Guest dan Posted January 7, 2008 Posted January 7, 2008 I'm getting dark streaks across my monitor; eg: A column of script or icons on left side of mon. will form shadowy lines in a row across the mon. How can I tell if it's the mon. or the vid. card ? I'm using win98se, updated and NVIDIA Ge Force 256 AGR + Any kind of test to determine which is at fault ?
Guest philo Posted January 7, 2008 Posted January 7, 2008 Re: Monitor or vid. card ? "dan" <nospam@nsm.com> wrote in message news:O0qbpXXUIHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > I'm getting dark streaks across my monitor; eg: A column of script or > icons > on left > side of mon. will form shadowy lines in a row across the mon. > > How can I tell if it's the mon. or the vid. card ? > I'm using win98se, updated and NVIDIA Ge Force 256 AGR + > > Any kind of test to determine which is at fault ? > > The only way to know for sure is to try a different monitor or try that monitor on another machine... but you may want to boot to safe mode...where the video card will be run at low resolution... and check.... if the image is still streaked, the problem is probably in the monitor
Guest budgie Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 Re: Monitor or vid. card ? On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:40:50 -0500, "dan" <nospam@nsm.com> wrote: >I'm getting dark streaks across my monitor; eg: A column of script or icons >on left >side of mon. will form shadowy lines in a row across the mon. > >How can I tell if it's the mon. or the vid. card ? >I'm using win98se, updated and NVIDIA Ge Force 256 AGR + > >Any kind of test to determine which is at fault ? As philo suggested, swapping is the most definitive test. Also don't overlook the video cable.
Guest Haggis Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 Re: Monitor or vid. card ? "budgie" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:99g5o3hql2l8huvm3jhtvrcv8qm3p70bhe@4ax.com... > On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 16:40:50 -0500, "dan" <nospam@nsm.com> wrote: > >>I'm getting dark streaks across my monitor; eg: A column of script or >>icons >>on left >>side of mon. will form shadowy lines in a row across the mon. >> >>How can I tell if it's the mon. or the vid. card ? >>I'm using win98se, updated and NVIDIA Ge Force 256 AGR + >> >>Any kind of test to determine which is at fault ? > > As philo suggested, swapping is the most definitive test. Also don't > overlook > the video cable. power down ..pull the power cord. pull and reseat your vid card ...remove and reconnect (2-3 times) your vid cable. if this does not work....give the cable to the monitor a little wiggle while its on. no change? suspect vid card memory ... :>
Guest dan Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 Re: Monitor or vid. card ? TY for the suggestions. Will try and respond with results in a few. Bless this thread, lol..... "dan" <nospam@nsm.com> wrote in message news:O0qbpXXUIHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > I'm getting dark streaks across my monitor; eg: A column of script or icons > on left > side of mon. will form shadowy lines in a row across the mon. > > How can I tell if it's the mon. or the vid. card ? > I'm using win98se, updated and NVIDIA Ge Force 256 AGR + > > Any kind of test to determine which is at fault ? > >
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