Gaming, Computer Tech & Electronics Fortnite.CounterStrike.CallOfDuty.Dota.MineCraft.
Tips & tricks, tech support, home theatre, online gaming, reviews, latest news... |
 | 
12-06-2009, 06:35 PM
|
#1 | | Unofficial Tin Foil Hat Specialist.
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 8,150
Thanked 1,529 Times in 604 Posts
Failed 326 Times in 125 Posts
| Video card dying?
Hey, one of my computer's screen is going nuts with red and green lines/patches.
Most likely the video card is screwed up right? I uninstalled and updated drivers. No dice. Changed the thermal compound. Although there was no sign of overheating. I just need confirmation that it's the video card.
Here's the photo: 
Thanks
Last edited by skyxx; 12-06-2009 at 07:31 PM.
| 
|  | |
12-06-2009, 06:52 PM
|
#2 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nanaimo
Posts: 17,187
Thanked 8,210 Times in 3,851 Posts
Failed 1,515 Times in 652 Posts
|
Could be your monitor is dying.
__________________
Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter. | 
| | |
12-06-2009, 07:17 PM
|
#3 | | Trollollolloing RS sine 2005
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Richmond
Posts: 7,093
Thanked 2,471 Times in 704 Posts
Failed 473 Times in 132 Posts
|
change cables, maybe its carrying a bad signal
change monitors, maybe its dieing.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by MajinHurricane  I had some girl come into the busser station the other day trying to make out with every staff member and then pull down her pants and asked for someone to stick a dick in her (at least she shaved). | Quote:
Originally Posted by 1exotic Vtec doesn't kick in on Reverse. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ulic Qel-Droma its like.. oh yeah oh yeah.. ohhhh yeah... OOoooOohh... why's it suddenly feel a bit better... ohhhh yeahh... ohhh...oh..fuck... it probably ripped. | | |
| | |
12-06-2009, 07:20 PM
|
#4 | | Unofficial Tin Foil Hat Specialist.
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 8,150
Thanked 1,529 Times in 604 Posts
Failed 326 Times in 125 Posts
|
Hmm, the monitor seems fine as it's a LCD TV monitor. I switched it over to my dvd player/bluray player and there was no signs of that. I'll check the cable.
| |
| | |
12-06-2009, 08:51 PM
|
#5 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: YVR
Posts: 4,518
Thanked 1,275 Times in 434 Posts
Failed 62 Times in 24 Posts
|
My friends laptop was like that, except the lines were vertical and it spread throughout the whole screen. His problem was his video card and I'm pretty sure yours is too. It wasn't drivers or anything it was just the actual video card.
| |
| | |
12-06-2009, 10:26 PM
|
#6 | | Unofficial Tin Foil Hat Specialist.
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 8,150
Thanked 1,529 Times in 604 Posts
Failed 326 Times in 125 Posts
|
Okay, did a minor test. I took my secondary monitor from my main computer and I hooked it up. Had the same thing going on that screen. I guess it is the Video card. I checked out the radeon 4670 by XFX. I just need one to get the screen from going wonky again, not really for gaming or anything  . The current video card is an All in wonder that I used as a tuner type of affair. Will give an update once I get the new video card in. Cheers!
| |
| | |
12-07-2009, 12:14 AM
|
#7 | | The "You'd Know" Moderator
Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Home
Posts: 20,931
Thanked 276 Times in 140 Posts
Failed 11 Times in 9 Posts
|
Yup... vid card. Get it changed before it dies on you.
__________________
08 CBR600RR
03 IS300
Ezekiel 25:17. The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you. | |
| | |
12-07-2009, 02:47 PM
|
#8 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Burnaby
Posts: 339
Thanked 34 Times in 18 Posts
Failed 3 Times in 2 Posts
|
try installing the factory graphics drivers and see if that solves the problem
i had a similar problem on my laptop after i updated my drivers, my display went all wonky. turns out Nvidia's new drivers stopped supporting my particular video card (9650M GT) 
if the problem persists, i would just take out the video card immediately and run on integrated graphics for the time being... theres no telling what kind of damage your video card is doing to your board and monitor
__________________
'18 subaru sti
'22 yamaha R7 | |
| | |
12-07-2009, 03:21 PM
|
#9 | | Unofficial Tin Foil Hat Specialist.
