marquess Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I just bought the above graphics card (HD 2600 Pro) yesterday, but seem to be having problems with the picture on my monitor intermittantly it goes snowy and becomes unstable; but when I turn off the monitor and turn it on again the pic is back to normal. I have never had any problems with the monitor before s I am supposing that this something to do with the new card, is it faulty? Any suggestions? I am running XP service pack 2 with 3GB of DDR Ram. Intel® Pentium ® D CPU 3.40 GHz. The settings on the card are 1440 x 900, High (32 bit) Standard Refresh 75Hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballbreaker Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 First thing I would look at would be the screen refresh setting in your graphics adapter settings. I smoked a monitor once with the same situation after running a while. Graphics card monitor refresh setting was higher than max of monitor capability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquess Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 It is set to to 75hz 60 was just not clear enough resolution is at 1440 x 900 or should I have a lower refresh and a higher resolution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 It is set to to 75hz 60 was just not clear enough resolution is at 1440 x 900 or should I have a lower refresh and a higher resolution? It's not clear if you are using a CRT or a LCD monitor? The snowy part suggests a CRT but the 1440x990 wide screen suggests a LCD. 75Hz should be fine for a wide screen LCD and that is standard resolution for a 19" wide screen. If a CRT then 75Hz could be too high depending on how old the monitor is. Pull the VGA cable connector off and re-seat it securely in case of dirty contacts. Also as suggested, if access to another computer, put the monitor on it for a while. Make and model of the monitor would be useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_boo Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Sounds like a faulty card; as long as you haven't tried to overclock it. Those syptoms sound suspciously like an excessive overclock, or could indicate that the hsf isn't cooling the card properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marquess Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 As I only got the card on Sunday and never had any problems before with the monitor, I think that I am in agreement, as the faulty his happening peridically and sometimes with an interval of an our or just a few minutes, I reckon that I might have difficulties changing getting a replacement for card under Thai consumer laws; but will try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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