Monitor or Card?

Barewolf · 31-12-2005, 18:41

Just recently ive noticed some serious errors, my graphics card and monitor are approximately 3 1/2 years old.

My Graphics Card is NVidea FX5200 and my Monitor is an LG Flatron 915FT.

Now I know theres a problem as yesterday my screen froze up, all i could see is lots of green dots and in the background i could just make out my webpage, but i couldnt move the mouse cursor. after that the system just shutdown and the monitor was clicking on and off quickly as though i was pressing the power button on and off. To stop this i powered down the PC with the power switch at the back incase it damaged my monitor.

Today i installed my new Graphics card drivers as i noticed COD2 was a bit jerky. after about 3 hours on the PC surfing the net and chatting my system locked up, the display looked ok but things were out of sync and i couldnt move the mouse pointer.

I posted a few posts over past 2 weeks and wondering if they are all related, or could this be the monitor or graphics failing on me, or worse could my processor be failing?

nffc · 31-12-2005, 18:47

More likely to be the gfx card than the tft - if you have another pc you could try the monitor on that to be sure. If anything though, it's likely to be a software / driver issue more than a hardware problem, could do with updating the chipset drivers or trying a vanilla install of XP to be certain- of course, if you get the same thing after reinstalling then get a new card. But- if you change card, and it's not a fault with the card, you'll get the same issues.

HTH

31-12-2005, 18:47

run tests m8 first of all check your temperatures.Then run memtest from the boot cd you can get here http://www.memtest86.com/ .Run tests from boot up.If this passes try running prime 95 http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm this will test your cpu.If pc passes thiese tests post back.

bonzoe · 31-12-2005, 19:07

sounds like a temperature problem, check your fans (cpu, graphics card, psu & case as appropriate)

patrickp · 31-12-2005, 20:13

Agreed. Sounds like time for a little dust busting - but observe static precautions...

31-12-2005, 20:23

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Originally Posted by patrickp

Agreed. Sounds like time for a little dust busting - but observe static precautions...

absolutely - a 'vacuum cleaner' nozzle can be a significant source of a potential static charge - and where there is a charge, there may be a discharge, or so they say

- so don't vacuum pc's - blow the dust away

v0id · 02-01-2006, 20:25

CoD 2 with a FX5200??? :?

Barewolf · 02-01-2006, 22:49

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Originally Posted by v0id

CoD 2 with a FX5200??? :?

Works but its not the best card to run it on, i have an X700 Radion but cant fit that till i get my new PSU