Very odd......

Psychoe · 02-01-2005, 08:50 PM

I have a fairly new samsung 710n 17" monitor. There has been a couple of times when I load a game - Enter the matrix and the MOH Pacific assault demo - that the picture goes all screwy. It looks like a black line shaped like lightening flashing up and down the screen (sometimes doesn't move - just in 1 spot). I have tried using ctrl-print screen to take a picture of it to show you, but the black lines don't appear in the picture. I still see them if I load these 2 games. I have only noticed it in these 2 games.

I have an amd athlon xp 2100+ and an msi fx5700le 256mb vid card.

Any ideas?

EDIT: I have dx 9.0c and the moSt up-to-date drivers.

EDIT: I played around with startup and it seemed to be something running in the background. I have no clue what the things in startup are, so if anyone has advise, plz let me know.

Yeti · 02-01-2005, 10:45 PM

Have you tried changing the refresh rate? Also how old is the video card and is the fan still working? I had a card once that the fan went out and the display got a little screwed up - kind of a line cutting the display in half.

PC Technology INC. · 02-01-2005, 10:56 PM

Put it to 75-120HZ

By the way, how do capture a screenshot of your computer?

ke_742 · 02-01-2005, 11:36 PM

Hit the print screen button note it copys a image go to ms paint and paste it there

**Cromewell** · 02-02-2005, 12:08 AM

sounds like an out of range signal, are you running the games at high resolution?

**Praetor** · 02-02-2005, 12:27 AM

Quote:

I have tried using ctrl-print screen to take a picture of it to show you

Thats cuz the printscreen takes a shot directly from the framebuffer which is clean

Sounds like, as Cromewell said, ur running out of spec for your monitor. What resolution are you playing at?

02-01-2005, 08:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
Psychoe New Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Canada (GTA) Age: 31 Posts: 20	Very odd...... I have a fairly new samsung 710n 17" monitor. There has been a couple of times when I load a game - Enter the matrix and the MOH Pacific assault demo - that the picture goes all screwy. It looks like a black line shaped like lightening flashing up and down the screen (sometimes doesn't move - just in 1 spot). I have tried using ctrl-print screen to take a picture of it to show you, but the black lines don't appear in the picture. I still see them if I load these 2 games. I have only noticed it in these 2 games. I have an amd athlon xp 2100+ and an msi fx5700le 256mb vid card. Any ideas? EDIT: I have dx 9.0c and the moSt up-to-date drivers. EDIT: I played around with startup and it seemed to be something running in the background. I have no clue what the things in startup are, so if anyone has advise, plz let me know. Last edited by Psychoe; 02-01-2005 at 10:15 PM.

02-02-2005, 12:08 AM	#5 (permalink)
Cromewell Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 10,364	sounds like an out of range signal, are you running the games at high resolution? __________________ You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in ruttin' command here. www.userfriendly.org

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02-01-2005, 10:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
Yeti VIP Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,319	Have you tried changing the refresh rate? Also how old is the video card and is the fan still working? I had a card once that the fan went out and the display got a little screwed up - kind of a line cutting the display in half.

02-01-2005, 10:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
PC Technology INC. banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Montreal, Quebec Age: 19 Posts: 281	Put it to 75-120HZ By the way, how do capture a screenshot of your computer?

02-01-2005, 11:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
ke_742 banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 172	Hit the print screen button note it copys a image go to ms paint and paste it there