Coffe cup going across the screen, can't remove it, even after reformatting. HELP ME PLEASE!!!

[AC]

is it at all possible to have a BIOS virus?

a virus in the master boot that executes the virus on boot would make more sense, such as a drive overlay program

 

[Killbat]

Anything is possible... anything.
Seems like a really good idea to write a virus that installs some code in the BIOS, but that would be mighty tricky.

 

[Usul]

I might be wrong, but to have a virus writing his dirty code, you need to infect the mbr, and at the next restart do it and reset, while in dos mode.
Or maybe during shutdown.....

 

[Eltano1]

Guys i have the picture, now i need to know how to put here in the forum.

 

[AC]

they don't allow u to post pics here so u need to sign up for a free web site (like from anglefire or something) and post it there

then u need to post a link to your site

 

[JW310]

E-mail me the picture and I can put it on my webpage for you, and then you can link to it from there, no need to sign up for a free webhosting service.

JW

 

[anazoal]

^^bump^^

I've been following this and can't wait for the picture...

 

[Eltano1]

I have the picture and I emailed to 2 differents guys, so one of them is going to posted for me.

 

[JW310]

Just uploaded the picture.... it's available at http://home.adelphia.net/~n2oy/coffeecupscreen.jpg for those that want to see it.

JW

 

[Eltano1]

thanks alot JW, now will see what the guys thing about this.

 

[Mem]

Interesting,it looks almost like a coffee cup icon.

 

[Killbat]

I would bet anything on that being a monitor feature gone nuts. Hook up the monitor to another machine, d00d.

 

[jaywallen]

Yeah, I agree with Killbat. I've never seen a monitor that did this, though I've sure been around a long time. I was thinking of this as a larger image and more highly detailed, which is why I was considering it to be a result of external interference. But this doesn't look like a transmitted image. There's no (apparent) change in the desktop background color or anything.

Regards,
Jim

 

[Mem]

It`s got to be the monitor, anyone with on screen display if you put your mouse cursor on it it disappears so this is what he was describing.

 

[Usul]

Too bad to be an inerference, and way too god to be in the BIOS.
must be in the monitor, somewhere.

 

[Broadkipa]

This is the most interesting thread I have ever followed. Ive read every post. I haven't got a clue what could be going on here but I hope we get to the bottom of it.Someone out there must know what the hell is going on!

 

[TechieChick]

This is a monitor feature, in looking at the screen shot my guess would be the last button on the right (the unmarked one) should eliminate the scrolling coffee cup.

RE: BIOS viruses, most new systems come with write to rom disabled so even if a virus could sneak in there..well...it couldn't.

I'm new here, this is my first posting but gads, you people scare me. Aliens? Voodoo? Stop looking for the conspiracy theory and think simple.

K.I.S.S.
Rules to live by.

 

[LostBoy]

Here is a possible solution I found while doing a quick check on deja.

"By any chance is the monitor a Relisys? You may want to go to your on-screen menu on your monitor by pressing Menu on your monitor. Then press menu around 9 times until you get to an icon that looks like a wrench and a hammer. At the bottom of the menu you'll see a picture of a coffee cup. Next to it, you'll see a value other than 0. Press your down arrow button on your monitor five times (or until the coffee cup is highlighted). Now change the value from whatever it is now to zero. Press Menu one more time, then press any other button to exit.

The feature is called "Tea Time". I think it is just an indicator to take a break. It will scroll a coffee cup (or in this case, a tea cup) across your screen until it sits in the middle of your screen at the bottom. Then it will sit there for about five to ten seconds (a little graphic of steam will gradually disappear), then the graphic will scroll back the way it came from. Turning off the tea time feature gets rid of the graphics."

 

[Mem]

TechieChick, Welcome to Anandtech.

 

[Eltano1]

TechieChick, welcome aboard, and for LostBoy, I think that the monitor is a that brand name, if not I will look into that anyway, will go to my friend's house during the week, so I will keep you posted.

 

[macssuck]

thanks LostBoy always wanted to know what that dam tea time meant on the monitors at work(they are branded premio).

 

[DAM]

ohh come on guys, i want to see the picture too, i just got back to work (4 week vacation) so i had been out of this thread for a while, will someone PM a link to the pic or email it to me please?







dam(damuall@hotmail.com)

 

[jaywallen]

Hi, DAM!

JW310 posted this link: http://home.adelphia.net/~n2oy/coffeecupscreen.jpg on the previous page of the message thread.

 

[kranky]

LostBoy, I remember seeing that thread on deja also, but since the OP said it was an Optimus monitor (not a Relisys) I didn't mention it (I should have, in hindsight). I couldn't find anything about Optimus brand monitors with a web search.

But after seeing the picture, it really, really looks like something that comes from the monitor. I'm in agreement with the other posters that it's a monitor feature.

 

[DAM]

hmm, looks like some sort of java app, he he he well, thats kinda cool, thanks for the pic.






dam()