monitor or video

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monitor or video

Postby hitznrunz » Mon Nov 29, 2004 3:52 pm

monitor or video..I put in an older video card geforce 2 mx 400 64mb...but monitor has been "jittery" in the bottom left hand corner with the previous video card..so im not sure..im gonna reslot the vc in a minute here

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Postby K3y » Mon Nov 29, 2004 3:57 pm

refresh rate?

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Postby shockwave203 » Mon Nov 29, 2004 3:59 pm

if it was jittery with both cards it's most likely the monitor.

but before you go off buying a new CRT or LCD, reposition the monitor on your desk. if it's on the left side, put it on the right side.

that may sound odd, but a few weeks ago I switched around my desk and my monitor's display in the lower right corner started to flicker. It wasn't near anything electrical, so I asked some questions and it turns out that the fluorescent lights in my room affected the monitor with some type of field.

weird stuff, but reposition your monitor and see if the jittery image was caused by interferance.

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Postby Chacal » Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:14 pm

Reminds me of a secretary who had my technician puzzled for days because, while she complained of a jittery monitor, he could not reproduce the problem. Turned out he always tested it after hours, when she was gone and her fan was turned off.
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Postby LordShard » Mon Nov 29, 2004 5:27 pm

Originally posted by shockwave203
if it was jittery with both cards it's most likely the monitor.

but before you go off buying a new CRT or LCD, reposition the monitor on your desk. if it's on the left side, put it on the right side.

that may sound odd, but a few weeks ago I switched around my desk and my monitor's display in the lower right corner started to flicker. It wasn't near anything electrical, so I asked some questions and it turns out that the fluorescent lights in my room affected the monitor with some type of field.

weird stuff, but reposition your monitor and see if the jittery image was caused by interferance.
Flourescent lights buzz on and off really fast. People like me who are sensative to it can tell easily when a flourescent light is going bad.

Your electric grid, Elecrtomagnetic field, and a whole host of other things can make it flicker.

hitznrunz

Postby hitznrunz » Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:06 pm

well unfortunately, it doesnt even boot into windows now....it starts to load it......a ton of artifacts now....then it just losses video..tried it out on another monitor...and did the same thing....I dont have another video card to try out to make sure its not the agp slot....god i hope thats not it.....so im gonna get a new video card and go from there...any suggestions???

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Postby LordShard » Tue Nov 30, 2004 3:40 pm

Originally posted by hitznrunz
well unfortunately, it doesnt even boot into windows now....it starts to load it......a ton of artifacts now....then it just losses video..tried it out on another monitor...and did the same thing....I dont have another video card to try out to make sure its not the agp slot....god i hope thats not it.....so im gonna get a new video card and go from there...any suggestions???
If you don't have an extra working everything to test it, do like I did when my old proc burned out.


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Postby deathBOB » Tue Nov 30, 2004 7:41 pm

unless its not under warranty!!! Monitors are pretty cheap now, you can get a good 19 inch crt for 250 bucks... even cheaper refurbed!
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