solution. Does it sound like a software or hardware issue? The monitor is a Dell E228WFP, the video card is a Radeon 4850, and the OS is Vista business, with all the updates. Any ideas, anyone? |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 735937 | 2009-01-07 22:58:00 | Graphics card playing up maybe? | jwil1 (65) | ||
| 735938 | 2009-01-07 23:01:00 | Graphics card playing up maybe?could be - I'm just downloading the latest Radeon drivers. Of course it may not happen again anyway, so how will I know... | Tony (4941) | ||
| 735939 | 2009-01-07 23:19:00 | Look in the event log - click start, in the search type in event viewer when it appears click it, under windows logs on the left , expand that - look through system and application logs - if there are any errors they should be showing - if so what do they say ? | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 735940 | 2009-01-07 23:54:00 | When it happens next, try restarting JUST the monitor. This will eliminate the monitor, as it's the easiest to diagnose. :D I doubt it would be the OS. |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 735941 | 2009-01-08 02:24:00 | Does it sound like a software or hardware issue? Hardware. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 735942 | 2009-01-08 03:18:00 | When it happens next, try restarting JUST the monitor.Did that - looked exactly the same until I rebooted. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 735943 | 2009-01-08 03:20:00 | Look in the event log Didin't show anything of significance. :( | Tony (4941) | ||
| 735944 | 2009-01-08 03:53:00 | Methinks it might be a temperature problem. The Catalyst Control Center is reporting a card temperature of 73°, but the fan speed is only 9%. :confused: I'll open the box and see what is going on. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 735945 | 2009-01-08 04:09:00 | Does sound like a video card issue, however 73C is not overly hot for a 4850C assuming that the reading is a GPU temp. I am fairly sure later versions of the ATI Catalyst control center has a fan slide bar that shows for the 4850. | Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
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