Weird problem

[Dommers]

Recently, whilst playing a game or doing something completely unrelated bright coloured dots started appearing on my screen. It was like a banding of purple and blue colours. Its usually a blue or purple colour. I felt the case and nothing was hot and there wasn't any weird smells. Anyone got any clues why this is happening cus its a pain in the arse.

 

[Clown]

See a doctor.

 

[Dommers]

lollys mega funny meightz

 

[PLightstar]

had the same problem awhile back, it may be the drivers of the Graphics card, or like mine it was dieing on me, and poof my Graphics card no longer worked.

 

[xane]

A similar thing happened to me back last year, the video card was on its way out, normally a power down solved the problem (even to standby) but the problem gradually got worse and worse and I had to send back the card.

 

[Dommers]

My pc is 5 years old but I bought a new card 2-3 years ago. Its a Radeon 9800 pro 128mb. Its never happened before but like you said xane when I power down it goes.

 

[Dommers]

Changing the resolution also made it go

 

[wyrd_fish]

if it's under warranty replace it

some companies can be propper wankers though, like cpucity atm with me and my 9600xt

 

[Dommers]

didnt get a warranty off it. bought it from soneone on ebay. but the banding just comes and goes

 

[inactionman]

Sounds like it's either faulty memory, or insufficient cooling on the graphics card to me. Check the temperature of the heatsink/if the fans running, using your finger, when it's been running for a while. If that's fine then you probably need to get a new card. If it's not, look at replacing the cooling on the card.

 

[xane]

My pc is 5 years old but I bought a new card 2-3 years ago. Its a Radeon 9800 pro 128mb. Its never happened before but like you said xane when I power down it goes.

Interesting, as mine was also a 9800 Pro 128MB. It took so long to test and replace it they had to give me an alternative, which was a problem as the card as AGP, I ended up with a GeForce 6600GT 256MB.

 

[Dommers]

I can't be bothered to replace the card as the pcs generally getting old and cant really do much anymore. I'll use it till the card goes then switch to my brothers 6 year old pc till I get a new one in the year dot.