T_R_Oglodyte
TUG Lifetime Member
I'm pretty sure that my card is going bad, but before I immediately rush out to replace I thought I would pick some brains about other possibilities to consider.
Two times now, about one week apart, my display has suddenly gone wacko - just a jumble of colors - mostly blues, greens, blacks and white. Little to no flickering. It happens instantaneously - one moment I have display then a moment later it's gone.
I have two monitors connected - one HDMI and one DVI. Both monitors affected in the same way and at the same time, so I'm pretty sure we can rule out problems with the monitors.
Ultimately I do a hard shutdown, since I can't see anything to try to navigate to a normal shutdown. After I let the system sit shutdown for a few minutes, I can reboot and the normal display returns.
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As I said at the outset, this seems to me like a video card starting to bite the dust. But is there anything else I should be thinking of?
Two times now, about one week apart, my display has suddenly gone wacko - just a jumble of colors - mostly blues, greens, blacks and white. Little to no flickering. It happens instantaneously - one moment I have display then a moment later it's gone.
I have two monitors connected - one HDMI and one DVI. Both monitors affected in the same way and at the same time, so I'm pretty sure we can rule out problems with the monitors.
Ultimately I do a hard shutdown, since I can't see anything to try to navigate to a normal shutdown. After I let the system sit shutdown for a few minutes, I can reboot and the normal display returns.
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As I said at the outset, this seems to me like a video card starting to bite the dust. But is there anything else I should be thinking of?