as some of you may know, im upgrading from a ti4400 to a 9800 pro that i ordered a while ago, should be here soon. neways recently (like for hte past month or so) ive been having problems with my ti4400, mainly screen errors like white lines on the desktop and more recently an odd moving wave pattern on the screen, esp. the outside of the screen, but it only happens when a majority of the screen is displaying a very light shade, i.e. close to white, or white.
i had attributed this to my ti4400 having been overclocked for a long time, so i stopped overclocking it, but the problem didnt go away, and even got worse.
but today, just out of curiosity, i lowered my monitors brightness and POOF! all the crazy waviness going on was completely eliminated! WTF?! this makes me think it might not be my vid card, of course it still could be...
also when this first started happening it would only happen for the first 5 minutes after booting, then 10 minutes... and now it dosnt even go away (apart from lowering the brightness).
i unplugged my monitors vga cable and stuck my tongue on it (the monitor still had power) and i could feel some current, less than that of a 9v battery, but noticeable.
should there be any current flowing OUT of the monitor, to the vga card? or am i mistaking something?
the reason im posting this is because im afraid that if the problem lies in my monitor, it could cause damage to my 9800 pro, as it possibly has to my ti4400.
its a 19" MAG 986fx (if u know mag then u know its fairly cheap, but it does its job and runs 1600x1200 and looks pretty good, but if its screwin with my video, its gonna get blasted with a shotgun.)
Long live ATI.
i had attributed this to my ti4400 having been overclocked for a long time, so i stopped overclocking it, but the problem didnt go away, and even got worse.
but today, just out of curiosity, i lowered my monitors brightness and POOF! all the crazy waviness going on was completely eliminated! WTF?! this makes me think it might not be my vid card, of course it still could be...
also when this first started happening it would only happen for the first 5 minutes after booting, then 10 minutes... and now it dosnt even go away (apart from lowering the brightness).
i unplugged my monitors vga cable and stuck my tongue on it (the monitor still had power) and i could feel some current, less than that of a 9v battery, but noticeable.
should there be any current flowing OUT of the monitor, to the vga card? or am i mistaking something?
the reason im posting this is because im afraid that if the problem lies in my monitor, it could cause damage to my 9800 pro, as it possibly has to my ti4400.
its a 19" MAG 986fx (if u know mag then u know its fairly cheap, but it does its job and runs 1600x1200 and looks pretty good, but if its screwin with my video, its gonna get blasted with a shotgun.)
Long live ATI.