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Discussion in 'Processors and Motherboards' started by bretty, Oct 21, 2002.

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  1. bretty Newcomer, in training

    This is the weirdest problem I have ever seen. I am fairly up to date with all the computer hardware, so I find it a bit strange I dont have a solution for this.

    Every know and then my screen goes black for about 2 seconds, then it will flick back on, and my mouse will be gone ( the cursor ) This will repeat untill I manually reboot. It just very quickly fades in and out. What makes it so hard to figure out is that it happens at complete random. No pattern. Sometimes it wont happen for days, othertimes it will happen when I just get into Windows

    I originally thought it was heat, although I am using the 'recomended thermal solution from INTEL' Then I thought it was a AGP power issue. So I put in my old Geforce3 It sill happened. I tried flooding the memory, and that made no difference.

    Any idea's?
    bretty, Oct 21, 2002
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  2. Vehementi TechSpot Paladin

    Be sure you have all the up to date drivers installed - DirectX, OpenGL, ATi, Hyundai, etc.

    Did you reformat and reinstall when you got the new system board, CPU and RAM? Latest BIOS flash?
    Vehementi, Oct 21, 2002
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  3. poertner_1274 secroF laicepS topShceT

    First things first.....
    How is someone going to know what your question is if it says beer in the topic? This is just dumb.

    Plese state your problem in a descriptive manner so others can easily help.

    As far as your problem goes, it sounds to me like your monitor might be faulty. I had a buddy who had this problem and all it was, was that his cable that connected to the video card was bad. This would expain how it happens with diff cards. A few wires got smashed down and caused them to short out. And it only happened every once in a while.

    My recommendation is to check the cable to make sure everything is fine, if it is then it is probably something else. My guess is still that it is a monitor problem

    But this doesn't explain the missing mouse part of it :confused: :confused:
    poertner_1274, Oct 22, 2002
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  4. Vehementi TechSpot Paladin

    Yeah I was gonna mention monitor problem too, but the missing mouse cursor is what irked me.

    How old is this monitor? Has it any physical damage to it? Have you had problems with it in the past? Is the cable in working condition? Have you tried it with a different computer?
    Objection your honor, badgering the witness!
    (I presume none of you are lawyers...)
    Vehementi, Oct 22, 2002
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  5. bretty Newcomer, in training

    Yeah the monitor issue is fine......its kinda new, and it doesnt explain why the entire system locks up.

    Thanks...about the reply post, I pressed the wrong button..Sorry lads
    bretty, Oct 22, 2002
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  6. Nodsu Newcomer, in training

    How about disabling hardware cursor and other video accelerations in XP? Does this happen while using some other full-screen apps, like 3D games?
    Nodsu, Oct 22, 2002
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  7. PanicX TechSpot Ambassador

    It might seem odd, but do you have a UPS or surge protector? You might be suffering from "dirty power", and if thats the case, then you need to get some sort of protection in place quickly as your system can and will suffer.
    PanicX, Oct 22, 2002
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  8. poertner_1274 secroF laicepS topShceT

    That might be a good point too Panic. Especially since she said the monitor is working properly. I still think it could be a monitor problem though. I'd suggest what Nodsu said about disabling the hardware acceleration, and post back.
    poertner_1274, Oct 22, 2002
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  9. RustyZip TechSpot Paladin

    You woose!

    Only j/k;)

    Never trust a bloke who doesn't drink beer !!!
    be warned, ive been there - and ive got stung....

    :( :D
    RustyZip, Oct 22, 2002
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  10. RustyZip TechSpot Paladin

    Tell me about it - so did i... after 4 years of being drunk 6 out of 7 nights of the week i got alcohol withdrawal when i stopped and was on Beta-Blockers for a year :dead: thought i was dying...
    I still like a drink now & again though...:p

    Anyway:
    I reckon its the computer - its gone wrong...

    Where's my beer???
    RustyZip, Oct 22, 2002
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  11. bretty Newcomer, in training

    Well it doesnt happen in games or other full screen apps.
    I have fixed that issue BTW.

    I couldnt have any nVidia drivers installed, I could navigate around windows ok with the native driver. That sucked though. Alright I have that prob fixed, I had to unistall the AGP bus. I rebooted and thats all good now.

    I think it may be heat now though. I can load games and play them for about 30 secs. Then I get artifacts, and it reboots. Would that be heat?
    bretty, Oct 24, 2002
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  12. bretty Newcomer, in training

    Im using my old Geforce 3 BTW, a mate of mine wanted to borrow the 9700PRO for a bit.

    And yes.....I do trust him.
    bretty, Oct 24, 2002
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  13. PanicX TechSpot Ambassador

    Those symptoms are almost always a heat related problem. If you're overclocking, tune it down a bit. Try running the PC without the cover on, clean out the dust, and see if you can put an extra fan or two in the case.
    PanicX, Oct 24, 2002
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  14. bretty Newcomer, in training

    Im not overclocking, and I have the case of, and I have my system fan blowing air onto the back of my GPU.

    I dont know what else I can do.
    bretty, Oct 24, 2002
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  15. PanicX TechSpot Ambassador

    Angle that fan at your GPU Heatsink. Whats your ambient room temp?
    Maybe you'll want to open a window. And don't forget to clean out that dust.
    PanicX, Oct 25, 2002
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  16. bretty Newcomer, in training

    I dont think it's heat anymore.

    Wouldnt it be heating up without the drivers installed too??
    bretty, Oct 25, 2002
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  17. Greeno Newcomer, in training

    Check for Virus's, I would :) .... you never know
    Greeno, Oct 31, 2002
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  18. Greeno Newcomer, in training

    ignore that ;D
    Greeno, Oct 31, 2002
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  19. Justin Newcomer, in training

    Heh... it's going to produce heat regardless.

    This sounds more like a driver compatiblity issue over heat to me, though. Do try that though. If that doesn't solve it, update both your video card drivers and/or see if there are any patches released for the game you play.
    Justin, Oct 31, 2002
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  20. bretty Newcomer, in training

    Well Its not a virus....I have formatted 4 times in the last 48 hours.

    I formatted and started again with XP, I formatted again and installed Windows 2000. I have just got back from another format installing XP again.

    Thanks.....Ill just have to wait for some newer drivers, and hope that fixes the issue
    bretty, Oct 31, 2002
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