Problems with video

Vindicis · Apr 22, 2004, 05:34 AM

I seem to be having a problem with my system lately and it's driving me crazy. For the past two days my monitor has started to blink and make a clicking sounds, exactly as if it were changing resolutions. It does this over and over until my pc locks up and I have to reboot. It will do it at random times, from playing a game to surfing the net, to just booting the system. Then it will be fine for a few hours and it starts all over. I'm using a GeForce 4 TI 4200 and it's worked flawlessly for over a year, as well as my 2 year old monitor. I've tried changing resolutions and refresh rates and I've even rolled back my drivers as well as installing a previous version. If I need to buy another video card, so be it as it's time to upgrade. I'm worried that it may not be a problem with the video card and could be the monitor or even the motherboard so I don't want to go out and get a new card and that not fix the problem. Any suggestions at all? Thanks in advance!

Nacht · Apr 22, 2004, 02:43 PM

I want to say its definitely either your card or drivers. Which drivers have you used with your card?

Vindicis · Apr 22, 2004, 04:20 PM

I update my drivers with Nvidias reference drivers as they are released (don't use beta's). So right now I have the 56.72s, I also tried the ones just prior (forgot the number but they are the ones that were released at the end of march). I even tried a rollback to my original Asus drivers. None of the driver chnages helped for very long, still get the screen clicks like it's trying to change resolutions for no reason, until it locks the pc.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Apr 22, 2004, 04:33 PM

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Originally posted by Vindicis
I update my drivers with Nvidias reference drivers as they are released (don't use beta's). So right now I have the 56.72s, I also tried the ones just prior (forgot the number but they are the ones that were released at the end of march). I even tried a rollback to my original Asus drivers. None of the driver chnages helped for very long, still get the screen clicks like it's trying to change resolutions for no reason, until it locks the pc.

Fist off make shoure you GPU is over heating? check the fan make shure it's working and that the hinksink isn't "hot" to the touch

secondly check your voltages ... you CPU temps stuff like that and post you readings/findings and mabe you'll give us more of an ideal what is wrong

3rdly check you monitor feel if it feels hot in the back... try puting a house fan so it blows verry well across the back of the monitor but keep it at lest 3 feet away from your monitor and pc... I'd say your monitor could be over heating but that shouldn't couse your pc to lock... unless sometings magorly wrong with it

Apr 22, 2004, 05:34 AM	#1
Vindicis DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Problems with video I seem to be having a problem with my system lately and it's driving me crazy. For the past two days my monitor has started to blink and make a clicking sounds, exactly as if it were changing resolutions. It does this over and over until my pc locks up and I have to reboot. It will do it at random times, from playing a game to surfing the net, to just booting the system. Then it will be fine for a few hours and it starts all over. I'm using a GeForce 4 TI 4200 and it's worked flawlessly for over a year, as well as my 2 year old monitor. I've tried changing resolutions and refresh rates and I've even rolled back my drivers as well as installing a previous version. If I need to buy another video card, so be it as it's time to upgrade. I'm worried that it may not be a problem with the video card and could be the monitor or even the motherboard so I don't want to go out and get a new card and that not fix the problem. Any suggestions at all? Thanks in advance!

Apr 22, 2004, 02:43 PM	#2
Nacht ein Krieger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Clemson Uni Posts: 3,127 Rep Power: 0	I want to say its definitely either your card or drivers. Which drivers have you used with your card?

Apr 22, 2004, 04:20 PM	Thread Starter #3
Vindicis DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	I update my drivers with Nvidias reference drivers as they are released (don't use beta's). So right now I have the 56.72s, I also tried the ones just prior (forgot the number but they are the ones that were released at the end of march). I even tried a rollback to my original Asus drivers. None of the driver chnages helped for very long, still get the screen clicks like it's trying to change resolutions for no reason, until it locks the pc.