Monitor problems

[applesauce]

ive had this monitor for almost a year (last x-mas) and just recently im getting a lot of pink and blue pixels on it, they go away when i switch screens or minimize or drag something over them (IM window, start menu) but then they come back. any idea what this might be and how i can fix it? i have a SCEPTRE LCD monitor.

 

[Daveskater]

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With regards to your problem, my dad's laptop is having a similar problem to this Try installing the latest drivers for your graphics card and then see how it is.

 

[applesauce]

new findings!

well i updated graphics cars, and found out that the problem will only occur on the main screen (im running 2 monitors) so now the light blue and redish pink splotches are on my old dell monitor. the funny thing about them is that thye are almost in a checker board pattern. im guessing that when i switch my monitors around so that the left one (LCD) is the primary monitor that the problem will follow along.

 

[applesauce]

nothing????

 

[Daveskater]

please don't get impatient after 5 and a half hours, our members are all over the world and can't post when they're asleep

by "i updated graphics cars" do you mean you updated the graphics drivers?

 

[GameJunkie72792]

are all you connections tight?

 

[applesauce]

yeah...i updated the drivers from the Nvidia web site. I have a gforce 7600. and the problem is getting worse and worse. Im starting to wonder if i have a virus. Do you know if there are any good 'free' scanners/softwear available. Im going to run adaware a few time to see what happens. ill post a picture for you, any idea where the 'prt scr' files go to? like i stated before, the problem seems to go where my 'primary monitor goes.

thanks for all your help!

 

[Daveskater]

malware is very unlikely to cause a problem like this but you can try the Trend Micro Homecall online scan if you want, it's pretty good and free

print screen copies a picture of your current screen to the clipboard, you will need to open up a picture editing program, paste the image and then save the file. you can use MS Paint for this or any other program such as photoshop etc

 

[applesauce]

here is a screen cap of my monitors note the red splotches all over the left side and none on the right. any ideas?

 

[Daveskater]

it looks as though these are artifacts being produced by your gpu (graphics processing unit - the actual geforce 7600 chip) and it may be doing this because of permanent damage to your graphics card

first thing to try, though, is this: download ATITool and turn the sliders down a small amount to "underclock" your gpu. if it still happens then it looks like you'll need to replace your graphics card

 

[applesauce]

ok ill try that, just wondering why it would happen on one monitor and not the other if its a bum card

thanks again for the help!

Edit:
I used the 'scan for artifacts' option and it hasn't come up with any errors thus far.

 

[Daveskater]

yah it is a bit weird that it only affects one screen but it's all i can really think of right now

if underclocking doesn't help then try another card if you have a spare or can borrow one for a couple of minutes