This is a repost from GH. Seems that no one knows the solution there.
(btw, has that place gone downhill lately or what? I use to get an answer or at least a handful of responses there within a couple hours. Now I'm lucky if I get any help.)
Anyway
First off, here's my system running WinXP:
P4 1.6GHz
MSI 645 Ultra mobo
PC2700 256mb DDR
Radeon 8500 128mb
When playing games or even scrolling around in Windows, I notice these faint black spots/lines (the color faintly changes or flashes, not defined black lines necessarily) that appear. It's particularlly noticable in games I'm playing. I do not see the black lines in Windows unless I'm a) typing, or b) scrolling in windows explorer or some other program. Seems like I have to be doing some kind of activity in order for them to appear.
These black lines/spots are terribly annoying. I've changed video drivers a couple times and am currently running the 6094 beta (?) drivers without it helping anything.
The lines remind me of when I have my cellphone next to the monitor and I get a call. The cell phone interfers with the monitor and there's black lines and fading every where. The picture is just going crazy.
Anyone know the solution or have similar problems? I don't play many games, but it happens in all the ones I've tried.
Also, I had an AMD system (Athlon XP1700+, 512mb ram, Epox 8k7a, same video card) and never had any of these problems. The first time I switched over to the P4 system I noticed the problem. It never really bothered me until I started playing computer games again the other day.
THANK YOU for the help. This is really annoying when playing any games.
(btw, has that place gone downhill lately or what? I use to get an answer or at least a handful of responses there within a couple hours. Now I'm lucky if I get any help.)
Anyway
First off, here's my system running WinXP:
P4 1.6GHz
MSI 645 Ultra mobo
PC2700 256mb DDR
Radeon 8500 128mb
When playing games or even scrolling around in Windows, I notice these faint black spots/lines (the color faintly changes or flashes, not defined black lines necessarily) that appear. It's particularlly noticable in games I'm playing. I do not see the black lines in Windows unless I'm a) typing, or b) scrolling in windows explorer or some other program. Seems like I have to be doing some kind of activity in order for them to appear.
These black lines/spots are terribly annoying. I've changed video drivers a couple times and am currently running the 6094 beta (?) drivers without it helping anything.
The lines remind me of when I have my cellphone next to the monitor and I get a call. The cell phone interfers with the monitor and there's black lines and fading every where. The picture is just going crazy.
Anyone know the solution or have similar problems? I don't play many games, but it happens in all the ones I've tried.
Also, I had an AMD system (Athlon XP1700+, 512mb ram, Epox 8k7a, same video card) and never had any of these problems. The first time I switched over to the P4 system I noticed the problem. It never really bothered me until I started playing computer games again the other day.
THANK YOU for the help. This is really annoying when playing any games.
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