[dba-Tech] PC problem

Jon Tydda jon at tydda.plus.com
Mon Mar 19 16:24:35 CDT 2007


No, I don't want a new motherboard, cos that'll mean a new processor and new
memory! :-(


Jon 

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
Sent: 19 March 2007 21:19
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] PC problem

Bummer. Time to Upgrade then ;-)

Just hope it's not the slot itself ;-)

GK

On 3/19/07, Jon Tydda <jon at tydda.plus.com> wrote:
> That's the thing... I've got plenty of AGP cards, but this is the only 
> PCI-E system in the house... Got none at work that I can "borrow" 
> either :-(
>
> No, not exactly how I'd pictured it :-)
>
>
> Jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
> Sent: 19 March 2007 21:05
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] PC problem
>
> Yank one out of a different system, you do have a couple other systems
> laying about don't you?   ;-)   Just the way you wanted to spend your
> time off work I bet too.
>
> GK
>
> On 3/19/07, Jon Tydda <jon at tydda.plus.com> wrote:
> > It's a dual head card, nVidia GeForce 6800 GT, running a Dell 19" 
> > TFT and a WesEri 19" TFT (no, I never heard of them either, but they 
> > were
> cheap!).
> > I've checked both connectors, and both DVI-to-Analogue adaptors. 
> > Guess the only thing left is to reseat the card, or find another one.
> >
> > Thanks Gary :-)
> >
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary 
> > Kjos
> > Sent: 19 March 2007 18:53
> > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] PC problem
> >
> > Got the monitor connection cable screwed in tight?  Maybe unplug it 
> > and reseat it to make sure the connection is good and solid. I 
> > always screw them in but I know a lot of people don't. Might also be 
> > worth pulling the video card and reseating it. Maybe pushing the 
> > chips in on the card itself. I'm thinking it's the cable 
> > though.....do both monitors hook into the same video connection with 
> > a splitter? or is one on VGA and another on DVI? Or seperate video 
> > cards?  If they are the same connection than it must be the cable. 
> > If seperate then the video card itself may be fried. Do you have a 
> > different video card you
> could swap in temporarlily?
> >
> > Good luck
> >
> > GK
> >
> > On 3/19/07, Jon Tydda <jon at tydda.plus.com> wrote:
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > I've got a "slight" problem with my PC... yesterday, I was playing 
> > > Company of Heroes, and just as I was about to storm the German 
> > > headquarters, my screen turned several shades of pink, with yellow 
> > > lines radiating out from my mouse cursor... this carried of for 
> > > around 30 seconds, before the PC restarted itself.
> > >
> > > When it restarted, it had lots of green wavy lines on the screen 
> > > (both of them), around half an inch long, in sets of four, one 
> > > pair slightly offset above and to the right of the other. Since 
> > > then, I have downloaded new drivers for the graphics card, run 5 
> > > anti-spyware programs, 3 anti-virus programs, Trojan Hunter, run 
> > > disk clean, defrag, even done a chkdsk from the Windows CD. After 
> > > none of those
> > worked, I did a repair install of windows.
> > > That's not worked either, and I've spent the rest of the afternoon 
> > > putting all the windows updates back onto the PC.
> > >
> > > I've even tried using the older drivers that I had installed 
> > > before downloading the new ones.
> > >
> > > One thing it is doing now that it wasn't before, every time I try 
> > > and resize an internet explorer window, or even close it, is to 
> > > blue screen and tell me that there is a problem with nv4_disp.dll, 
> > > so I googled it, and downloaded a replacement one from a 
> > > trustworthy looking website (www.dll-guide.com), but it's made no
difference.
> > >
> > > I think I know the answer to this, but I'm hoping to try and get 
> > > away with not having to buy any new hardware... does anyone have 
> > > any
> ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > > Jon
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