H'okay, so,
I have this computer. Intel D865PERL with a 2.4 ghz chipset, 450w PSU, the usual drives and not much else. Save for my ATI X700 AGP video card.
This card is replacing an ATI AIW 9700 Pro that was mysteriously fried, I came to find out later that it was not receiving sufficient voltage. I upgraded to the aforementioned 450w PSU and bought an Radeon X700 AGP, which lasted for about 1 year. I have just replaced it with an ATI Radeon x1600 Pro AGP.
Here's my problem:
About a month ago, with almost no relevant activity to my PC, I began noticing that my monitor was displaying post screens, desktop images, pictures in general, video and 3D games with an odd blue-ish artifact that acts like a shadow. That is to say, where there should be black shadows in photos or games, they are navy blue instead. It behaves almost exactly like a simple color swap, but the monitor is perfectly capable of displaying black, all text and web pages remain unaffected. If I turn the brightness up on my monitor, the blue fades to black much as if I had turned the brightness DOWN instead.
Shortly after this began, my X700 failed completely, and I was forced to purchase a new card. The new card, an X1600, is having the exact same symptoms. I've tested it with a new Monster DVI cable and I know it's definately not the cable. It may be the monitor, but it's a three year old Samsung 191t+ 19 inch LCD, and I'm not interested in hauling that (very expensive) monster anywhere if I don't have to. I'm going to test the monitor against the onboard VGA and X1600 VGA tonight. The AGP slot responds to all tests and settings normally, so I have a hard time believing that it's the board. I would be willing to believe that the monitor is somehow shorting out my video cards, but having already spent some $200 I would like to be very sure that I've exausted all my options before I send the monitor out for service. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Things I have tried:
I have disabled onboard USB and VGA, I have pulled every hardware device and reinstalled to check for memory conflicts, I've tested the monitor against a new DVI cable, and tried multiple fresh installs, right down to registry edits to clean every last bit of software. I'm going to test it on another board and monitor at my parents house sometime in the next week.
has anyone encountered this before?
I have this computer. Intel D865PERL with a 2.4 ghz chipset, 450w PSU, the usual drives and not much else. Save for my ATI X700 AGP video card.
This card is replacing an ATI AIW 9700 Pro that was mysteriously fried, I came to find out later that it was not receiving sufficient voltage. I upgraded to the aforementioned 450w PSU and bought an Radeon X700 AGP, which lasted for about 1 year. I have just replaced it with an ATI Radeon x1600 Pro AGP.
Here's my problem:
About a month ago, with almost no relevant activity to my PC, I began noticing that my monitor was displaying post screens, desktop images, pictures in general, video and 3D games with an odd blue-ish artifact that acts like a shadow. That is to say, where there should be black shadows in photos or games, they are navy blue instead. It behaves almost exactly like a simple color swap, but the monitor is perfectly capable of displaying black, all text and web pages remain unaffected. If I turn the brightness up on my monitor, the blue fades to black much as if I had turned the brightness DOWN instead.
Shortly after this began, my X700 failed completely, and I was forced to purchase a new card. The new card, an X1600, is having the exact same symptoms. I've tested it with a new Monster DVI cable and I know it's definately not the cable. It may be the monitor, but it's a three year old Samsung 191t+ 19 inch LCD, and I'm not interested in hauling that (very expensive) monster anywhere if I don't have to. I'm going to test the monitor against the onboard VGA and X1600 VGA tonight. The AGP slot responds to all tests and settings normally, so I have a hard time believing that it's the board. I would be willing to believe that the monitor is somehow shorting out my video cards, but having already spent some $200 I would like to be very sure that I've exausted all my options before I send the monitor out for service. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Things I have tried:
I have disabled onboard USB and VGA, I have pulled every hardware device and reinstalled to check for memory conflicts, I've tested the monitor against a new DVI cable, and tried multiple fresh installs, right down to registry edits to clean every last bit of software. I'm going to test it on another board and monitor at my parents house sometime in the next week.
has anyone encountered this before?