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 8,150
Thanked 1,529 Times in 604 Posts
Failed 326 Times in 125 Posts
|
^ It had the problem before I updated my drivers. So I thought I'd update it to see if it works but same shit is going on. Will buy a videocard tomorrow. The Radeon 4670 cost like 70 bucks.  Not bad.
| |
| | |
12-07-2009, 03:41 PM
|
#10 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vancouver BC
Posts: 22,135
Thanked 9,936 Times in 3,937 Posts
Failed 881 Times in 421 Posts
|
try downgrading to the original driver that came with the retail CD.
If it's all cleaned and dust free and you've switched different monitors then it's definately a hardware failure.
| |
| | |
12-10-2009, 01:00 AM
|
#11 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: BC
Posts: 644
Thanked 13 Times in 10 Posts
Failed 1 Time in 1 Post
|
take off the heatsink and put new paste in it and clean the dust!
| |
| | |
12-10-2009, 05:36 AM
|
#12 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 2,777
Thanked 1,045 Times in 419 Posts
Failed 1,372 Times in 243 Posts
|
If you are using nvidia card, download EVGA precision from evga website and you can monitor your card's temperature. Also allows you to increase/decrease your fan speed and overclock your card. Very helpful tool.
Back on topic, it looks like your card is producing artifacts, that is when you see lines of colors on your screen. This is due to overheating issues. Best clean and repaste your GPU.
My brother's GTX 260 was like that after a restart and BFG RMA'd for a GTX 285. If you're not a computer tech and don't want to fiddle with your card mechanically, you can send an email to BFG and they will most likely RMA your card. But the process will take weeks.
| |
| | |
12-11-2009, 12:14 AM
|
#13 | | Unofficial Tin Foil Hat Specialist.
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 8,150
Thanked 1,529 Times in 604 Posts
Failed 326 Times in 125 Posts
|
Did all those above (downgraded drivers, changed paste), I went and bought a new card today. I was in awe at how there was no power connector on the board! CRAZY. It's a XFX Radeon 4670, it's good enough for my secondary computer.
| |
| | |
12-12-2009, 12:19 AM
|
#14 | | reads most threads with his pants around his ankles, especially in the Forced Induction forum.
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 10,645
Thanked 2,191 Times in 1,131 Posts
Failed 929 Times in 340 Posts
|
o snap! My laptop is doing the same thing!!! expect it happens like once every 3 to 4 weeks. It is usually fine after I restart the computer. The laptop is not overheating for sure since it is usually pretty cool. HMMMMMM is there any way to check. Laptop is out of warrnatly.
| |
| | |
12-12-2009, 12:21 AM
|
#15 | | I subscribe to Revscene
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 1,961
Thanked 452 Times in 187 Posts
Failed 37 Times in 17 Posts
|
+1 on video card. overheating, or frequency set too high. either way, the card is on its way out.
| |
| | |
12-14-2009, 03:39 PM
|
#16 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 620
Thanked 282 Times in 97 Posts
Failed 11 Times in 4 Posts
|
There was an article somewhere where an owner baked his video card in the oven to fix the cracked solder joints. Worth a shot. bake video card | |
| | |
12-14-2009, 04:04 PM
|
#17 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 2,629
Thanked 273 Times in 90 Posts
Failed 62 Times in 32 Posts
|
I'm no computer expert, but the fact that you were able to screencapture the error makes me suspect it's a software issue. If your card was indeed dying, your screenshot would've looked fine.
| |
| | |
12-14-2009, 04:30 PM
|
#18 | | Banned By Establishment
Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: GB
Posts: 4,407
Thanked 472 Times in 49 Posts
Failed 103 Times in 23 Posts
|
try taking a can of compressed air to the video card, maybe a crap load of dust is causing that garbled image.
| |
| | |
12-14-2009, 04:39 PM
|
#19 | | Unofficial Tin Foil Hat Specialist.
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Vancouver
Posts: 8,150
Thanked 1,529 Times in 604 Posts
Failed 326 Times in 125 Posts
|
Did everything like you guys said. Got compressed air to clean it, changed thermal paste. Uninstalled and updated new drivers. Uninstalled and did a roll back driver to an older driver. Monitor was fine, cable was fine. Temperatures were fine. I came to the conclusion that the video card crapped out so I went and bought a new one. Good as new!. I even went as far as testing the voltages and checking each output port.
| |
| | |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 11:13 AM.
|
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today!
The banners on the left side and below do not show for registered users!
