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I keep having this issue where these tiny boxes flicker across the screen. been having to restart very often. I NEED to know what it is and how to get it to stop. iv added some pics of what it looks like.
I have tried to update my vid card drivers and it says that i have the latest.
I am useing a samsung hdtv monitor.
ANy help would me AWESOME!
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This is amazing, I want a computer that does that...
quite frankly it can be anything related to graphics. But glitches like that sometime just comes from the cable connection.
Did it always do this or is it new?
Check if your cable connection is fine, unplug and plug again.
Otherwise, you will have to try with a different cable and monitor, if it still does that you are sure that it is your graphic card..
When I've seen glitches like that, it usually means a video card going bad.
Try first the obvious, cable, drivers (rollback to a previous version maybe), monitor (try with a different monitor), clean any dust/contacts in the computer. However you say it goes away after a reboot so I strongly suspect it's a video card problem.
You can also check overheating, there are several utilities out there that let you monitor the temperature of your GPU (some video card even come with their own software on the drivers DVD). You say that they go away for a little while after a reboot. Do they take longer to appear when you turn on the computer, and less after a simple reboot?. If that's the case I'd suspect it can be overheating, specially if it's hot where you are. Try to run the computer open with a desktop fan blowing cool air into it, specially to the motherboard. It can also be caused by dust buildup on the video card fans.
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Its been doin it for about a mouth now. i have another monitor i could try. its smaller and older though. like 8 years old.
i dont think overheating is the problem. running very cool atm and i can barly see the screen. They come back very soon after a reboot.
Which video card do you have, and which drivers?
For that matter, what else do you have in your computer?
You could try reseating everything relevant (pull the video card out of its slot and put it back in, and disconnect both ends of the monitor cable and plug them back in), and uninstalling your video drivers entirely before reinstalling them. But there's a decent chance that you're going to need to replace the video card.
Did you happen to overclock the card ? if so check if your card doesnt use your OC settings when you booth your PC up.
I have this sometimes when i OC my card to high.
TIP:
If you dont use a OC program of never used one, try it now and down your videocards memory setting a little bit
i used a Ati card fora very long time and it was ready to die out, i down clocked the card and it lasted another 2 years :P
if your new to Overclocking, downgrade both sliders 10 mhz at a time 1 by 1.
The pc i have was bought 2ed hand. so if its OC i dont know about it. wouldent know how to check it anyway. Im not very good when it comes to these things. But i dont believe its OCed
ill do my best to see what it is i have in this thing.
I do know that i have a cracked copy of windows 7 in here.
I would just like to say that im am a PC NOOB. i dont know shit about this stuff what so ever.
I hope this helps.
You could try to increase the speed of the fan, Rivatuner for Nvidia cards, not sure for ATI cards since Im a Nvidia fanboy.
Another option would be clocking the card down a bit. And you did install the latests drivers, right?
But yeah, these are all just temporary fixes. Since you overheated the card for so long it is most likely damaged and besides, you should upgrade your GFX cards every 2-3 years anyways.
You have a Radeon HD 5970, and the reference cards of those were fairly prone to overheating. The stock clock speed is 725 MHz, but AMD unofficially encouraged people to overvolt and overclock them to 850 MHz. This was a bad idea, as the reference card couldn't really handle it.
Sapphire, Asus, and XFX made aftermarket 5970s with better cooling that could handle the higher clock speeds. Or at least I think the XFX one could, though I'm not entirely sure. The Sapphire and Asus ones definitely could, though Asus called theirs a Radeon HD 5870 X2 rather than a 5970.
Exactly which 5970 do you have? You can determine this by a visual inspection. If it has a fan on one end (the end near the front of the case) and the rest of the card is covered up, it's a reference card. The XFX card had a fan in the middle, while the Sapphire and Asus cards had two fans and a visible heatsink.
Also, which video drivers do you have?
And which case and power supply do you have? You'll probably have to open up the case and read the label to find out what power supply you have.
Another thing worth trying is to take off both side covers of the computer case and see if it makes any difference.
Yeah, some cases do ventilate better with those on but many does not and it could be the temperature in the entire case that is the problem as well.
It is an easy thing to try at least.
The card its self its black and red with what looks like 2 squares cut out on the top. on the bottom, the fan is closer to the front of the case.
The case i have is a Fatal1ty Champ1on series.
http://www.bit-tech.net/custompc/reviews/100852/zalman-fc-ze1-fatal1ty-champion-computer-enclosure.html
Power supply is Tagen BZ series 900w
would not know were to look to see what vid drivers i have sorry.
Open Catalyst Control Center and go to Information -> Product Summary -> Software and it will tell you the driver version.
I don't know if the power supply is any good or not. It's old, and I couldn't find a good review of it.
The case doesn't have that much airflow, and certainly nowhere near what you'd want for a reference 5970, which is what it sounds like you have. So you should worry about the video card overheating, especially if it's overclocked.
What is the video card clocked at? You can find this in Catalyst Control Center under Performance -> Clock Controls -> AMD Overdrive.