Please HELP

jeckgo · 02-01-2006, 06:27 AM

I have a very strange small oval thing (filled with plain white backing and little gaps that you can see the desktop through) that will appear on the top left of my monitor (no longer than 1 inch wide and 1/2 inch virtical). It is really weird but it will rotate for a couple seconds then go away completly. This will happen every so often about 10 min or 15 min. I go to a tech school for networking and I was trying to explain this to some people at my school but they didn't know. I went home last night and took a screen shot "print screen" when it happened, but when I pasted the screenshot into paint the mark was not there??????? I have been told so many different things but the one that makes sense is a virus or bug in my video card. Any ideas or seggestions to get rid of this would be appriciated because my last backup was about 2 months ago.

potshot87 · 02-01-2006, 06:30 AM

Sounds to me like a problem with your monitor. Try hooking up a different monitor.

**The_Other_One** · 02-01-2006, 07:01 AM

Yeah, I think it might be your monitor as well. Try another one if possible...

Xycron · 02-01-2006, 07:42 AM

My guess would also be the moniter, and If its not the moniter the video card, but I would check the moniter first if you can. The reason I believe this is because it didn't caputre it in the screen shot, and that would be just everything that "should" be going to your moniter.

02-01-2006, 06:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
jeckgo banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 54	Please HELP I have a very strange small oval thing (filled with plain white backing and little gaps that you can see the desktop through) that will appear on the top left of my monitor (no longer than 1 inch wide and 1/2 inch virtical). It is really weird but it will rotate for a couple seconds then go away completly. This will happen every so often about 10 min or 15 min. I go to a tech school for networking and I was trying to explain this to some people at my school but they didn't know. I went home last night and took a screen shot "print screen" when it happened, but when I pasted the screenshot into paint the mark was not there??????? I have been told so many different things but the one that makes sense is a virus or bug in my video card. Any ideas or seggestions to get rid of this would be appriciated because my last backup was about 2 months ago.

02-01-2006, 07:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 24 Posts: 12,368	Yeah, I think it might be your monitor as well. Try another one if possible... __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

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02-01-2006, 06:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
potshot87 Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 31	Sounds to me like a problem with your monitor. Try hooking up a different monitor.

02-01-2006, 07:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
Xycron banned Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,099	My guess would also be the moniter, and If its not the moniter the video card, but I would check the moniter first if you can. The reason I believe this is because it didn't caputre it in the screen shot, and that would be just everything that "should" be going to your moniter.