Whole screen is flickering in black lines, brand new PC, please help

tenjk

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Nov 10, 2012
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So, I've bought a new PC 3 days ago. These are the specs:

Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Sapphire HD7850 2GB OC
Intel i5-3750K
ASRock P67 Pro3
8GB single channel RAM

For the first two days, it worked. Two hours ago, however, my whole screen started flickering / flashing in these barely visible black lines. Is it the monitor that's dying (it's 5 years old)? How do I fix it, if it's not the monitor? It's very irritating.

I've already checked the cable, that isn't the problem.
 

popatim

Titan
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its really difficult to check tell if its the monitor or the GPU with having another pc/laptop or monitor to test with. Either test your LCD with someones laptop or pc, or test your pc with another lcd is about the only way.
 

tenjk

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Nov 10, 2012
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10,510
I've just tested, still the same... I guess the problem is in the GPU, but how is that possible? It's like 3 days old.