Dots all over!

AbraAbra Would you kindly Join Date: 2003-08-17 Member: 19870Members
edited May 2007 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">It's getting worse!</div>So, lately I have been getting some wierd graphical artifacts all over the screen. They change position and are not like static spots on the monitor. What is going on?
Sometimes they are even on the boot up image. (right when I start the computer, it says the name of the fabricator of the motherboard or sumthn')
Hope nothing fried.
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    weird. I'm not a techie, but the first thing I would do is wiggle my wires, like the one that connects the monitor to the vid card. also, maybe degauss the monitor?
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  • ComproxComprox *chortle* Canada Join Date: 2002-01-23 Member: 7Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    I'm going to guess it's your video card. If you can capture it on a screenshot, it's not your monitor. Try, in any order:

    - updating your video drivers
    - hooking up another monitor and see if it does it
    - make sure the PC is getting enough airflow (ie: a fan isn't dead inside), could be an overheating issue
    - check all cable connections, like mentioned already
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  • FaskaliaFaskalia Wechsellichtzeichenanlage Join Date: 2004-09-12 Member: 31651Members, Constellation
    edited May 2007
    Wait, is that a screen cap?

    If it is a screenshot it has nothing do do with your monitor.

    So it comes down to graphic card and/or drivers.

    Edit: arg, since when can Comrpox post that quickly?
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    I would like to point this out:

    It isn't your moniter.

    If they show up in screen caps, then it is the videocard in some way shape or form. Btw, I only see blue with like 3 green dots, no red ones... but what ever...

    Have you tried running off of onboard video?

    and I tihnk comprox might have a good idea with checkign Heat.....

    for a quick test try moving the box away from everytihng else, cleanign it out, and possibly even pullign the dies and placing a box fan directly at it.....

    Or just download some good heat testing programs <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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  • AbraAbra Would you kindly Join Date: 2003-08-17 Member: 19870Members
    edited May 2007
    Updated:
    I have tried updating my drivers, to newest. I have a nvidia 7900 GT from club 3d. Worked perfectly, till this started happening.

    I have tried a couple of things, and I have opened the cabinet to get some airflow, I even have a fan blowing on it.

    - I might have clocked it a bit, but nothing much. The card is able to clock much higher/faster, and 'is underclocked now.

    - I have a 400 watt psu, should be enough for my comp to smoothly right.

    When scrolling down the forums I notice that the pixels "dublicate" downwards, creating spread rows of dots.

    All I can think of right now...

    Dudes I realize it's not my monitor. Thanks though.

    Heat could be the issue, since it only really started this summer? Hmm.
    Iam not ruling it to be the cause, but might be.

    Without extra office fan. Window open: Idle: 53 degrees C.
    With extra office fan (10 min). Window open: Idle: 49 - 50 degrees C.
    Might be the issue.

    Iam using nvidias tool to check the heat, but I have no idea what program I should use to log it, so that I can run some tests ingame and such.
    Might be me, but amount of pixels seem to reduce when 3-4 degrees drop.
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  • AbraAbra Would you kindly Join Date: 2003-08-17 Member: 19870Members
    edited May 2007
    <!--coloro:#CC0000--><span style="color:#CC0000"><!--/coloro-->Update:<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--> Temperature lowered to 46 C after I placed the cabinet fan a slot lower, and cleaned some dust out of the Graphic cards own fan.
    fewer dots.
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  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    I was the one who suggested it might be your monitor, but in my defense, I said that before you included the screen cap <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    Sounds like you got some buggy hardware or you've started burning it out.
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  • RetalesRetales Panigg cultist Join Date: 2003-08-07 Member: 19180Members
    I used to get white and red dots in graphic-intensive games... with my OLD video card. Some time later it broke. I assume it was because of overheating
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  • AbraAbra Would you kindly Join Date: 2003-08-17 Member: 19870Members
    I don't know what happend, they are all gone...!?
    Might have been the cleaning of the card or something.
    thanks for convincing me,.
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  • SpaceJesusSpaceJesus Join Date: 2004-07-02 Member: 29683Banned
    Overheating is the most likely cause as long as you've checked cabling etc.
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