Blinking screen.

#1 chason

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Posted 17 August 2002 - 10:16 AM

Hi there,
My computer is going nuts i think...
My screen is "blinking" green/yellow. For a few days now my background is blinking from normaly white into green/yellow. Sometimes it is very often.
What will i do about it....????
Yours....Sonja

#2 RandyC

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Posted 17 August 2002 - 03:19 PM

Check to see if you monitor cable is put in firmly on both ends.

#3 CrazyKillerMan

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Posted 17 August 2002 - 06:12 PM

Can you try a different monitor? Or a different video card.

The data being sent to the monitor could be bad it the cable is bad or teh video card is bad. Try re-installing drivers for that.

My suspision is that its the monitor itself. May be a good time to haul the computer over to a friends house and check it with their monitor (a tower is infinitly easier to move than a monitor).

#4 chason

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Posted 23 August 2002 - 03:54 PM

Quote:

Check to see if you monitor cable is put in firmly on both ends.

I don't think it would help....but it does help...
Thanks for the tip....

#5 RandyC

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Posted 23 August 2002 - 04:30 PM

Good to be of service. I made the tip because the exact thing used to happen on a PC I had in the early 90s and also sometimes with the two 7 year old iiyama beasts that I have running at the moment.