Confusing around my computer screen...

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Pumpkinking

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Hi everyone. I don't know how to explain this really but I'll give it a go.

I have a Dell computer with a pretty big widescreen. ON the computer, there are 5 different "chanels" (D-SUB, DVI-D, S-Video, Composite, Component) that you can choose from. I have no idea what they do or what the difference is but as long as I've had this computer and this screen, the chanel have always been set on number three (3:S-Video). However, last night when I was surfing around, all of a sudden, the computer screen just turned black and nothing happened although I could still hear all the things that were happening on the screen (music, mouse clicks). A bit paniced, I started to press the buttons on the computer itself, trying to see what maybe happended. None of the chanels worked except number two (2:DVI-D) and everything was fine and I shut the computer down. However, when starting it today, whenever I do something "big" (like surfing or watching a video) the computer just freezes, everything time. Does these two things have something in common? Can ANYONE help me? :(

Sorry for the rant btw.
 
well first off you should be running d-sub to a monitor if possible, running s-video majorly degrades the quality of video since it's not HD. d-sub is the standard blue 15-pin cable that most crt's and some lcd monitors use, however DVI is even better because it's digital.

from what you described, it sounds like your video card could be crapping out. do you get any weird distortions in the video at all? i.e. when you start it up are there lines through the video or anything? also, what kind of specs does this computer have?
 
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