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m-triple   08-16-2008 at 11:21:06 AM

So I got my new build working for a little over a week now. Everything was working fine. Just a few minutes ago, I open up the computer to redo my thermal paste because I put too much. Now when I turn on my computer, it loads to Vista okay and looks fine for a few moments. After that the screen turns into this:


http://i37.tinypic.com/azj492.jpg


Anyone got a clue whats going on? My ATI drivers are the latest. When I opened the computer, the only thing I did was take out one stick of ram to free up some space, then took out the heat sink, then took off the cpu. I didn't clean off the paste with any chemicals, I just used a cloth towel and artic clean. Not sure if its even CPU related because now i get better temp in Real Temp.

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m-triple   08-16-2008 at 11:22:02 AM
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oh yeah here are my specs:

Q9450
HD4870
DDR2 PC1066 4gb 2x2 running in dual channel
GA-X48-DS4
Corsaird 750w
Vista Home Pro

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strangestranger   08-16-2008 at 11:29:25 AM
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i don't actually see anything wrong with that pic, what i sit meant to show?

however, i do not think a cpu can cause that to happen whatever it is, as with your display it is usually monitor or gfx driver settings that affect that.

------------------------------ I'm a git, deal with it.

Antec 1200,PC Power & Cooling 750,Gigabyte DS4-x48,Intel Q9550@3.4 W/Xigmatek S1283,8GB OCZ DDR2 800,ATI 4870X2,X-FI>CA 640C amp>Tannoy R300/Senn 595's
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m-triple   08-16-2008 at 11:31:47 AM
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ok sorry about the picture, I looked at it on my laptop and it looked fine, what the screen looks like right now is basiclly the contrast and brightness turned all the way up

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m-triple   08-16-2008 at 11:37:18 AM
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whats weird is that when i play a game such as DOD source or war3, the screen is back to normal but when i exit back to the desktop, the problem returns

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sorce7200   08-16-2008 at 12:24:28 PM
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check your screen refresh rate, on some monitors a higher
screen refresh rate causes extremely bright, washed out
screens...mainly on the desktop.
Example:
Using an old NEC Multisync 70 crt monitor, running XP Pro sp2,
on a Nvidia 6600 Gt, with a P4 630 3.0 Ghz cpu... I use a refresh
rate of 60. When I, or some software alters the screen refresh
rate to 75 or 85 due to resolution changes, the colors and brightness
of the screen is drastically affected...from normal to super bright.

just a thought...but hey...ya never know...wot?

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