Flickering Screen

BarkingPup · 07-22-2008, 04:53 AM

So I'm on the family computer (which is a really old Desktop. Um.. looks like an Acer - or at least, that's what the moniter says- and has a Nvidia Geforce 6150 video card. It also has (just in case it's relevant to the problem):

AMD athlon 64 processor 3200+
2.01 Ghz
448 mb RAM

So, the moniter is flickering in the weirdest way.... It looks like when T.V's get interference or VCR's don't work properly; it pulls the words sideways. The entire screen is being pulled sideways. It flickers up and down, even on the little black areas around the windows where the white of the window is pulled into the blackness. It looks all pixellated too.

The computer insists the video card is working properly so what's going on?

* I hope I explained it properly...

tknick90 · 07-22-2008, 04:55 AM

is the monitor old, it could be shot.

BarkingPup · 07-22-2008, 05:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tknick90

is the monitor old, it could be shot.

Well... I THINK it's about four years now. It's a reeeally old computer (I didn't know how much RAM it had before and now I'm laughing because it's sad). Would four years be old for a computer?

Custompcrepair · 07-22-2008, 07:53 AM

I would say the monitor is shot. If you have another monitor try it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BarkingPup

Well... I THINK it's about four years now. It's a reeeally old computer (I didn't know how much RAM it had before and now I'm laughing because it's sad). Would four years be old for a computer?

well I think it was the history channel (lol) and I can't remember if it was 2 or 4 years but I heard somewhere that a 2yr. old computer is equal to a 10yr old car cause technology changes so rapidly. so if I am correct and it's 2yrs then your computer is considered 20yrs old in car years which is a classic

BarkingPup · 07-22-2008, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Custompcrepair

well I think it was the history channel (lol) and I can't remember if it was 2 or 4 years but I heard somewhere that a 2yr. old computer is equal to a 10yr old car cause technology changes so rapidly. so if I am correct and it's 2yrs then your computer is considered 20yrs old in car years which is a classic

Too bad I can't get money for a classic monitor

We do have another monitor but it's freaking huge and would never fit on the desk. I think we might as well go buy a new one...

07-22-2008, 04:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
BarkingPup Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Canada Age: 19 Posts: 36	Flickering Screen So I'm on the family computer (which is a really old Desktop. Um.. looks like an Acer - or at least, that's what the moniter says- and has a Nvidia Geforce 6150 video card. It also has (just in case it's relevant to the problem): AMD athlon 64 processor 3200+ 2.01 Ghz 448 mb RAM So, the moniter is flickering in the weirdest way.... It looks like when T.V's get interference or VCR's don't work properly; it pulls the words sideways. The entire screen is being pulled sideways. It flickers up and down, even on the little black areas around the windows where the white of the window is pulled into the blackness. It looks all pixellated too. The computer insists the video card is working properly so what's going on? * I hope I explained it properly... __________________ Acer Aspire 5100 Windows Vista Home Premium AMD Turion 64x2 Mobile Technology TL-50 (1.6 GHz, 2 x 256KB L2 cache) 256MB ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 HyperMemory 160GB HDD 4GB DDR2 Aka WILBUR

07-22-2008, 04:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
tknick90 Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Connecticut, USA Age: 18 Posts: 1,585	is the monitor old, it could be shot. __________________ MOBO: ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 Kentsfield 2.66 GHz (@3.0 GHz) GFX CARD: ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX AMP! Edition RAM: CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDRII 800 MHz (@900 MHz) HDD: Western Digital 500GB, 7200 RPM PSU: OCZ StealthXStream 600w CASE: Antec 900

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