video problems/lock up

SyusukeSyusuke
edited November 2004 in Hardware
a few days ago i was running my computer perfectly fine.. after a few days i started noticing these lines (short horizontal lines ..multi colored-ish).. soon the problem grew worse and my whole desktop would be filled with these lines and i wouldn't be able to access any part of my computer. now today, i booted up my pc like normal and right when it hits the "welcome" screen in windows xp, the lines show up again and my computer sort of locks up, except that you can move the mouse a bit with major lag as it moves. i tried reformatting and the problem came again right when i installed my video drivers (i installed nvidia drivers for my geforce4 ti4200 and ATI RAGE 128 PRO, both had the same result) so now my computer can't get past the welcome screen and i can't use it at all except for safe mode. ahh i'm confused since the computer has been running fine for 2 months but it suddenly dies on me.. anyone have suggestions to fix this problem? thanks

Comments

  • PirateNinjaPirateNinja Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    whats the system specs? are you using an ati card or an nvidia card? i couldnt tell.

    luckily from what you have said it doesnt sound like hardware failure, just a very strange software issue. Just let us know what version of windows you have, what types of video cards, and what driver versions you use. That should make for a start.
  • SyusukeSyusuke
    edited November 2004
    yes it's an nvidia card "pny geforce 4 ti4200 and i'm running on windows xp and the newest nvidia driver (v61.77) i tried using my brothers geforce and the computer runs fine now.. i think maybe my g4 ti4200 died on me?

    specs: P4 2.8ghz with 1gb ram
  • TeydisTeydis
    edited November 2004
    Syusuke wrote:
    yes it's an nvidia card "pny geforce 4 ti4200 and i'm running on windows xp and the newest nvidia driver (v61.77) i tried using my brothers geforce and the computer runs fine now.. i think maybe my g4 ti4200 died on me?

    specs: P4 2.8ghz with 1gb ram

    good chance it got stuffed full of dust and is overheating (although awfully fast). Put your hand under the fan and see if it blows air.. if not.. take the card out and get a air compressor and dust the thing out.. if there was no dust.. faulty hardware.
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