Jon Tydda
jon at tydda.plus.com
Fri Mar 23 06:11:43 CDT 2007
I'm almost totally convinced it's the motherboard now, as I can't see one of my hard drives, and the soundcard doesn't work, so I've bought a new one, and I'm going to be able to keep my cpu and ram, which is nice. I've also got a cheap PCI-E gfx card too, just to be on the safe side. The annoying thing is that when I bought my PC, I paid around $400 for the gfx card, a GeForce 4 6800GT, and I just paid $100 for a 7600 with a gpu that's nearly twice as fast. Upgrading sucks :-) Thanks for everyone's suggestions. 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 21:30 To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] PC problem 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Gary Kjos > > > garykjos at gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > -- > > > This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and > > > more available at http://www.plus.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > -- > > Gary Kjos > > garykjos at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > -- > > This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and more > > available at http://www.plus.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > Gary Kjos > garykjos at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and more > available at http://www.plus.net > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- This email has been verified as Virus free Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net