Bad Video Card?

[Archman]

Hi people.

Here is a rather vague question regarding a video card inside a machine (desktop). The monitor has been tested on another machine, and works fine.

The system boots up and has a weird band across the screen, so I am thinking the video card is kaputsky... would that sound about right?

Cheers

 

[montag451]

try the vga in another machine
or it just might need to update chipset or vga drivers, especially if you have recently installed an SP

 

[Archman]

no, a green band appears with any monitor hooked up to this video card... this has been going on for a long time... regardless of software

 

[montag451]

does it also happen if the vga is in another machine?
If yes, then it is card.
If not, then we can talk it through

 

[Archman]

I shall test that out, and get back to you when I get a chance to open it up.

thanks

 

[Archman]

Yeppers, it was the video card that was bad.

Solution was a new video card, and bingo no more striations