IllegalPrime
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Hi everyone,
After leaving my pc on for an extended amount of time I notice my monitor flashing black. You can hear the monitor click, and then the image comes back a second later. These are some observations I made:
-When the flashing occurs, my cpu load shoots from idle to about 70-80%
-Activity seems to stop just before the flash, I know this because my cursor doesn’t highlight items just before the flash and the cursor becomes a little sluggish.
-When I quickly play though my songlist in winamp (repeatedly press next) this encourages flashing.
-The flashing is unpredictable I can have the machine run for a week fine then it happens all of a sudden. I reboot its still there. I reboot a little later an it’s gone...
-The temps inside my case are all normal and I don't believe anything is overheating.
-I also run ubuntu on the same machine and none of these problems are apparent.
-This started happening after I cleaned out my pc and upgraded the RAM with 512x2 of OCZ. I tried without and the flashing hasn't happened yet. Although, this rarely ever happens anyway. Is there a way of checking what’s causing the problem?
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cpu: 3.4 p4 prescott
mobo: Intel 915pbl
RAM: 256x2 OCZ DDRII(533mhz)
512x2 OCZ DDRII(533mhz)
hdd: WD 250gb SATA
Maxtor 40gb ATA
Video: ATI x700 PCI-e
Sound:Integrated into mobo
Case: Antec Sonata
PSW: 450W Antec
I switched my video card to the ATI 1900GT and the flashing no longers occurs.
After leaving my pc on for an extended amount of time I notice my monitor flashing black. You can hear the monitor click, and then the image comes back a second later. These are some observations I made:
-When the flashing occurs, my cpu load shoots from idle to about 70-80%
-Activity seems to stop just before the flash, I know this because my cursor doesn’t highlight items just before the flash and the cursor becomes a little sluggish.
-When I quickly play though my songlist in winamp (repeatedly press next) this encourages flashing.
-The flashing is unpredictable I can have the machine run for a week fine then it happens all of a sudden. I reboot its still there. I reboot a little later an it’s gone...
-The temps inside my case are all normal and I don't believe anything is overheating.
-I also run ubuntu on the same machine and none of these problems are apparent.
-This started happening after I cleaned out my pc and upgraded the RAM with 512x2 of OCZ. I tried without and the flashing hasn't happened yet. Although, this rarely ever happens anyway. Is there a way of checking what’s causing the problem?
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cpu: 3.4 p4 prescott
mobo: Intel 915pbl
RAM: 256x2 OCZ DDRII(533mhz)
512x2 OCZ DDRII(533mhz)
hdd: WD 250gb SATA
Maxtor 40gb ATA
Video: ATI x700 PCI-e
Sound:Integrated into mobo
Case: Antec Sonata
PSW: 450W Antec
I switched my video card to the ATI 1900GT and the flashing no longers occurs.
