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Help with possible vid card problem please?

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KRoscoeB

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Specs:XP2200, MSI KT4AV-L MB, 256mb 3200 Corsair memory, SB Live! Value sound, 350watt ps, ATI 9000 Radeon 64mb. I have a "shaking" screen that began to occur today. The only way to make it stop is to set refresh rate to 60hz. I had been running 1024x768x85hz with no probs for both desktop and gaming(RainbowSix) apps.Shaking exist regardless of resolution change unless refreshis set down to 60 hz. I swapped my monitor(Viewsonic P95f) out with another monitor on a Compaq PC, a fairly old pc, I was able to run my monitor @800x600x85hz with no probs. The compaq monitor exhibited the same "shakiness" when hooked to the XP2200 pc.
Can I assume this is a video card problem? The card is 10 months old, is this as simple as getting the card swapped out for a new one, or is there likely another cause for the screen probs? Thanks in advance for the advice!!
 
Same here 🙁 esp. with the 60 Hz change which only shakes at the border edges of the screen for the most part. I contacted the monitor manufacturer the other day and they said to RMA it. I haven't done so simply because I still need to use the PC.

Although your situation may be different. I would try to find out by disconnecting the monitor from the PC and see if the screen still shakes(unless the screen turns into a complete blank).
 
I would think if the monitor wasmy problem,I would see the sameproblem when I hooked it to my other/older pc....and I don't. Turning the refresh down to 60hz makes my screen solid as a rock...unfortunately, 60hz is a little rough on the eyes 🙂 ! Thanks, and good look on gettin your prob resolved!
 
Try this: physically move your monitor out into the center of the room... set it on a chair or table there, and see if the image stops shaking. I ran across this at work, and it turned out to be electrical "shimmy" coming from a nearby wall that happened to contain a bunch of electrical wiring.
 
Electrical \ Magnetic interference might be the problem. Think I'll try relocating the monitor too.
 
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