[dba-Tech] PC problem

Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com
Mon Mar 19 16:30:17 CDT 2007


Quad core!

GK

On 3/19/07, Jon Tydda <jon at tydda.plus.com> wrote:
> 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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