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packermatt7

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packermatt7

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July 26th, 2006 01:00

Help

Well, a Dell Tech guy came to my house and replaced my processor and 2 other parts I can't remember.  All was fine for a while, but then I decided to play Battlefield 2 (great computer game).
I played one game, and when I started my second one, the thing went nuts.  The image was terrible, with verticle bars of distorted pixels.  It does this now after just accessing the internet, or other programs.  It even sometimes does it when I'm just looking at the desktop.  If I tap the tower, the bars flicker, but stay on.  Could it be that the Tech guy messed something up?  What could be wrong?
  • 5150Guy

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    Posted July 26th, 2006 01:00

    GOOD WORK!! :smileyvery-happy:

     

    5150Guy

  • 5150Guy

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    Posted July 26th, 2006 01:00

    Hi,

    Is the video onboard (on the motherboard) in which case the connector is high and to the right on the back, or an add-on PCI Express card, in which case the connector is low and at the bottom of the back? Is the Monitor an LCD or CRT?

    5150Guy

     

  • packermatt7

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    Posted July 26th, 2006 01:00

    :smileytongue:I got it fixed, thanks anyway
  • ejn63

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    Posted July 26th, 2006 01:00

    Try reseating the video card.
  • packermatt7

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    Posted July 26th, 2006 13:00

    How do I reseat the video card?
  • packermatt7

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    Posted July 26th, 2006 13:00

    Well, the problem came back again... dangit!!
  • packermatt7

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    Posted July 26th, 2006 13:00

    My monitor is LCD, I don't know about the first question, I'll have to check
  • 5150Guy

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    Posted July 26th, 2006 22:00

    Hi again,

    In my second post I described how to tell if you have on motherboard board video, or an add-on card. Find that out first.

    We can go from there.

    5150Guy