Funky display of text after upgrade

[Guest]

I recently upgraded my system with an ECS K7S5A and Athlon XP1600. I have had no problems except: at various times with various apps, the text displays incompletely -- that is, pieces of letters are missing. See this location for an example: http://ericandlorre.com/eric/funky_text

The pic is a bit fuzzy, but you can see it is not just the browser window -- note that the word View on the menubar is missing some pixels and even the labels on desktop icons are sometimes affected -- but always text only.

I did not upgrade to DDR, I am using generic 256MB PC133 SDRAM. Could this be the problem? I have verified that temp is not a factor, and the problem happens anytime, reboot has no effect. Here is my setup:

ECS K7S5A mainboard
Atlon XP 1600
Generic 256MB PC133
Diamond Viper II 32MB video
Seagate BaracudaII 30Gig 7200rpm HD

Has anyone seen anything like this before? Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Forgot to mention that when I click on the text, minimize/maximize, etc. this sometimes fixes it, while scrolling can make it worse. Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Forgot to mention that when I click on the text, minimize/maximize, etc. this sometimes fixes it, while scrolling can make it worse. Thanks.

 

[svol]

Check if you have the latest drivers, and check if tyour CAS is setto 3 in your BIOS.

My case has so many fans that it hovers above the ground .